{"id":3427,"date":"2013-12-13T15:14:07","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T15:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=3427"},"modified":"2013-12-13T15:14:16","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T15:14:16","slug":"google-inc-nasdaqgoog-gives-android-developers-new-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/articles\/google-inc-nasdaqgoog-gives-android-developers-new-toys\/","title":{"rendered":"Google, Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) Gives Android Developers New Toys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hotstocked.com\/articles-img\/small\/GOOG_chart.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"GOOG_chart.png\" title=\"GOOG_chart.png\" width=\"450\" height=\"201\" \/>In a recent announcement, Google, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehotpennystocks.com\/Stock-Quotes\/?stock=GOOG\">GOOG<\/a>) informed that a new set of Android developer tools has been released. The shiny new coder toys will both expand the toolkit for making games as well as add new cloud features. <\/p>\n<p>The first major addition is LiquidFun, a 2D physics library for C++ that allows for fluid particle simulations. Now open-source, the library&#8217;s capabilities were showcased in a short demo video. Another big addition is a Google Play plug-in for the Unity engine. The plug-in allows for the integration of achievements and leaderboards &#8211; always a hit with players, as well as cloud saving for games running on Unity. Considering the huge popularity of Unity across all platforms as a low-cost, yet efficient and adaptable engine, the new features will be a godsend for developers.<\/p>\n<p>Google is doing well to cater to its Android developer base as the Google Play store is turning into a sizable contributor to the company&#8217;s coffers. Projections for 2013 list a $1.3 billion slice of the company&#8217;s annual revenue coming from the Android store. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehotpennystocks.com\/Stock-Quotes\/?stock=GOOG\">GOOG<\/a> takes a flat-rate 30% cut from all revenues generated through the store, which included both payments for premium games, as well as in-app purchases from freemium titles such as smash hit Candy Crush Saga.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hotstocked.com\/articles-img\/small\/GOOG_Playlogo.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"GOOG_Playlogo.jpg\" title=\"GOOG_Playlogo.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"32\" \/>Google will also be adding new game genre categories to its Android store in February next year, so it will be possible to list games as &#8216;role playing&#8217;, &#8216;simulation&#8217; and &#8216;educational&#8217;. The new categories strengthen the notion highlighted by the announcement that games are not for hardcore players anymore, with 75% of all Android mobile device users playing games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent announcement, Google, Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) informed that a new set of Android developer tools has been released. The shiny new coder toys will both expand the toolkit for making games as well&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1044],"class_list":["post-3427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-goog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/articles.thehotpennystocks.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/articles.thehotpennystocks.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/articles.thehotpennystocks.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/articles.thehotpennystocks.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/articles.thehotpennystocks.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/articles.thehotpennystocks.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/articles.thehotpennystocks.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/articles.thehotpennystocks.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/articles.thehotpennystocks.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}