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These app analytics tools occupy a compelling and rapidly growing space within the large marketing technology universe, thanks to the growth of the app economy.

These tools are available at multiple price points for different categories of users and start from free all the way to thousands of dollars per month.

Here’s a roundup of 14 tools that you might want to look at if you’re an app maker.

Some of these tools are designed for niche use cases (e.g. for running heatmaps) while other covers the complete stack, from marketing attribution to in-app analytics and app store optimization.

  1. Countly

Countly is a real-time, open source mobile analytics and marketing platform.

With Countly you can:

Increase loyalty and engagement with push notifications.

Track by session frequency, custom events, geography, devices, and individual users.

Get real-time crash reporting for all mobile platforms.

Drill deep into data without running any fancy SQL queries.

image001Countly can be self-hosted on your own framework and the Company Version can be used for on a free forever model. Thanks to the open source nature of the tool you can create your own plug-ins and gain more flexibility than other off-the-shelf solutions.

 

  1. Firebase Analytics

Firebase begun out as just a real-time database but has developed into a comprehensive app analytics and growth platform. Acquired by Google, it is a free and unlimited analytics solution without any quotas, sampling or paid tiers.

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With Firebase analytics you can: –

Get infinite reporting on up to 500 event types, each with 25 attributes.
Find out which users are engaged, which features are the most popular, which push notifications to work, and run attribution and revenue reporting.

To find out more data on events, user properties, conversion rates, and audiences utilize the Firebase SDK and use that insight to run PPC ads on Google platforms.
Integrate your data with BigQuery, run your own data analysis, create custom dashboards, and visualize your data any way you want.

  1. Google Mobile App Analytics

Google Version can also be used for Mobile Apps to estimate user interplay and improve app experience.

By default, Google Analytics for apps gives you the following data:

  1. the number of users and sessions.
  2. session duration.
  3. operating systems.
  4. device models.
  5. Geography.

image005You can follow this implementation guide to get more detailed information about your apps and users and answer questions like:

What actions are your users performing inside the app?
How much money are users spending on the app?
Are users completing your app objectives?
How do users with specific characteristics behave in-app?
How long does it take for users to perform a specific task?
What does the user navigation path inside look like?
You can implement Google App Analytics using the SDK.

  1. Fabric

Fabric was a progression of developer tools originally built by Twitter and gained by Google.

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Get real-time data on crash reporting and real-time analytics.
Get alerts on issues which might affect your app performance so that you can take proactive steps to maintain app availability.
Effective users in-app can be traced to real-time.

Slice user’s movement data can be traced in any way.
Inject live social content to boost user engagement.
Optimize your onboarding flow and boost retention.
You can get started with Fabric for free.

 

  1. Mixpanel

Mixpanel is an event-based analytics tool that can be used by mobile app developers. Once their SDK is established we can create custom events and track the data inside the app.
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With Mixpanel you can:

Find out which users are engaging with your app.
Can also find why users are dumping your app or uninstalling it.
Engage with users through push notifications and emails.
Create custom public and set up triggered alert.
Run A/B testing on your messages.
The Mixpanel SDK works won’t misreport even if your app is offline. Its short impression and effective algorithm optimizes the amount of data sent and assure that your app doesn’t face bloat and that its performance is snappy.

  1. Clevertap

One of the courage of Clevertap is its sturdy suite of segmentation tools.

This is also helpful in finding out how many people are using your app in real time and determine how many users are new vs. returning. You can also distribute them into multiple segments and set triggers that dynamically move them from one segment to another based on preset observable conditions.

These sparks can also fire push notifications or emails, allowing you to improve your engagement rates.

image011Clevertap has a free trial and is installed on over 450 million devices.

That data can be used by work teams to add or refine features and promote onboarding and user flows through the app.

After coordinating Clevertap with the app code, you can create custom events, set up event-based funnels, and track user action through the app.

You can go deep while framing up channels and evaluate and correlate segments to find out which product features are working better than others.

  1. Piwik

Piwik is a free and highly customizable open source analytics platform.
image013For mobile app analytics, Piwik offers SDKs for iOS, Android, and Titanium. It grants detailed report on active user numbers, caller demographics and device information, and performance of your app including errors and loading time.

One of the interest of Piwik is data ownership. One can keep all user data instead of funneling it to third party services. This aspect also assures the privacy of user data.

Unlike other services, Piwik will take some time and technical expertise to get it working on your system. After all it’s highly customizable and extensible and can be hosted either on your own infrastructure or on Piwik owned cloud.

8. Apple App Analytics
Apple’s analytics tools can provide data on iOS and tvOS apps which no other third-party tool can do.

An exclusive factor about the data is the ability to track and count users by Apple ID instead of device type or arbitrary assigned IDs. This ensures that your usage data is precise and complete.

Apple App Analytics will tell you which selling channels deliver the highest significance in terms of downloads, revenue, and usage for your app. As many times app icon has been viewed on the App Store, use that impression data to calculate the install rate.
image015Will also provide data on holding, active sessions, number of devices, and crash analytics.

Will need a developer account to access App Analytics.

 

  1. Amazon Mobile Analytics

 

Amazon Mobile Analytics helps in calculating app usage, app revenue and data on new vs. returning users, user retention, and custom in-app behavior events.

It can easily export the raw statistics into Amazon S3 and Amazon Redshift and carry out custom analysis on that data.

It can be used for free if the number of events is under 100 million and pay $1 for every million more.

image017One more tool named as Amazon Pinpoint can use the information from Amazon Mobile Analytics to run campaigns for developing user engagement by targeting specific user types, fine tuning your messaging strategy, and tracking the results.

10. Devmate
DevMate is an app management and distribution platform.

image019You can use basic DevMate features for free for up to 5 apps.

You can also use the tool’s distribution feature to track the performance of different versions of your app.

It provides in-depth analytics, comprehensive marketing metrics, and real-time conversion ratios. Number of visits, downloads, and sales are its type of metrics– to create reports on conversion rate, revenues and refunds, and funnel performance.

DevMate’s attribution coverage notify which marketing movement are driving the highest traffic, downloads, and sales, and gives you the download to sales and visits to sales conversion rates.

11. Flurry Analytics
Flurry Analytics is a Yahoo Developer Network product which lets you measure the user activity in your apps for free.
Flurry not only track for a single app, but for multiple apps on both iOS and Android platforms.

image021This is helpful because you can compare the different versions of the same app and see how they are performing against each other.

Flurry’s machine learning aspect can also help you predict user’s age and gender in case you don’t have access to that data.

Customer actions can be segmented on basis of App report, method, install date, age, gender, language, geography and receiving channel and see bottlenecks in navigation which cause users to bounce.

You can also calculate churn rates.

Flurry character, populated by users exhibiting common usage patterns, can also help in understanding user interest and intent.

You can track users in-app actions, understand and visualize usage trends, and run user path subdivision.

12. Localytics
Localytics offers comprehensive set of session and usage data.

This data can also tell you the type of content or activity users are drawn to.

Find out data on session length, average sessions/user, and number of sessions.
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Favor exclusive information gathered in real time along with extremely adjustable filters to run custom analysis inside the app, along with industry benchmarking to find out how your app stacks up against the competition.

The custom control panel can save time by pinning frequently referred reports.
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  1. AppAnnie

App Annie helps in tracking app performance around usage, downloads, revenue and spend across countries and app stores– for free.

You can access App Annie reports through web dashboard, CSV export, emails, and through their iOS and Android app.

Other metrics you can record in the app include performance of ad campaigns based on return on ad spend, CPI and total number of active installs.

image027App Annie works across all major mobile operating systems.

App Annie helps in app localization strategy and grow user base by showing details on geographic spread of users. It also tells whether updates have impacted downloads and usage of your app.

14. AppsFlyer
While AppsFlyer has a strong attribution platform which helps to tie app installs back to every marketing campaign and media source, it is also blusters of several marketing analytics features which let you, among other things.

image029Run response and cost reporting by crunching the response and click data sent by ad networks and media sources right to the control panels. This also lets you figure out the ROI of advertising.
Measure the omnichannel impact of mobile marketing by tying in data from BI or CRM systems, and find out the LTV of acquired app users on a channel by channel basis.
Download raw data via push API or email so that you can run your own offline analysis.
Get work reporting on marketing campaigns in real time, letting you tweak highly delicate campaigns which require constant optimization.
Preserve on real time API maintenance by getting 24/7 access to a data locker hosted on Amazon S3.
Contact Unanimous Studio’s For Integrating Any Of The Listed Services In Your Application.

 

 

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13 Really Awesome Mobile Game Development Tools https://unanimoustech.com/13-really-awesome-mobile-game-development-tools/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=13-really-awesome-mobile-game-development-tools https://unanimoustech.com/13-really-awesome-mobile-game-development-tools/#respond Thu, 15 Feb 2018 20:38:57 +0000 http://blog.unanimoustech.com/?p=206 Mobile gaming is a big business. From elementary school children to grandparents, college kids to young professionals, it seems everyone has gotten in on the mobile trend. And we mean everyone: in 2013, over 1.2 billion people across the globe were playing games on their mobile devices, and that number is steadily rising.

With mobile gaming’s popularity showing no signs of slowing, there’s never been a better time to take that idea you had for an awesome game and turn it into a reality.

But except you’re a professional mobile game developer, it can be hard to know where to start. With so many resources and information out there on mobile game development software, how do you pinpoint the best game development tools for beginners? Tools that will leave you with a well-designed, easy-to-play game that your target demographic will go crazy for?

We’re here to simplify the mobile game development process with this roundup of the best mobile game development tools to take your game from idea to app store in no time (and with as little stress as possible):-

  1. Construct2

If you’re looking to build a 2D game with the potential to work across a variety of platforms, Construct 2 could be just what you’re looking for. In terms of mobile, they support them all: iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and Blackberry. But Construct 2 is unique in that it also allows you to you to run your games on desktop operating systems and on the web (through HTML5). The ability to create games that run on so many platforms really opens up opportunities to reach a wider range of players

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In Construct2 tool the drag-and-drop interface makes it easy to place objects anywhere the beginners want to like and add the behaviors and interactions that bring a game to life.

One also has the ability to preview the game in the browser of your choice without compiling, which will give you real-time feedback on the game performance and give you insights into any changes or adjustments you need to make before finalizing your gameplay.

Learn more about this tool at Scirra.

 

  1. SpeedTree for Games.

For the settings of a mobile game that takes place outdoors the SpeedTree tool for Games is best to prefer. This tool is known in the industry as a “vegetation modeling tool”, it allows you to quickly and easily create realistic-looking trees and foliage.

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In SpeedTree for Game, the developer can create their exclusive tree designs or use one of their pre-made designs to make populating your outdoor world a snap.

The resolutions are augmented for devices with lower performing platforms like mobile phones, ensuring each of your players has an optimal experience compatible with all type of phones.

Learn more about this tool at SpeedTree.com.

 

  1. Wwise.

The best games are fully immersive experiences. The Developer should always remember an Audio is a most important component of any great mobile game supporting with best graphics and visual.

 

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Learn more about this tool at Audiokinetic.com.

 

Wwise, which supports iOS, Android, and Windows Phone, is “an interactive sound engine empowering audio creators.” This tool allows you to seamlessly insert high-quality audio to create a more well-rounded and immersive gaming experience for your players. For any type of game, you’re developing, whether it’s first-person shooter, a puzzle game, or a traditional side-scroller, the right sound is only going to strengthen the game-play and make it that much more addicting for your mobile game users.

 

  1. Fusion 2.5

If you’re a true trainee in the world of mobile game development, you need a smooth tool that will take you from game idea to actual game quickly, easily, and with as little inconvenience as possible.

 

Enter Fusion 2.5

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Fusion 2.5 is a 2D game creation platform that allows you to create event-based 2D games in an hour flat. This tool supports a huge library of pre-made graphics which one can insert into their game, essentially cutting out the time-consuming and tech-heavy design process.

 

They even have a free edition, so if you’re just testing the waters, this will give you a solid idea of what it’s like to develop a game, will allow you to see what your idea looks like in game form, and decide if your idea is worth further investment.

Learn more about this tool at Clickteam.com.

 

  1. Playir

Playir is another great tool for a true trainee, especially those looking to break into the 3D mobile game space. Identical to Fusion 2.5, Playir offers a host of characteristics best suited to new developers like a drag-and-drop interface and pre-existing templates and graphics to use in your game. But Playir also offers 3D animators which will allow you to take your game to a whole new dimension.

Learn more about this tool at Playir.com.

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  1. GameMaker Studio

A hybrid tool, that will support your growth from trainee to an expert developer, GameMaker Studio offers the best of all worlds. This 2D tool from YoYo Games allows you to create powerful single and multi-player gaming experiences.

What’s exclusive about GameMaker Studio is you have the ability to use a drag-and-drop interface to build your game (which is a great option for newer developers) or code your game from scratch using GameMaker Language (GML), GameMaker’s C-based programming language.

image011Learn more about this tool at YoYoGames.com.

 

GameMaker Studio asserts a host of favorable features, to support developer anywhere in the development scope that includes in-app purchase support, real-time analytics, and a wide variety of user engagement tools.

 

  1. Substance Designer.

If you’re going for a realistic feel for your mobile game, one design features you’ll need to think about is texture. All objects have depth and texture (like the potholes on a street or the light variations in the ocean) and capturing that in a realistic way can be a challenge, even for experienced mobile game developers.

Even better, you can easily export those textures to any game engine or renderer, giving you a lot of flexibility in the development process.

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That’s where Substance Designer comes in. Substance Designer allows you to spontaneously create an enormous number of materials and produce both Substance textures and MDL Materials that add a realistic edge to your mobile game.

Learn more about this tool at Allegorithmic.com.

 

  1. StingRay

One challenge that developers face is that because they develop their games on a desktop, there isn’t always an easy way to test their game play on mobile devices to get a sense of user experience and areas that need to be improved from a mobile standpoint.

StingRay is proficient as it allows you to seamlessly test a game at each and every stage of development on a mobile device by supporting a live link between a mobile platform and desktop platform. Developers appreciate this tool because it saves a ton of time and energy during the testing process.

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Learn more about this tool at Autodesk.com.

 

  1. GameSparks.

GameSparks is a great all-around tool for developers that helps to upgrade revenue and player engagement. The social and monetization tools allow you to analyze your player behavior, encourage engagement and social sharing through features like tournaments and chat functionality and split test new features to continually optimize your game-play.

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Learn more about this tool at GameSparks.com.

 

  1. CoCoonJS.

If anyone looking to bring an HTML game to mobile—without let-go everything you admire about your game like graphics, performance, and game play– you’ll definitely want to check out CoCoonJS.

This platform permits to port HTML games to mobile platforms easily and without losing any of the game’s performance.

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Learn more about this tool at Ludei.com.

 

  1. Marmalade

Marmalade is the most prominent tool on this list and is also a developer favorite for creating mobile C++ games across multiple platforms.

Marmalade has a host of adequate and suitable features, like the ability to develop the base code inside Marmalade and later on add platform-specific features and additions for each platform you plan to export your game.

image021Learn more about this tool at MarmaladeGameStudio.com.

 

  1. Helix.

Helix is a versioning software by Perforce that helps developers scale and grow their apps. With features like threat exposure and code scalability metrics, developers are able to adapt their games in a way that maximizes growth and revenue. Helix also helps to protect your creative assets and ensure that your game is safe as you grow.

 

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Learn more about this tool at Perforce.com.

 

  1. Viber

For the social focus of a game, Viber is awesome. This development tool has a cross-platform layer that permits to integrate a social feed where players can interact in real-time during gameplay. Viber also upgrades social participating and sparks competition with various leaderboard challenges, increasing engagement with your players.

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Learn more about this tool at Viber.com.

 

Conclusion

With mobile gaming gaining popularity every day, there’s never been a better time to move on that idea you’re sure could be the next Candy Crush or Angry Birds.

And these are the mobile game development tools, that will be very helpful in bringing that game to life.

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11 Best Quiz Games For Android https://unanimoustech.com/11-best-quiz-games-android/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=11-best-quiz-games-android Tue, 07 Jun 2016 15:31:54 +0000 http://www.unanimousstudios.com/?p=772 We at Unanimous Studios collected some of the best puzzle games for our readers

1.Jeopardy

Jeopardy is a Classic choice Easy gameplay, customizable avatar, easy to follow instructions. And you can turn off the annoying music if it gets to be too much. Some of the categories come up repeatedly no matter which level you are playing at. I realize there can’t be infinite questions but they seem to come up fairly often.

 

 

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2. Quizup
Great game! I like the design and questions. It would be great to use the tablet in landscape or 180°, when charging… And it is possible to remove ads permanently. It’s cheaper too to get ads-free app.

3. Trivia Crack

Hundreds of thousands of exciting questions. You can create your own questions in the Factory with over 20 game languages. Chat with your opponents option and Collectable card collection and plenty more.

4. Category Quiz (Trivia)

Fun game but also tests your brain to realize just how much you do know. It is especially good for the “mature” mind. You realize you are really not old and the brain still has a lot of memory. It makes you feel good! Super fun so far is no repeat questions. Tons of categories.

5. Quizoid

One of the best out there, great variety of questions, auto-update and offline mode available. Light on the phone’s resources, simple and efficient layout, category-wise scoring, tough yet addictive.

6. Quiz – Logo game

Great fun! Addictive. I love this game. Plays great. Ads are mostly along the bottom of my tablet. Once in a while you’ll get one that is full screen. No big deal, just X out. Better than the other logo game app I have. I like being able to see the letters you may need. It helps. Great choice of hints with 5 or 6 options. It gives you a good amount of points to use for hints. Tip : start a new day and get bonus points. Getting hints and guessing incorrectly will suck up your “coins”.

7. Guess The Song

I love music and I love this game! Many categories to pick from and the actual music to listen to! Great fun!

8. Food Quiz

Its so much fun. Its something that you can do if you’re bored. It doesn’t need any wifi and it doesn’t waste that much battery. I absolutely love it!

9. True or False: Quiz Battle

Get ready for the definitive quiz game! Take on exciting knowledge duels and get your fix of trivia fun! Play 1000’s of astounding questions in 15 categories! The best of both worlds – True or False meets Multiple Choice! 4 rounds of great Multiple Choice questions are followed by a bonus round of crazy True or False facts where it’s all to play for!

10. Trivia Quiz

Trivia Quiz is the ultimate trivia game to test your knowledge on pop culture. See how many pictures you can guess and challenge your friends by seeing who can solve the most pics. Trivia Quiz is one of the biggest and best trivia games around. Moreover, it offers a great user experience; it’s fun for all ages and it’s family friendly.

11. Trivia Crack Kingdoms

I play this game everyday! This and regular trivia crack are my favorites. What I like about this one is when you win you get up to seven coins depending on how well you did and the score. On regular you get only three. The only thing is, some of the newer channels where there are only a few questions, they’re a bunch of questions that have been submitted and rated for months, and still there are no new questions in play that makes no sense.

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12 Best Android Games Of 2016 (Till Now) https://unanimoustech.com/12-best-android-games-2016-till-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=12-best-android-games-2016-till-now Fri, 03 Jun 2016 18:47:23 +0000 http://www.unanimousstudios.com/?p=774 12 Best Android Games Of 2016 (Till Now)

There are actually good android games out there, but you must be tired of drudging through endless shovel ware games just to find a good one.People look for android RTS, flight sims, platformers, and probably a few other categories and sure, some of the games found aren’t bad, but they’re nothing to rave about, but still, i know there are games you could really enjoy.

If you have no rigid preferences for what you’re looking for, here are some top 12 android games you’d love to play :-

Here are 12 selective and amazing games piled up for you :

1.Minecraft PE

Yeah, it’s Minecraft. Needs no introduction.

2. Exiles:

Far Colony – now known as Exiles: Zero or something. Open world RPG by Crescent Moon Games, pretty decent. Graphics/campaign leave a little to be desired, but it’s not bad.

3. CounterSpy

2D/3D platforming third-person shooter. It’s good, very good.

4. Star Wars: KoToR

It’s a Star Wars RPG and free on Amazon Underground. Get it.

5. Star Command

I’d say it’s similar to how FTL plays (ship management wise). Interesting little game, I think it’s worth a play-through.

6. SimpleRockets/SimplePlanes

Physics simulators. Rockets is like 2D Kerbal Space Program, Planes is a 3D flight “sim”.

7. Aralon: Forge and Flame

Newest one, Very positive reviews and probably as close to Skyrim on your phone as we’re getting.

8. Soul Unleashed RPG

It’s an RPG and rather unique in how it plays. I haven’t seen anything else like it so I can’t compare it to something else. Free Lite version if you want to test it out.

9. The Dark Knight Rises

Open world Batman game. Closest you’ll get to Arkham City on your phone as of now.

10. Shadowrun: Dragonfall

A very deep RPG. I highly recommend it (first level on easy mode whipped my ass, haven’t come back since). Note: There is another Shadowrun game, but this Dragonfall is a must play.

11. Battlestation: Harbinger

Rogue-like game, sort of similar to FTL’s galaxy system. Key word; sort of. It’s pretty fun.

12. Ravensword: Shadowlands

Another 3D open world RPG. No voice acting at all, kind of dated graphics. It’s decent, not amazing but it’s good when there’s nothing else.

Game and app development company, Unanimous Studios also develop such games for their clients>  :-

Honorary mention : Anomaly Warzone Series – Counter-tower offense and one tower defense in the series. Excellent graphics, pretty good story, and decent permissions. Hard mode can and will kick your ass.

 

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Top 12 Puzzle Game In Android https://unanimoustech.com/top-12-puzzle-game-android/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-12-puzzle-game-android Sat, 28 May 2016 03:53:27 +0000 http://www.unanimousstudios.com/?p=782 Top 12 Puzzle Game In Android

I’ve had a ton of Puzzle games on my phone for ages:

Huebrix, Trains, Puzzle Retreat, Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake, Cut the Ropes, Where’s My Water, Hungry Cat Picross, Hitman GO, even Pudding Monsters!

So here’s We piled up a list of 12 best puzzle games for android users :

1.Shoot the apple

Fire an alien thing out of a cannon, bouncing it off various obstacles, to hit the apple. Like cut the rope getting the lolly to reach the frog thing.

2. Triple town

Similar model to 2048. Put down various tiles strategically, when three are together they upgrade.

3. Unblock Me

Sliding puzzle, move the pieces to get the goal piece out. There’s also the ridiculous number of escape the room or 100 doors games if you’re into those. These next few are more point and click adventure puzzle games than Cut The Rope style, but they are the ones I’ve absolutely loved and will recommend wholeheartedly to everybody. Some of them may be too long to finish a section in a bathroom break, but I’m pretty sure they all save your progress so you can continue from wherever you left off, and frankly, most of them had me so intrigued that I played for hours straight at home so they’re still worth a look, even if they don’t meet your goal.

4. The Room 1 & 2

One central object (or in 2, a series of these objects in a room) that you can explore 360 degrees of, containing multiple puzzles to unlock various pieces and eventually progress to the next section. Great graphics, puzzles are challenging but not very difficult, hints are in a series that become progressively more obvious. Buy the first & see if you like it before getting the second.


5. Silent Age

Fan-fucking-tastic point and click adventure game. Great style, unique mechanic(jumping between present and dystopian future to solve each puzzle), decent story. First half is free, second half is quite expensive, so try the first half & if you like it, treat buying the second like a thank you for the first half as well. My favorite!

6. Yesterday

Similar point and click adventure to Silent Age, but 3d instead of 2d. Story is a little odd with highs and lows, but definitely worth a play. Art style is interesting, almost goes for the intentional bad/comic look of the Telltale Walking Dead games. There’s a free and a paid version with no discernible differences as far as I know. That reminds me, Walking Dead is also on android if you haven’t played it. More action/adventure story with a point and click interface than a puzzle, but it’s a game of the year winning series.

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7. Another World

Classic action point and click game, escape aliens.

8. Fire Maple Games

Series of three point & click explorer type games where you find puzzles in the world to progress. Short story guides each one but is pretty average, puzzles are varying quality & some make little sense, hints are obvious. If you really like Mystery type games!

9. Clockwork Tales

Another mystery style world exploring puzzle game. Free demo worth trying, final chapters are really expensive & I didn’t enjoy it/feel like it was long enough to justify the purchase, but the demo is worth it at least. I think the dev makes a lot of the same style.

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10. Quell

It has short levels but you can pass a lot of time with it. The music is soothing and overall it feels like a calm game, made for adults.

11. Carcassone

A game you play taking turns with another player (online, or vs computer offline) and try to rack up as many points as possible controlling territory.

12. The Last Door

It’s an amazing horror puzzle game with Lovecraft themes.

Honorary mention : WordMine

If you like word puzzle game, it is one of the new and best I have ever played. Addictive, especially the adventure mode. Great gameplay. You will stick to it for a while.We at Unanimous Studios also develop this kind of games for our customers, so if you want to develop a game for your business or want to do business from game, please contact us

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Top 10 Indie Games Of April 2016 https://unanimoustech.com/top-10-indie-games-april-16/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-10-indie-games-april-16 Mon, 23 May 2016 09:52:21 +0000 http://www.unanimousstudios.com/?p=780 Top 10 Indie Games Of April 2016

What’s going on the lovers of Indie games? Welcome to the season of lists, it’s now April, 2016 and the month holds plenty of gaming glory but not all of that will come from major marquee triple-a titles like Mirror’s edge to or the new legend of Zelda, in fact a lot of this year’s heat and charm will arise from smaller studios, Indie games more bite sized projects that hide plenty of  awesomeness.Btw we are Indie game developer, you can find our portfolio in this website

These are my top 10 Indie games of April’ 16 :

Days of War

We start off with the game already funded in the form of ‘Days of War’. The pitch here is to revive the WW2 fps genre. Regular viewers may realize that sounds incredibly similar to ‘Battalion 1944’, it is much prettier and got more funding, but overall we feel more convinced by ‘Days of War’. They’ve made it clear the focus is on skill and realism. There won’t be any kill streak or 360 no scope nonsense. There are soldier classes such as rifleman, sniper and rocket, and built-in support for modding. On a side note, you’ve got to love how Russian, British and French forces are all stretch goals, but the Americans, who only fought in the war for two and a half years, are going to be included in the game no matter what. God bless America.

Hyper Light Drifter

It is on PC right now, the consoles releases will be coming later. Its dungeons and upgrades are all very classic Zelda. The wordless story is powerful without being overbearing. The post-apocalyptic world is large, beautiful and full of curiosity. The game’s heart is its combat. It is hard, some would even say unsympathetic with its lack of instruction. But it respects the player’s intelligence and gives you its worlds and mysteries for all your private exploration and understanding. Fights demand your attention and have a great rhythm, the character movement is super slick, and it always feels boss to be wielding a sword made of light. It’s a special game.

Hyper Light Drifter

Deadbolt : Risk of Rain creators deliver again with merciless assassination game DEADBOLT. It plays a bit like Hot Miami, but more like Not a Hero, and even more like gunpoint. Playing as the Grim Reaper you must take out rooms with clinical and precise stealth. There is no room for error and zero chance of escape. By turning into smoke you can travel through vents, easily the coolest part of the game. Developer Hopoo Games have a proven ability to take 2D art to a new level. Deadbolt is a chilling, challenging and overall cracking stealth game.

Hyper Light Drifter

Out There Somewhere : It is and affordable and clever little retro package. What makes this platformer cum puzzler nifty is its teleport gun, which allows you to shoot a bullet and then travel to where it goes Much like the Doctor’s sonic screwdriver it’s the tool for every job, whether that be zapping through a waterfall of lava or jumping a gap. Things get a lot more crazy and creative than that, but we’ll leave them as surprises for you to uncover.
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Moon Hunters

It shows the potential of narrative in roguelikes, but could have stayed in early access a bit longer. The game is full of interesting characters, lore, and amazing abilities like talking to animals. But to really uncover that stuff you need to invest time. It is still getting updated and the PS4 release in the works .

Moon Hunters

ADR1FT : It is a breath-taking lonely experience in space hindered by some rude interruptions. The game is a walking simulator, or in this case, more of a floating in space stimulator. Its kind of like playing Gravity or The Martian instead of watching them. That’s pretty cool The visuals are amazing, constantly stimulating your experience and adding an incredible level of reality. We can only assume this would be amplified in the VR version. From the very start you’re in trouble, the space station is destroyed, you have no memory of what transpired, and your oxygen levels are waning. The action only rises from there, making survival an engrossing and emotional task. It really all sounds great.

Moon Hunters

Quest of Souls : Is it the 1990s again? Well the re-emergence of denim jackets and ‘Quest of Souls’ will certainly have you asking that question. From its gameplay to its style, this throwback is all about recreating the shoot ‘em up RPG’s of 90’s. From the initiated, it’s basically a twin stick shooter with heaps of upgrades and abilities and items. What we really love about ‘Quest of Souls’ is its zany personality. Take for instance its three playable characters: a corgi dragonslayer, a lizardman samurai and a lich playing for the good side. It should also be perfect for playing with others, with co-op for up to 3 and competitive multiplayer.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=tqrbIn5AN88

Moon Hunters

LUX : By the time you read this, LUX’s campaign will be over, and, barring a miracle, it won’t have hit its funding goal. We’re not sure if Chimera Co. will persevere with the project. But considering, they got a graphic novel for the game funded, and that LUX has some neat ideas. Combining survival with MMO, LUX looks like an extra surreal, Don’t starve with way more players. That’s something we want to play.

 

Fear Effect Sedna

The critically acclaimed Playstation series ‘Fear Effect’ has returned with ‘Fear Effect Sedna’. About a year ago, Square Enix made some of its old and dormant IPs available to other developers. Sushee Games have taken full advantage of this and, to the delight of many gamers, decided to reboot Fear Effect. The original ‘Fear Effects’ were set in futuristic Hong Kong Underworld and were famous for their cut scenes that were cutting edge at the time. Sedna while keeping the setting and bringing back the original cast of characters, but the gameplay are different. Instead, of a variety of camera angles, things are fixed to an isometric perspective and cut scenes don’t seem to be embedded within the gameplay as the original.

Fear Effect Sedna

The Wild Eight : Arguably a bizarre cross between Eight Below and the Hateful Eight, ‘The Wild Eight’ is an Eerie survival adventure designed for co-op. A terrifying plane crash in the snowy wilderness of Alaska leaves 8 survivors to fend off the conditions, hunger, and wild predators. Co-op really unlocks the magic of the game because it brings the dynamics of teamwork. Will you pull together to find out, or will someone betray another survivor for cannibalistic snack? The worlds are procedurally generated, and there are different endings dependent on what side quests you do. We haven’t seen a lot of pile-driven games with a focus on small co-op teams, so we think ‘The Wild Eight’ is a fill a hole in the markets .
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15 Video Editing App For Your Smartphone https://unanimoustech.com/15-video-editing-app-smartphone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=15-video-editing-app-smartphone Sat, 21 May 2016 06:27:28 +0000 http://www.unanimousstudios.com/?p=776 15 Video Editing App For Your Smartphone

Do you like apps? Well, this article is all about Creating Videos/Video Editing apps, If you shoot around a lot of video on your phone or are thinking about making and editing your own sketches. We are going to help you discover the wonderful world of app. btw Unanimous Studio can help you in Smartphone App Development & Game developemntWhat follows next is the list of the best video editing app the app world has to offer :-

For iOS :-

  • iMovie : iMovie in my opinion is essential for editing video at home or on the go on iOS. Its easy, intuitive, surprisingly in depth at tax-zoom several audio layers new duplicate NIC wise tracks, slow them down, speed them up, go nuts. There’s even a fun trailer preset that allows you to drop footage into an easy to use template like time-line and make movie cloudy trailers and etc.

  •  Pinnacle Studio : Pinnacle Studio for iPhone if you can’t stand iMovie then it is my second preferred go choice smart phone video editor. It’s slightly more complicated and meaty but once you understand you will learn it has better transition options for edits and has many options for in app purchase a fax like picture in picture and filter stuffs. There’s also a nifty tutorial built into the app to help out.
  • Magisto : It is an interesting app that allows you to automatically edit videos, all you do is import clips and the app does rest for you. Based on reviews, it seems like people enjoy it. And if automatic editing is in your bag there’s also the option to edit and add music yourself. You can also make 15 seconds video clip to upload on instagram.
  • Cinefy : Cinefy is an app that has all the stuff that all apps do except that the awesome inclusion of over 100 Hollywood caliber special effects and it’s all easy to include too, Tap and drag and you’re done.

For Android :-

  • KineMaster : This little app is nice and easy to use. First you must pick all the images and clips you want to include in your final creation. After putting these in order you can adjust the volume, color, clips, the fact transitions, short sections, crop the image, you can even draw, add voice over if you want.
  • Adobe Premiere Clip : It will be of particular interest to those who take their editing more seriously. It includes two methods of creation, one automatic and one manual.
  • VivaVideo : It’s a simple app who goal is to make funny videos with its multiple tools. The app lets your record up to five minutes of video. Only filming when you touch the screen. It also let you add filters directly.
  • VidTrim : it allows you to edit single clips from your device or what you have. You can trim footage, add music tracks, and a bunch of fun retro or psychedelic video.

Others (windows 7,windows 8(8.1),windows 10 & mac) :-

  • DAVINCI RESOLVE 12 : The free davinci resolve 12 is a full professional editing & color grading system that is suitable for anyone working on HD & ultra HD projects. You can download this video editing software for windows & mac os x. Its color grading tools are really great simply because using this tools you can make any well recorded videos look much more stunning. You’ll also like the video editor present in this software very much because it has got editor friendly interface with all the editing tools that you may need.
  • VSDC Free Video Editor : VSDC free video editor can be used to edit video files & creating videos of any complexity. VSDC free video editor supports all the popular video, image & audio file formats, so that you don’t have to use any converter to simply edit you videos. With this video editor you get lots of tools such as video converter, video capture, screen capture, disc burner & video downloading tools. Overall VSDC free video editor is very good for YouTube videos.
  • Shotcut : Shotcut is a free, open source, cross-platform video editor. You guys can also consider this video editing software as the best free video editing software, because you can also edit videos for YouTube using this free video editor. Shotcut video editor is pretty easy to use because of its easy to use user interface, so Shotcut is very much beginner friendly. Shotcut is for Windows 7, Windows 8(8.1), Windows 10, Mac & Linux. Or you can say the best video editing software for pc, mac & Linux.

Professional and most reputed software :-

  • Sony Vegas
  • Final Cut
  • Camtasia

Windows 8 Phone :-

  • Movie Edit Touch : It works much like iMovie. Frame by frame edits, joint clips, V transitions, add titles, music, and export your videos as HD movies.

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Top 10 app for Health and Fitness for Iphone https://unanimoustech.com/top-10-app-health-fitness-ios/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-10-app-health-fitness-ios Sat, 14 May 2016 18:41:55 +0000 http://www.unanimousstudios.com/?p=757 Top 10 app for Health and Fitness for Iphone

We use ‘Health’ for tracking quantities and types of medications with Workflow. We’ve created about 6 workflows to record data in proxy metrics for things we’d otherwise never use, like Thiamin, Niacin, etc. They correspond to the first letter of a medication, and we convert units when proxies use stupidly small ones (e.g. 50mg pill is 50000mcg of Molybdenum).The workflows are on the today screen and we can record data in 1-2 seconds – about as frictionless as one can record something. I’ll write an article about this at some point soon, I think it’d be useful for others to adopt.

Now, here are the list of top 10 apps for health and fitness for iOS users :

1.Optimized – Lifelogging and Quantified Self Improvement App

Optimized helps you track your everyday life to improve it. Simply log all your daily activities in a single app and learn how everything you do and everyone you meet influences your life, health and fitness.
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2.Calorie Counter & Diet Tracker by MyFitnessPal :

Lose weight with MyFitnessPal, the fastest and easiest-to-use calorie counter for iOS. With the largest food database by far (over 5,000,000 foods) and amazingly fast and easy food and exercise entry, they’ll help you take those extra pounds off! And it’s FREE! There is no better diet app – period.

3. NexTrack

The mPoints exercise and weight loss tracker for motivation improve your health & fitness and lose body fat.

4. CARROT Fit

7 Minute Workout, Step Counter & Weight Tracker : Carrot is kinda an instructer that threatens, inspires, ridicules, and bribes you to get you moving. It’s a wonderful motivator that features a “7 minutes in hell” workout that will require you to do 30 seconds of 12 punishing exercises, and will berate you if you don’t.

 

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5. Argus

Calorie Counter & Activity Tracker for Heart Healthy Living : A neat all-in-one activity tracker that monitors your sleep, heart rate, calories, and more. The app offers challenges to overcome, as well as the option to build your own workout plan.

6. Lose It! Weight Loss Program and Calorie Counter

Tracks food intake and fitness activities. Feed in your height, weight, age, and how much weight you are trying to lose (if any at all), and the app constructs a recommended net calorie intake based on how many calories you consume and how many you burn.
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7. Lifesum

Healthier Living and Better Eating – Weight loss app that gives you an accurate assessment of your daily calorie intake. It even features a built-in barcode scanner that can pull up nutritional data on millions of items.

8. Fitocracy

It is for the competitive. It has personal trainer tracking workouts and encourages you to work toward real-life goals.

9. Nike+ Training Club

Nike’s official app has a library of 30 to 45-minute workouts that are based on your goals and fitness level.

10. Strava Running and Cycling

GPS Run and Ride Tracker : Excellent tracking app that monitors your runs or cycling route via GPS. It let your cardio workout and pairs with leaderboards, achievements, and challenges, and brings a competitive spirit to your routine.

 

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[Cocos2dx] FileUtils Cross-Platform Resource Handling For IOS and Android https://unanimoustech.com/cocos2dx-fileutils-cross-platform-resource-handling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cocos2dx-fileutils-cross-platform-resource-handling Fri, 13 May 2016 19:47:55 +0000 http://www.unanimousstudios.com/?p=746 Prerequisite :
I hope the one going through this tutorial have prior knowledge of cocos2dx development and is currently using cocos2dx for one of their game project. A basic understanding of C++ and use of preprocessors is required to implement  this tutorial in one of your project.

Problem :
In most of the cross platform game development using cocos2dx scenarios their are multiple developer working on the same project faces a common issue related to paths of files in resource folder specially the assets like images and audio.
e.g
on ios / mac

Sprite *anSprite = Sprite::create(“some.png”);  works irrespective of it’s location in directory under Resource folder.
While for android you might have to specific the path to image like “path/to/image/some.png”

This wastes a lot of time if you have to port the project to run on either of the platform or any other supported by cocos2dx

How A Lazy Developer Solves This Problem  :

The shortest way to solve this is to put all the images and files under Resource Directory of cocos2dx.
Surely you don’t have bother about anything but again image if you have lots of asset that needs to be managed carefully for each resolution .

Cococ2dx Solution :-

Earlier CCFileUtils now FileUtils handle this problem for you with ease but i’ve seen most of the developer who only have to run the project on single platform will never care to use these methods and even if you use this it does make you code look a little ugly.

Usage :-
FileUtils::getInstance()
This singleton class provide lots of helpful and very useful methods for  file handling operations specific to different platforms.

Suppose you have various subfolder in your resource folder.
like this
Resource\Images\ipad\hero.png
Resource\Images\iphone\hero.png
Resource\Images\ipad\level1.png
Resource\Images\iphone\level1.png

Resource\Images\GameGUI\ // contains all UI related assets
To create any sprite from this you can write following like on iOS
Sprite *hero = Sprite::create("hero.png");
Sprite *levelBG = Sprite::create("level1.png”);

And this is not going to work when you run the code on android platform. As for android you need to specify full path of the resource or it should be  direct under Asset Folder and suppose you have various resolutions like HVGA WVGA etc so cocos2dx provide following flow.

Add Search Path in FileUtils specify resolution  anywhere in your code.
FileUtils::getInstance()->addSearchPath("Images");
FileUtils::getInstance()->addSearchPath("Images/GameGUI/“);

FileUtils::getInstance()->addSearchResolutionsOrder(“iPad”);
FileUtils::getInstance()->addSearchResolutionsOrder(“iPhone”);

Get path for File Name
FileUtils::getInstance()->fullPathForFilename(“hero.png”)

OR
FileUtils::getInstance()->fullPathForFilename(“level1.png”)

will return exact path to these images based on device resolution or type from the Resource folder.

Sprite *hero = Sprite::create(FileUtils::getInstance()->fullPathForFilename(“hero.png”));
Code will this work on any platform supported by cocos2dx.

Short Trick:
Now C++ is an excellent language and it does provide a lots of feature that an programmer can use to not only
optimise the code but make it look beautiful.
Using #define preprocessor will not only save your time writing FileUtils everywhere you need to access a resource but also make your code look clean.

Add these lines either in AppDelegate.h or any file where you put your constants or configurations
#define IMAGENAMED(__FILE_NAME__) (FileUtils::getInstance()->fullPathForFilename(__FILE_NAME__))
#define AUDIONAMED(__FILE_NAME__) (FileUtils::getInstance()->fullPathForFilename(__FILE_NAME__))
// just to make code look tidy.

#define ADDPATH(__FILE_PATH__) (FileUtils::getInstance()->addSearchPath(__FILE_PATH__))
#define ADDRESOLUTION(__RESOLUTION__) (FileUtils::getInstance()->addSearchResolutionsOrder(__RESOLUTION__))

Now i’ve this IMAGENAMED thing and i’m so obssessed with it ever since I started programming games for iPhone back in 2009 but you can feel free to use anything to define it in your code.

So the previous code block now becomes .

ADDPATH("Images");
ADDPATH("Images/GameGUI");

ADDRESOLUTION(“ipad”);
ADDRESOLUTION(“iphone”);

Sprite *hero = Sprite::create(IMAGENAMED(“hero.png”));
Sprite *levelBg =  Sprite::create(IMAGENAMED(“level1.png”));

You can use it anywhere for eg. in menu
MenuItemImage *btn_menu = MenuItemImage::create(IMAGENAMED(“menu_button.png”), IMAGENAMED(“menu_button.png”), CC_CALLBACK_0(GameSceneUI::onMenu, this));

I hope this short trick help you handle Resource across different platform easily .

Feel free to write me back for any query or questions or issue in my above tutorial.

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10 Must Play Addictive Games In Browser https://unanimoustech.com/10-must-play-addictive-games-browser/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-must-play-addictive-games-browser Mon, 09 May 2016 11:06:06 +0000 http://www.unanimousstudios.com/?p=736 10 Must Play Addictive Games In Browser
Browser games hold a dear place in all of our hearts, whether it’s Club Penguin or Runescape; many ofyou however, wouldn’t have heard of more exciting, addictive and amazing games for browser. So here is the compilation of 10 play additive games for browser :

Key: (F) = Flash

(H) = HTML

(O) = Other

1. (F) Legend of the Void 1-2

A pretty deep rpg with nice graphics and a decent story. It has a bunch of easter eggs hidden around, and, if you are dedicated, a good amount of replay value to try out the different builds and find what you missed on your first run.

2. (F) My Pet Protector

It’s kind of like princess maker, in a way. You create a hero and tell them what to do chores-wise, level up their stats, and explore dungeons. This one is also part of a series, so make sure to check out the other Protector games if you like Tower Defense.

3. (F) Arkandian Series

If you liked MPP but weren’t a fan of anything but the combat and loot aspect, these games take those ideas and run with them. Make sure to play these in order, seeing as your achievements early on give you nice items in later games. Some achievements, IIRC, unlock races. The order to play is “Crusader, Revenant, Explorer”

4. (F) Sinjid

Now, the Sinjid series has always been a turn-based rpg series, but the game I am talking about is the latest reboot of the series. If you are really into Final Fantasy and other RPGs, give the first two, Shadow of the Warrior and Arena, a try. If you are more into open-world action rpgs, the game “Sinjid” should fill that niche nicely. The bosses are hard, the skill trees are big, the items are unique.WARNING: This is a very large cliented game. The game lets you opt to play without music if it takes too long to load, which, IMHO, indicates how big it is.

5. (F) Monster’s Den

Book of Dread: Into rpgs, but refuse to touch anything that isn’t slathered in a friendly coat of Pathfinder flavoring? This game is for you. Create a party, lead them into a the monster’s den, die. That’s all there is to it.

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6. (F)Armed With Wings Series

The armed with wings series, at it’s core, is a hack-and- slash game. Each game, however, introduced some new mechanics that are worth checking out. The first game involves solving puzzles with your falcon (hawk, eagle? I don’t remember.), while the second introduces weapon-swapping and lets you play as the first game’s main villain. The third game places you in similar shoes to the first and second game, letting you use your bird and weapon-swapping. This time, though, you can level up skills. The story in these games is pretty great, and the third game’s soundtrack is pretty stellar. Make sure to try the spinoff, Red Moon, before you play three. Again, I can’t explain why you need to without spoiling anything.

7. (F) Feudalism 1-3

peaking of Mount & Blade, Feudalism is basically the flash equivalent to it, except for the lack of an ability to join up with a faction. The first two games are dated, but have a more dark fantasy aspect, while the third is much more up-to- code, but includes usage of magic. It’s up to personal preference here.

8. (O) GeoGuessr

You found Carmen Sandiego, you found Waldo, Wally, and whatever other aliases he uses, but can you find yourself? You are lost somewhere on google maps street view, and it’s your job to figure out where that place is. Score is based on accuracy and your position is randomized. May the odds be ever in your favor.

9. (F) RAZE Series

If you liked UT, you will probably like RAZE. It has a two-sided campaign, custom matches, and some what-if missions to play after you beat the game. Instagib is included, of course.

10. (F) The Last Stand

Union City: What? Not into ninja rpgs? How about a zombie rpg? It is an open-world horror RPG. If you liked Silent Hill, you will probably enjoy this game. I can’t tell you much about it without spoiling it, though.

I Hope this helps! If you are bored and got ideas about games and other sort of apps, you can follow

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