As a multi-platform game development studio, Big Blue Bubble has developed a set of advanced, production-proven tools and engines for every target platform.
Mobile
As the leading independent mobile game development studio, we developed the technology and tools that helped us create numerous award winning games.
Console
Strongly focused on Nintendo platforms (GBA, DS and Wii), we developed some unique technologies for those platforms, including state of the art 3D engine for nintendo DS.
Casual
In order to launch our newest division, we developed some advanced technology that allow us to do rapid prototyping and develop PC and MAC games with high efficiency.
Technology
Built on a foundation of solid engineering practices, we have established ourselves as a strong multi-platform game development studio. We have incorporated practices such as the Agile development model (via Scrum), and rigorous build and test procedures. Our technology supports these core concepts, from our automatic code conversion tools to our data pipelines and custom engines. Armed with these tools, we maintain a very high level of adaptability. This permits us to constantly custom tailor our work through design collaboration, to suit the client’s needs and requests:
• Software Tool “B3Xpresso”: Big Blue Bubble has developed a software tool called “B3Xpresso” that ports mobile J2ME applications to BREW, another popular mobile gaming environment: Our tool generates clean and readable BREW C++ code and project files; it also automatically converts all the resources. Changes can be made directly in the J2ME source or in the resulting BREW code at any point during development. By removing manual code conversion and automating other tedious programming tasks, B3Xpresso streamlines the porting process, transforming a task that could take several weeks into several hours.
• Game Engine, Nintendo DS: State-of-the-art engine on the Nintendo DS: By optimizing the technologies available with the Nintendo DS, a powerful engine was created that surpasses the visual quality of anything currently available. It includes high quality, high performance graphics, physics simulations, particle effects, dynamic lighting, asset management and more.
• Agile Development: Our development services work on agile principles that focus on dynamically adjusting to the publisher’s needs and desires without loss of work.
• Build System: Our internal testing and build systems allow us to incorporate Quality Assurance procedures directly into the development process, reducing the potential for in-the-wild bugs and flaws. The tests are preserved from day one of each project, and constantly retested, thereby ensuring that the same problem is never encountered twice.
