MoMinis Challenges Game Developers using Competitive Tools to Reach for $15,000 in Prizes

TEL AVIV, Israel--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--MoMinis, a provider of cross-platform mobile game development and distribution tools, today announced that it is opening its GameCast Contest to include games developed by any competitive tool in the industry. The contest rules have changed from requiring developers to use only The MoMinis Studio to allowing the use of whatever tool they prefer.

“The foremost challenge for game developers lies in complying within a very fragmented mobile market. We decided to open the contest to other tools because we honestly don’t think any other tool can compete with The MoMinis Studio in terms of compatibility”

The caveat is that games created in the contest must be able to operate on the same devices and platforms that The MoMinis Studio supports such as Android, Blackberry, Symbian and J2ME. The complete list of supported devices and operating systems is available on the contest website and includes devices using different OSes, screen sizes, input methods and processing power.

MoMinis also announced it is extending the deadline from July 10th to August 25th to accommodate the expansion of development tools.

“The foremost challenge for game developers lies in complying within a very fragmented mobile market. We decided to open the contest to other tools because we honestly don’t think any other tool can compete with The MoMinis Studio in terms of compatibility,” says Eyal Rabinovich, VP of community and content for MoMinis. “The MoMinis Studio helps developers overcome the mobile fragmentation challenge which is why we feel so confident opening our contest to any and all development tools – as long as they can run on all the devices and operating systems that MoMinis supports. We welcome all contenders,” he expanded.

Why is compatibility a big issue? Aside from mobile fragmentation within OSes, each game distribution channel also has various compatibility requirements and games must pass an intensive QA process in order to meet them. “We need the cross platform support in order to monetize developers’ games,” Rabinovich adds. “Our distribution channels don’t work like the Google Android Market where any developer can upload their content and hope for the best. MoMinis games are prepared for distribution and monetization from the moment they are completed.”

About the GameCast Contest

MoMinis is offering a total of $15,000 in prizes plus distribution deals with GetJar and SlideME to the winning creative mobile games. Entrance to the contest and more information can be found at http://gamecastcontest.com/.

The MoMinis Studio is a free, downloadable game engine for 2D casual games that instantly operate on hundreds of mobile devices across multiple platforms such as Android, Blackberry, Symbian and J2ME. It is intended for developers with varying levels of expertise from game designers, PC developers, flash developers, mobile developers to game studios and can be downloaded at http://dev.mominis.com/.

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About MoMinis

Founded in 2008, MoMinis is an Israeli-based privately-held company funded by Mitsui Ventures and BRM Capital. MoMinis offers a landmark cross-platform solution for the fast creation and publishing of mobile games, solving the problem of mobile fragmentation and allowing games run on hundreds of mobile devices across multiple platforms such as Android, Blackberry, Symbian and J2ME. The company also distributes games to global audiences using its global distribution partners such as mobile operators and publishers and shares revenue with developers. Key partners include NTT DoCoMo Verizon, Telefonica, Orange, Turkcell and Vodafone.