Mereja Forum

[Abaymado]

Probably the first of its kind video game in Ethiopia named ‘mamo qilo’ is publicized recently by a group of people. I hope this trend will open vast business and the video game will expand its dimension and will become rated world wide.

https://youtu.be/OF0L5-FQkCw

if not mistaken, the first African video game was introduced to the market by Cameroonian in 2016. Now many African countries have joined this game industry. It said that one of Nigeria’s game company has more than 700,000 game players inside Nigeria alone. More than 60% of downloads from Kuluya Games are from Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa.
from my experience 3D video games are populatr across the entire world especially war games are prefefrable. At the moment, I am playing 3D war game made by Russians.
And I believe that Africans will come with similar 3D game movies.




New video game developed in Africa
29 Apr 2016
A new video game, Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan has been developed in Africa. The work of a studio in Cameroon, Kiro’o Games, it explores African tales in a phantasmal setting. The main character, King Enzo Kori-Odan, uses collective energy, channelled through ancestors, called aurion.
On the day of their coronation, King Enzo and Queen Erine Kori-Odan need to defend their realm of Zama from a coup d’etat. This is the premise of a role-playing game (RPG) made in Africa, a first for the continent.

Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan is described as a game that is “partly inspired by the old school ‘tales of’ series, (and that) focuses on 2D real-time combat sequences while the narration and its environment both draw deeply from African culture, myth and lore”.

Gamers take the role of King Enzo, who makes use of a collective energy called aurion. It’s channelled through ancestors and can unlock powerful fighting abilities to help him to defeat his enemies.

The game was developed by Kiro’o Games’ founder, Oliver Madiba, in Cameroon. “In Aurion, with the story scenario, there’s a symbolic analogy between the trials of Enzo and Erine and the common history of Africa and our place in the stakes of the world,” he told gaming blog, Kotaku.

He said they used traditional clothes from various countries in the game: Enzo’s battle gear is a Masai tunic while non-player characters (NPC) were inspired by the Touareg in Mali, the Yoruba in Nigeria, and the Peulh in Cameroon and Chad.

https://www.brandsouthafrica.com/invest ... -in-africa

Top African Video Game Companies

http://ayibamagazine.com/top-african-vi ... companies/

African-themed video games are a market with strong potential
Though most African gaming companies are still young, video games are becoming increasingly popular both across the continent and in the wider global market. In Africa, video game companies are creating high quality and localized content for African consumers. As Hugo Obi, the founder of Maliyo Games in Nigeria, recognizes, “we believe Africa-themed games is a market with a strong potential” due to the growing size of the population of internet subscribers. African video game companies are mostly found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Kenya, and South Africa. Here is a list of some of some companies producing fun, innovative content for gamers:
Kiro’o Games (Cameroon)
Kiro’o Games is the first video game studio in Central Africa. Madibe Olivier founded this company with just $100 and funds from a Kickstarter campaign. Kiro’o Games has created Aurion: The Legacy of the Kori-Odan, which is influenced by African folklore and mythology and features an African hero named Enzo. Olivier says the company plans to move into mobile gaming as well and wants to make Kiro’o Games the leader of gaming in Africa.

ChopUp (Nigeria)
Chop Up is dedicated to creating “locally relevant mobile games that tell the African narrative.” The company creates world-class games rooted in African themes and stories. ChopUp’s flagship game series, Danfo, has a fan base of over 700,000 gamers in Nigeria, and is also played in the Diaspora. ChopUp has made six games and is mainly used on the Android platform.

Avena Games (Nigeria)
Avena Games is one of the leading mobile game developers in Africa and creates games across both mobile and PC platforms. In Africa, Avena Games is primarily played in Cameroon, Congo, Nigeria, Senegal, Zimbabwe, and South Africa.

Momentum Core (Nairobi, Kenya)
Momentum Core creates informative and fun games for children. One of their games, Refugee Movement, was made in partnership with UNHCR workers and encourages activism. Momentum Core also released the game Mosquito Hood in 2013, in which the government of Kenya pledged to “donate one mosquito net to a family living in a malarial zone” every time a player completed Mosquito Hood.

Maliyo Games (Nigeria)
Maliyo Games is Nigeria’s first online gaming company and is dedicated to “sharing the experiences of the everyday African with the world through interactive multimedia content.” The name “Maliyo” is inspired by the concept of moonlight stories and games in Hausa, a commonly spoken language in Northern Nigeria. Maliyo Games are relatable, engaging, and locally relevant, not to mention extremely popular.

Kuluya (Nigeria)
Kuluya develops games across multiple platform and has created fifty-five “casual games” and five mobile games. The world “Kuluya” means “action” in the local Igbo language. In just eighteen months after its launch, Kuluya was valued at over $2 million. More than 60% of downloads from Kuluya Games are from Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa.

DreamAfrica (Nairobi, Kenya)
DreamAfrica is a “digital African-themed platform that delivers engaging and educational family friendly storybooks, comics, audiobooks and videos/animations.” As the largest ever-growing collection of African, Diaspora, and multilingual children’s content, DreamAfrica connects African authors and content creators to a global audience through its interactive mobile platform.

Gamsole (Nigeria)
Gamsole is a mobile production company with the message, “From Africa, to the Word.” The company creates games for the Android, Windows, and Java platforms, and has created over fifty games in just two years. Abiola Olaniran, the founder of Gamosle, says that creating “African” games means combining “humor, lifestyle of the people, the literature, and creating entertainment […] such that anybody can relate to it and enjoy it.”

[Abaymado]

As far as Africans managed to become players in the world market in terms of video games, it is highly likely African will come up with super software applications that will supersede dominant western’s software applications. For example Microsoft word, Firefox browsers, and even operating systems like window (XP, 7…), etc. After that the game will be ON.

[Ethoash]

i see the interview, it was second rated interview የደከመ ያፈጅ ጥያቄ
ስንት ግዜ ፈጀብህ
ምን አነሳሳህ
በጣም የሚገርመው ደግሞ ለምን በነፃ አለቀቕህውም ብሎ ድርቅ ማለቱ
እራሱ ጋዜጠኛ በነፃ ነው ውይ የሚስራው ።።
እኔ እኮ እነዚህ ቡዳዎች ይገርሙኛ የሞት መዳኒት ቢገኝም እንኳን በነፃ ማግኘት ነው የሚፈልጉት ።
በነፃ ለመልቀቅ ከሆነ ታድያ ምን አደከማቸው ። ለምንስ አንድ ብር ያጠፋሉ
ከማድነቅ ይልቅ በነፃ መፈለጉ በጣም ነው ያናደደኝ

ይህ ጫዋታ አፕልኬሽን ለትምህርትም ሊሆን ይችላል ለምሳሌ ተማሪው ጥይቄ በመመልስ ፍጥኖ ከደርጃ ወድ ደርጅ በመውጣት ድግሪውን ያገኛል አንድ እስተማሪው ያሮሩጠዋል ውይ ደግሞ ድህነት ያራሩጠዋል ከዚያ ለማምለጥ ጥያቄዎቹን በ ፍጥነት ይመልሳል።
እኔ ሁሌ ገበጣን በኮምፒተር ጌም የሚያደርግ ሰው ቢመጣ እያልኩ ነው የአፍሪካ ጌም ተብሎ ብዙ እንደሚሽጥ ነው።

i wish Elias hire production company before he ask interview to make it very interesting why not just go home and play Mamo game with big screen and conduct the interview while playing ... in fact play with haile or famous actor how far they can go .. something like that make it excitement...

just imagine 3 model women playing the game or famous musician play the game this mamo game application would have hit million in one day.. that is the measure of your interview success .. to launching a product , this is where your bread and bu++er come as of now only 753 people view it the interview this is product launching event and u fail ...

look how Steve jobs launching ... the other day u ባለክብረወሰኗ ድምፃዊት ዘቢባ ግርማ interview hit 25k which is record for Elias tv, but look Seifu on EBS : ድምፃዊት ዘቢባት በሰይፉ ሾው manged 407,117 views.... again it is dry interview on your show .... this kind of interview are no just interview it is product launch where u make money so u must think million time and hire production crew how will launch the product while conducting the interview . this people ብዙ አመት ደክመውበት አንተ ጋ ሲመጡ ምንም ለውጥ የሚያመጡ ካልሆነ ምኑን መጡት። in fact u will be feeding the other show because u did the head hunt and they will do the real interview and get half million hit.. just look how ድምፃዊት ዘቢባት playful inበሰይፉ ሾው . it look easy but it is talent only few people can master.. hence dr. Elias keep researching ur team.. the one you have doesnt work .. i dont know what u going to do with them. but it not working .. 400 view come i can even mange to get that ..

the other day they interview with እስክንድር ነጋ even managed to get 19k እስክንድር ነጋ look like he was seating on በርጩማ ። ምንድነው ጉድ አራት ሰውች ተጣበው የሚቀመጡት ።። አር ዝም በለህ የአሜሪካኖች ኢንተሪቪው ተመልከት ተራርቀው ነው የሚቀመጡት ካሜሪው ሁሉንም በአንዴ ማሳየት የለበትም ።። ተራርቀው ቢቀመጡ ምን አለ ውይ ሁለቱ ብቻ አይበቁም ለምን ሶስት ሆኑና ቦታው ተጣበበ።
ልጆቹ በጣም ነው የሚያዛዝኑኝ ። ነገር ግን ገና ብዙ የቀራቸዋል ፳ አመት መጠበቅ ይኖርብናል የሚበስሉ ከሆነ ። ነገር ግን ችሎታ የለው ሰው ገና በጠዋቱ ያስታውቃል ጠያቂዎች ነገር አያበዙም ቡዙም አያወሩም በአጭሩ መጠየቅ አለባቸው ። አንደኛው ጥሩ ጠይቆ ነበር ተድብቆ ካሜሪ መቅረፅ። አንደኛ ዳኛው ካሜሪ ከተከለከል ቢቢሲም የዳኛ ት ህዛዝ ያከብራል እነዚህ የዳኛን ት ህዛዝ ተላልፈው ተገኝተዋል ። በሌል በኩል ደግሞ መብት ነው መብት ነው የሚለውን አንድ ጠበቃ ይዞ ነበር መቅረብ አንዱ ጋዘጠኛ ብቻ ነበር የሚበቃው ችሎታ ካለው እና ጠበቃውና እክንደርን ማፋጠጥ ነበር። በግምት ከማውራት።