You possibly could not imagine how weird the games are.
A new app wants to give you a similar swiping-up experience like TikTok, but instead of watching videos, users can discover 2D games developed by users.
Recently, Playbyte got launched on iOS. This app has a similar interface to TikTok, where users scroll it vertically. Moreover, on its right, it has the “like ” and “comment” buttons, and it has a full-screen launching button, where you can try the games you scroll past, the whole structure is the same as TikTok.
TechCrunch stated Plyabyte’s feed has an algorithm design like TikTok’s, meaning the games will show up according to your personalized taste over time, according to the games you interact with and prefer.
The games Playbyte is offering are basics. It will not have the 5-level graphics or gameplay like PlayStation anytime soon. You should prepare yourself for an ancient-time gaming experience with Playbyte. Of the many games featured on it, some stylish variety includes an emoji of the cowboy hat trying to dodge blocks falling. The fact is, no matter what we call the games, they are extremely weird, and you could do nothing to prepare yourself for how surreal the games are.
Playbyte Scrolling
Playbyte scrolling is similar to entering the eerie YouTube wormhole, where the videos look like they got created for children, but then you hear Elsa talking in an inexplicably husky voice, whipping out a cartoon sword. As the games get created by users and Playbyte just got launched, making it is hard to understand the extent to how the content is getting vetted. This just means that the apps games on it right now are basic emoji type games as it is in practice. It has games where users navigate mazes and play stimulated bank robberies or murder scenarios to beat levels.
The configuration of the app has been intentional by Playbyte. It is starting up as not only a game-development platform but also as another social media platform, allowing users to follow and support one another and exchange gaming assets and custom reasoning. In simpler words, assets can get recycled by other creators, making games seem similar and unfamiliarly mysterious.
Kyle Russell, the CEO, told TechCrunch:
“Basically, we want to make it really easy for people who aren’t as ambitious to still feel like productive, creative game makers…The key to that is going to be if you have an idea—like an image of a game in your mind—you should be able to very quickly search for new assets or piece together other ones you’ve previously saved. And then just drop them in and mix-and-match—almost like Legos—and construct something that’s 90% of what you imagined, without any further configuration on your part.”
Furthermore, with time, Playbyte wishes to monetize its content with the assistance of commerce strategies and branded adverts. However, these developments will take some time yet. Currently, this app is just weird as it tries to make an app for games like other apps did for pictures and videos like Instagram has pictures and TikTok has videos.
