Alienware

Arena App

Alienware Corporation is a leading computer hardware company that manufactures laptops, desktops & accessories for gaming and entertainment.

Service

Visual Design Services, Mobile Development
Business domain

Entertainment
Technologies

Swift, Java

Extend the gaming experience

The client had a gaming portal and wanted to extend the user’s experience via mobile applications allowing players to access the web platform features on the go.

This is when he reached out to the NIX team to develop user-friendly iOS and Android applications with a custom design providing full gaming engagement.

001 CHALLENGE

Develop iOS/Android applications from scratch with the client’s backend team.
Provide the social side of the app such as messaging, profile customization and relevant content for different countries.

002 SOLUTION

High-functioning app to dive into gamer’s world

First off, the team performed integration with Steam, Facebook, Discord, and Twitter, enabling the gamer’s social interaction.

For backend, we used a REST API method that allows communication between a web-based client and serves as a bridge for incoming data.

UI is essential in such applications, and we’ve strived to make it attractive and high-functioning using UIkit. The well-thought-out interface allowed the user to dive into the game’s world and successfully interact with other gamers.

As a result, Alienware Arena iOS and Android applications enable users with the following

View game world novelties and news resources;
Receive bonuses for daily visits;
Pass through mini-quests and minigames;
Сhoose and receive awards for activity, both and physical (user can order socks/hats/gloves with the app logo);

Display content differently depending on the user’s location (a more open version is available for Canada and the USA);
Maintain a personal profile with various customizations;
Comment on the posts of other users in news channels, send personal messages and block individual users.

003 OUTCOME

Increased engagement for gaming portal

The NIX team created an application that allows the user to interact with the main features of the website such as Arena Rewards, daily and weekly quests. In addition to being able to access game code giveaways, gaming news and much more.

It helped the client attract more users to the gaming portal and increase engagement.

Team

Project Manager, Business Analyst, QA Engineer, iOS Developer, Android Developer, Designer
Techstack

Swift, Java, UIKit, Rest API, Retrofit, Glide

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