Ludo king is one of the games getting a great success in the period of the COVID-19 lockdown. Let us know the success story of Ludo king. This is a free board game developed by Vikash Jaiswal, who owns an Indian company named 'Indian studio Gametion Technologies Pvt Ltd.'. Ludo King is a mobile application game developed on the Unity game engine. This game is available on all the mobile platform i.e. ' Android ', ' iOS ', and 'windows ' mobile phones.
Ludo King has gained so much popularity in the period of global lockdown due to COVID-19. The COVID-19 has scribbled the success story of Ludo king. This can be seen with the fact that - this game is ranked No 1 in the Top Free Games Section in most of the apps downloading platforms like 'play store' and 'apps store' i.e. around 100+ million downloads.
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Connection of Vikash Jaiswal and Ludo king
Vikash Jaiswal is the founder of the Ludo King game.
Vikash, Ludo King owner, is a founding member of Indian studio Gametion Technologies Pvt Ltd. He was born in Patna, Bihar, India. He did his schooling from one of the well-known schools of Bihar. After completing his schooling, he pursued his Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science department from MIT, Bulandshahar, Orissa, India.
Ludo King developer Vikash was very fond of digital games from his childhood days and so he created a video game called ‘Eggy Boy’ during his bachelor's degree program as a part of his thesis. The game was able to make its name in the initial period and that too as a PCQuest magazine's ‘Game of the Month’. After completing his graduation from MIT, Vikash moved to Mumbai and started working as a tech lead for Indiagames Ltd.
After 4 years of his job, he quit his job in 2008 and started working on his dream project that is the game development and so started his own gaming company named Gametion, with an investment of ₹2.5 lakh. They were having a team of seven people. This game was first released for the iOS platform on the Apple App Store dated February 20, 2016, and after looking at its popularity, the game was released on other platforms. In the initial period, Gametion created simple browser games, but later on, they shifted their game platform to Android and iOS.
After a long period i.e. around October 2015, Ludo King owner Vikash Jaiswal came up with the idea to build a Ludo. The basic idea behind this game was to remember childhood memories while playing. This became the USP of the game, as the people started liking this game very much and started playing with their relatives and friends. This game has now become the most successful digital board game in the period of lockdown, where this game has become the best resource for passing time and chit-chatting with their friends and relatives.
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Gaming Idea of Ludo king
Ludo King has the same concept as the board game Ludo. It is the most popular game for all children during their childhood. This game is the digital version of Ludo. The main aim of this game is to move all 4 points from the starting place of your color house, around the board to the center of the board, also known as the home of the game board. The first person, who takes all his/her 4 points at the game center of the game board is declared as the winner of the game.
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This digital game has four modes i.e.
- vs Computer
- Local Mode
- Online Multiplayer
- Private Multiplayer.
One of the best features is that here, the players can play with their Facebook friends in the online mode. Because of this reason, the game got so popular in many different countries like Indonesia, Sudan, Brazil, and many other South Asian countries. A report also says that this game has overtaken Temple Run 2 game in terms of its no. of downloads.
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Author :- Yash Gupta
June 05, 2020 at 12:00PM
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