Children are often seen sitting glued to computers and playing games now-a-days. Games, which were earlier played on grounds or with boards, are now available in our computers. Computer games, when introduced were 2 dimensional and were not interactive. Today, computer games have taken a new avatar in the form of '3D games', which have become almost an obsession to kids.
So, what is special about these 3D games? 3D games contain the well-known 3D effects and capture the player or draw them into its own world. The various multimedia effects are programmed to give a real-world impression. These games offer full-colour format with stunning images, specially effectuated audio and video. How long would a kid keep playing the same Mario or Flight combat? Every day, hundreds of new games are being released with different themes and effects. Even the former Age of Empires, Prince of Persia are renewed to provide virtual 3D atmosphere.
The moment we hear 'computer games', we can see guys getting excited about racing and shooting games. This is where 'Miniclips', a 3D web game development company, is at its zenith. Miniclip is an online game site that has a range of sports, racing and shooting games for free and at cost. Miniclips games have become so widespread that it has become almost synonymous to shooting and racing games and sometimes referred to as racer miniclips. The miniclip arcade has over 5000 games online with the best effects.
There can't be a child who hasn't played Harry Potter or Farme Ville. All thanks to shockwave games. Shockwave games are an innovative online site which has animated fictional characters and creatures from other worlds in their games. Most of the classy novels are made into games that give us the thrill of being the protagonist, whom we had only read in books or watched in movies and admired.
Not only racer and shooter games, many soft games like dress up games, adaptation of romantic novels are also available on many sites with 3D games. These games lure kids as well as adults to play these games. Virtual reality, an upcoming branch in the field of multimedia grabs the attention of people in all ages and also gives a break from the conventional method of playing.
Coming in hand to all these, is the Unity Player developed by Windows. It is an integrated authority tool used in the creation of 3D video games or interactive 3D animations. It is one of the most widely used video game editors.
On the whole, 3D video games have become an integral part of kids' entertainment and are getting more popular day by day. Except that they are addictive, 3D games make a good time pass for all the kids and are used for educational purposes also. All these factors add up to the fact that 3D games have reached every house that has a computer! 4D effects are a fast growing area of research, but still in today's world, 3D games take us to another world with their close-to-real-world effects and have touched almost every door!