When we first conceived the idea for HowZat, we had just one thing in mind – to change the way cricket games are played. We designed it to keep it as real as possible, giving the batsman over 20 cricketing shots to choose from, an enhanced bowling experience and even the option to set your own field.
While that’s great, we felt that it didn’t complete the cricket-gaming experience. And then we probed further. Manage your own team? Sure, we brought that on board. Want to play against your friends? Oh yes. Let users pay to play the game? Hell no.
We were possibly going for the grandest, most complex scheme of things, demanding so much out of our game-development team, but we knew that in the end that cricket-fans would go crazy over it. And just that was enough to keep us going – And our team delivered. However, I must warn you. Ever play a cricket game with all these features? Don’t blame us if your girlfriend/wife or boss kills you for getting hooked.
And now there’s this blog, where we’ll keep you up to date on the latest from the HowZat team. We’ll post game feature updates, competitions, gaming tips, and some insights into the technology, people (and cat) behind HowZat.
One of the really exciting things about working on HowZat is seeing all of the goofy, fun but great ideas that people come up with, at the office. This blog is a place where we want to highlight and share some of those ideas, along with giving you a sneak peak into the life of working in a cozy little company – and the crazy things we’re up to around the office.
Stay tuned.
- Sridhar
Business Development Director, GameVentures
CricketGaming.net