Machinator game application

In October, 2013 announced Ascon release of the Machinator game application intended for mobile devices based on iOS. A game is available to downloading in AppStore and, being English-speaking, is expected the international audience.

The essence of a game consists in assembly on the speed of three-dimensional models of different degree of complexity. The company considers that such task helps to train engineering thinking in three-dimensional space.

In the basic, free version of a game 12 models are available to assembly. Also users can purchase additional, paid models at the price from 33 up to 99 rub for everyone depending on their complexity (quantity of components 3D - a puzzle).

All models provided in a game are executed in the Compass-3D program. At the same time everyone can become the author of model for a game. In the company explain what for those who are able to work in three-dimensional modeling systems will not make big work to create model in the Compass-3D or Compass-3D Home program and to transfer model to the company. From the received models Ascon will select the best for inclusion in structure of a game.

According to representatives of Ascon, the first-priority purpose of release of a game is promoting of a main product of the company - "Compass-3D" and also closer communication of the company with users as it is possible to load into a model game only in a format of Compass. However expect to earn from it in the company too as the audience of a game is much wider than traditional Russian engineers and besides — global, speak in Ascon.

The company notes that the application was developed by forces of the company using the game Unity engine. In Askona there is a group of mobile application development which created the business application "Pilot-24" for work with the project documentation on mobile devices before.

In the middle of November of Machinator it became available also to devices based on Android OS. Askona notes that for this moment the version of a game under iOS was downloaded more than 26 thousand times and entered a top of the most downloaded applications in AppStore and in the first five of the section of Puzzle. In December the company is going to release the version of the game application and under Windows 8 OS.