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Software: the essential element to maximum gaming hardware performance
How embedded software will help you take your game design to the next level Andres Garcia, Head of Software DevOps at gaming specialist technology
provider Quixant, explains why embedded software is such a critical, but often overlooked aspect of gaming hardware platform performance.
Game development, and content development in particular, is a complex ‘art’ and has always been challenged by the limits of the gaming hardware solutions. As regulatory bodies have evolved, this has allowed for flexibility in technology adoption and scalability.
Tese changes have transformed game development from complex gaming hardware embedded systems being developed in-house, to using standardised options, an evolution which comes with many advantages.
Firstly, this gives game developers a range of powerful, compliant and readily available software tools that are already integrated on their gaming hardware platforms, allowing them to explore the boundaries of the embedded platforms. Tis enables both the content development and game platform development teams to execute, starting from the operative system to the toolchain used to design and build their games and applications.
Te integration of the embedded software tools has drastically reduced the time and effort for both new platform development and migration to newer technologies and architecture. Gaming platforms have lagged in technology adoption due to the long technology development cycles and having embedded software has accelerated the adoption for the wider organisation as it significantly reduces the time, effort, and cost to create exceptional content.
Driven by the desire to provide the gaming and sports betting industries with robust and reliable standardised gaming
Andres Garcia, Head of Software DevOps, Quixant
Andres Garcia is an Engineering Leader with almost 10 years of experience in the gaming industry and 15+ years of international experience designing, developing, and integrating software solutions for various industries. Andres Joined Quixant in 2012, and as Head of Software DevOps guides the development of software solutions to meet the needs of the gaming industry and collaborates with customers to seamlessly integrate Quixant products into their technology stack, enabling them bring their products to market faster.
hardware platforms, Quixant exclusively develops platforms that are enhanced with the necessary software features these industries require. Quixant’s new ultimate range of gaming hardware platforms all come with integrated software tools for embedded platform development and provide maximum performance based on the market and product needs and budgets game developers are operating in.
Embedded software refers to the software modules that control specialised computing systems, also known as embedded systems, which differ from standard PCs as they have been designed to repeatedly perform a particular function. Tis type of software needs to be expertly designed to run on a specific hardware device with a precise configuration.
To deliver the ultimate land-based games, it is essential to support devices and peripherals that enable players to interact with the game on a physical cabinet, to attract players and to enhance their gaming experience with immersive multimedia elements. It’s also necessary to implement regulatory functionalities, such as server communication with standardised protocols like G2S and SAS, and methods for logging data and recovering it from unexpected states. And fundamentally, there is the need to protect the intellectual property from copy and fraudulent use.
Regulations across the land-based gaming industry differ throughout jurisdictions. In the highly regulated markets, mandatory regulations are often complex and require considerable time, effort and cost to implement, certify a system and make it available to players, and eventually generate profits.
Whether the highly regulated markets or the route and other markets, it is especially important to implement methods to protect intellectual property. Tis part of the game development process requires very specific knowledge of the gaming industry, local regulations, cabinet hardware devices, peripherals,
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