AN COMPREHENSIVE INTRODUCTION TO THE WECHAT MINI GAMES
Tencent is the largest game developer company in China. Through the platform of Wechat, it has penetrated the game market with newly introduced Wechat mini-games. It has some of the most popular games under its ownership. Also, the company owns the most popular social media platform of China i.e. WeChat. Back in 2016, the company launched mini-programs in WeChat that is changing the lifestyle of the people of China since its launch. The mini-programs are basically apps-type programs that work under the structure provide by WeChat. The users can do a lot of things with mini-programs like order food, online shopping, read articles, etc. with mini-programs. In addition to that, it can be done without installing any additional app. Wechat mini-games are the kind of wechat mini-programs but they are basic games which can be played by people to kill time.
To mint the popularity of WeChat, Tencent has introduced WeChat mini games back in December 2017. As the company is already popular for the games that it had produced in the past, the mini-games gained popularity overnight. There are many mini-games on the WeChat platform that went viral in no time.
WHY ARE WECHAT MINI-GAMES SO POPULAR?
The first question that pops up in our mind that why mini-games are so popular. Of course, the preceding popularity of the company and WeChat helped a lot but there should be more reasons else the public of China is ruthless when it comes to rejecting any platform. We have checked the mini-games and compiled a list of features that helped to gain that much popularity in a lesser period of time than anticipated.
1. The design and the navigation: When you play mini-games, you notice that the platform has simple navigation and easy to use design. Even those who are not tech savvy can easily play the games without much effort.
2. High-quality entertainment: As these mini-games offer small games with loads of features, the quality of the games is considered fairly high. Also, the graphics the developers are using give the feel of top quality games.
3. No storage required: As the game launch without additional installation just like mini-programs, you do not need to block storage on your device to play mini-games.
4. Ease of play: The main thing that the company kept in mind was that the games on this platform should not be complex. They kept a check on the complexity of the games available and made it a platform for the masses.
5. A good way to kill time: As no installation required and low expertise level of gaming, these mini-games are an amazing way to kill time. You can spend as much time as you want on single or multiple games without getting bored.
HOW TO PLAY WECHAT MINI GAMES?
Now as these games are so popular, obviously you would like to play them. Following are the ways to get game invites and play the games on mini-games platform.
· Invitation: Your friend or WeChat groups can invite you to play mini-games. This is one of the easiest ways to get access to the platform.
· QR Code: The developers provide QR code which you can scan and get access to the game.
· From History: If you have played a game before, you can get back to it from the Mini Program history. You need to pull down the chat inbox and can check the history of the games played there.
· Discover games: There is two option for that. First, you can go to Mini Programs and search for a Mini Game. The second option is by going to the Mini Games and search for “小游戏” (Mini-Game)
In the past few years, WeChat has introduced a lot of features to keep the users enticed to the app. With Mini Games, the company has made sure that the competitors find it really hard to compete with the app.
