Snapchat Launches Games

In Snapchat they continue to rack their brains to find the formula that will restore them to fame after the theft of their stories or snaps on Instagram. And they seem to be bursting with ideas. Or so it follows from his Snap Partner Summit event, which he just held on a Hollywood set. Here they have announced new functions for their application, but also new projects and productions that they are going to launch. If you thought Snapchat was a dead app, read on.

Landmarkers and lots of Augmented Reality to scan

Can you imagine the Eiffel Tower moving like an animated character and vomiting rainbows? Well, don't imagine, take your mobile out of your pocket, open Snapchat and focus on this monument to enjoy the experience. Although it is not the only one, other buildings and landmarks are added to this new Augmented Reality feature. A good way to publicize places and take advantage of all the development that Snapchat has carried out since it was fully introduced to the world of Augmented Reality.

Introducing Landmarkers - look out below! ? SnapPartnerSummit pic.twitter.com/s5nIj8CDER

- Snapchat (@Snapchat) April 4, 2019

In addition to monuments, Snapchat's Augmented Reality is further expanded in the menu Scan This is a new functionality within the application toolbar. With it we can recognize all kinds of products, animals and situations to take advantage of these filters and special effects to place on real objects.As we can see in the presentation video, it is possible to scan objects to buy them over the Internet, recognize music songs, solve mathematical operations written on paper or animate scanned objects in real life.

https://youtu.be/yifzT3n0Ps8

Augmented Reality Games

Snap Games are the new entertainment content on Snapchat. There are specifically six titles that arrive signed by big names in the market such as Zynga or ZeptoLab. These are:

https://youtu.be/LWD4mfKx3eE

Bitmoji Party - Offering a nice series of mini-games in a party type title to play with others.

Tiny Royale: In this case, it offers a gaming experience similar to a Battle Royale shooter.

Snake Squad: Remember the classic Snake? Well, add a multiplayer component to it and you already have Snake Squad. Something like Slither.io.

C.A.T.S Drift Race: Racing games have a place on Snapchat too. Of course, here driving skill prevails, since skidding is the general tone of the game.

Zombie Rescue Squad: another shooter or shooting game where you eliminate hordes of zombies that arrive from everywhere.

Alphabear Hustle: and here we can enjoy a city building game. All this in a collaborative way.

New Snapchat Original Series

Snapchat already tried it a couple of years ago with its own productions. Shows and series of a handful of chapters recorded, edited and reproduced in vertical format. Although they did not reveal, it seems that they want to return to the attack with a new batch.

https://youtu.be/oKU99fWC1xs

This time they premiere 10 new series, and there is something for everyone.Of course, always vertically. Teenage dramas, docuseries, comedy, mystery... Of course, as happened in the past, we don't believe that there is any translation of this content for the rest of the world. They are in English. These are their titles: Two Sides, Can't Talk Now, Sneakerheads, Commanders, Denton's Death Date, While Black, BuzzFeed's, Dead of Night, Compton Dreams and Stranded with Sam and Colby.

Compatibility with other applications

In addition to all these functions, Snapchat opens up to work with other applications and services. Tinder, Fitbit, VSCO, Netflix or Houseparty may use the Bitmoji characters created on Snapchat or other resources to integrate with each other.