Oman Mobile Launches First Mobile Game Inspired By Heritage
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www.timesof oman.com Oman Mobile celebrated the first mobile game inspired from the Omani heritage and designed by a group of SQU (Sultan Qaboos University) students titled ‘Forts Adventure’. The event was held under the patronage of Mohammed bin Hamoud Al Toubi, undersecretary at the Ministry of Tourism. ‘Forts Adventure’ is the first electronic mobile game inspired from the Omani heritage and developed by a mobile operator.
The idea emphasises Oman Mobile’s commitment to keep connected with its customers and depicts the modern trend and the comprehensive development spurred by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said.
The idea comes as a positive gesture sponsored by Oman Mobile to discover local talents among youth sector and encourage development such ideas in the community interest as well as development of mobile industry as a participation in the developmental trend.
The gamer challenge illustrates various positive spheres focusing educational and cultural aspects that avail knowledge of the mobile device sensitive components and prompt the young people and encourage them for more challenges and perseverance and corroborate self-confidence in them.
The Gamer 2005 idea came to light a year ago when a team from Oman Mobile, SQU and many communications companies. The Gamer competition went through various stages until it finally came to the launching position as a mobile game.
Eight groups were selected among the participants to display the best designs, and the winning group nominated by the audience was sent to Shanghai in China to acquire knowledge from professional game developers in one of the biggest telecommunications companies in the world and work to convert the game elements and characteristics in order to create the first locally designed national game.
A subscriber can access the game in a simple way by sending a short message with the code “FA†to 90014 to download the game in his/her mobile handset.
The significance of the competition emanates as an endeavours gesture of Oman Mobile to stay tuned with its customers and share with them innovative ideas and introduce novel challenges of the mobile handset, an attempt to fulfil the company’s commitment to remain a customer close friend in all the economic, social and entertainment fields. |
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