- The groundbreaking, UGC-powered no-code game creation platform further empowers creators and players alike, with a raft of new features and improvements
- The new Power Up Plan allows indie developers to monetize their creations
- Over one million users have expressed their creativity on the platform throughout its Early Access Alpha
Thursday 8th June 2023 [Helsinki, Finland] Boundary-pushing user-generated content (UGC) platform, YAHAHA, has today announced it is now in Beta mode - a thrilling next step for the platform. Following its year-long position in Early Access, the Helsinki-based startup is levelling up its offerings to creators and players alike through updated community features and robust enhancements to its proprietary DOD engine. Users can try the Beta today, with exciting new features to look forward to in the next 12 months.
Founded in 2020 by a team of game developer veterans hailing from Unity, YAHAHA Studios - headquartered in Finland with offices in Korea and China - is dedicated to providing creators and players the opportunity to create their own worlds, games and social experiences through the power of UGC. YAHAHA is a great starting point for any creative looking to try their hands at game creation, as no prior coding expertise is required to bring anything you envision in your mind to life.
New Features
With the new Beta release, YAHAHA is unveiling a suite of new features and improvements that further cement its dedication to its thriving community through its Power Up Plan. Included in this is:
- A game publish service, allowing any creator to share their games with as many players as possible
- Donations from players, offering creators a way to gain a monetary reward for their work
- Laying the foundations for the future. As promised earlier in the year, YAHAHA will continue searching for ways that enhance the creator community with new monetization avenues through the bespoke Power Up Plan
Platform Improvements
As well as these new features, YAHAHA is today announcing a raft of improvements to the platform, with the improved DOD engine including:
- Improved visual effects to support a variety of art styles, from realistic to cartoon
- Quicker rendering speeds for faster frame rates
- Enhanced multiplayer gaming capabilities, with groups of 100 people now being able to play together
- Enhanced physics
- The ability for creators to use swimming, shooting and vehicles in their games and worlds
Over one million creators and players have experienced the platform throughout its Early Access Alpha, and now they are being given the power to truly alter and shape core aspects of the platform in granular detail with the Assembler and YGC features. With these cutting-edge tools, users can now craft game triggers and logic. Once created, these assets can be shared and sold on YAHAHA’s bespoke Asset Library.
Chris Zhu, CEO at Yahaha Studios said: “When we founded Yahaha Studios it was our goal to democratise 3D content, and with this Beta, this is something we think we have achieved.
By offering our rapidly growing community of creators a suite of tools that cater to their needs, we are doubling down on our support of them as a key component to the platform as a whole and to the culture of our company. This is just the first step of many, and with a stream of functions and feature releases on the horizon, now is the perfect time to unleash your creativity with YAHAHA.”
The upcoming Beta will have improvements across the board, benefitting the diverse range of creators on the platform - from newcomers to experts. The following groups can expect improvements that will lead to improvements curated for them, including:
Enthusiasts and beginners
- Play a large, diverse range of games with fresh mechanics and visuals
- YAHAHA’s bespoke game AI development tool, YAI, will make game creation accessible to anyone looking to get involved with game creation
Indie developers:
- Access to a wide array of community-created assets and components
- The previously-mentioned Power Up Plan offers indie developers the ability to monetize their creations
- New engine updates will allow for more complex creations and scenarios to take place
Adept game designers and artists
- The beta will see a slew of new weather effects for creators to take advantage of
- Previously discussed gameplay features such as swimming, shooting and vehicles will result in more engaging and immersive experiences
Meister Murloc, a 3D artist and creator on YAHAHA said: “"The community and team were very welcoming and open and the promised simplicity was absolutely there, making simple games like platformers and later, more complex story driven games were available to be created.
I’m really excited about this next step for YAHAHA, the upcoming feature of custom, creator made components is a huge step forward for the UGC platform.”
YAHAHA is committed to delivering high-quality updates to its platform regularly, and the upcoming Beta version demonstrates its commitment to this community support. The platform’s new features offer an innovative and easy-to-use game creation engine for every game maker, from students to professionals.
With exciting new features lined up in the near-future - including a Co-Create feature and the introduction of generative AI tool, YAI - will also incorporate a range of advanced features that cement YAHAHA as the ultimate game creation platform.
To learn more about YAHAHA, please visit our website at https://yahaha.com/.
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About Yahaha Studios:
Yahaha Studios was founded in 2020 by a pioneering group of Unity veterans, with a mission to democratise 3D games content creation and consumption. Establishing a pioneering world-class user-generated content (UGC) no-code creation platform for 3D interactive content, YAHAHA empowers both developers and players at all levels to build, publish, host, and operate multiplayer games. With one click publishing available for all to play, making games and content creation is easy and accessible to all.
Headquartered in Finland and with offices in Korea and China, the team holds a unique perspective on growth and prioritises inclusivity, diversity and innovation in an open culture. To extend the parameters of the gaming industry is no easy task, but with the billions of pieces of content emerging in various forms across the platform, YAHAHA is steadily gaining traction among creators. Supporting a virtual world with cutting edge technology, the YAHAHA community is building and serving millions of creators to reach their full potential.
YAHAHA is an organic ecosystem of user-generated content that seamlessly integrates reality and virtuality, providing a space that prioritises the freedom and limitless possibilities of creation. YAHAHA gives users the power of a game engine without the need to be a creative expert, with its low-code editor, ready-built asset library and all the tools needed to integrate 3D art and animation. With YAHAHA creators can generate multiplayer 3D interactive content quickly and easily.
YAHAHA is the next generation of entertainment.