Meet the personality, Dynasto Afedo, the creator of Ghana’s Car Racing Game: RWC Racing Vol. 1.
During the pandemic coronavirus lockdown, many people leisured around while a Ghanaian game developer, Dynasto Afedo spent time on his passion and created the most-talked-about mobile game in the country at the moment.
Brief About Dynasto Afed In Ghana
Dynasto Afedo is a graduate with certificates in Public and Business Administration as well as Marketing — who worked in the fuel industry since 2011.
For Ghanaian gamer petrolheads wanting to experience racing through familiar scenery and cars they use every now and then, the RWC Racing Vol. 1 is the best option available.
According to Afedo who isn’t a professionally trained developer, creating a racing game was the first idea that came to mind and the most idea that could best translate being Ghanaian.
RWC Racing Vol. 1 is a racing game that makes use of Ghana’s means of transportations as well as a representation of some landmarks in Ghana.
Since its rollout, RWC Racing Vol. 1 has seen 57,000 downloads on both Android and iOS with an average of 1000 daily downloads.
The game has in-app purchases to unlock cars instead of accumulating coins to buy the cars, this helps with finishing the game faster.
With RWC Racing Vol. 2 already in the works, Dynasto Afedo shared the insight and experience on creating RWC Racing Vol. 1 and the future for Ghanaian game developers.
Here are few Asked Questions from Afedo, with his answers for Ghanaians.
I do both… games and solution-based mobile applications. The game happened to be something I had time to complete because of COVID-19 and gave me the notoriety as a developer
It is a very humbling process, especially for me who is not a professionally trained developer. Where there are moments that make you realize that you don’t have all the skills to make this game a reality. So I looked out for templates or sort for some help in areas I was deficit, which means financing and this venture is not only technically complex but very financially involving.
People enjoy using the taxi but unfortunately, it has a speed limit and makes it impossible to compete with it as the game progresses but we will change a few things to allow people to use it throughout the game.
The sign-posts are generic but the idea was to support local businesses by replacing the signposts with their logos and numbers there but it gets distracting because it looks foreign and the game is supposed to be Ghanaian, another reason why we decided to roll out Vol. 2 as soon as possible.
Absolutely nothing wrong with that. I believe most of them have experience playing other games. I look at what they complain about and take note for the update
Ghanaians are very supportive. I think two things they look for; is it good? Is it Ghanaian? And then they support. Unlike jobs like doctors and teachers, for creatives we create the demand ourselves. We didn’t know we needed some of the songs we listen to today until we first heard them so most of the work is on us. When we put in the effort, people will respond.
The international gaming community is always watching and I’m sure they are looking our way as well, it’s just a matter of time.
We need support in the tech industry all together where people can come together and showcase what they have in some sort of Technology festival organized annually. People easily invest in finished products than just ideas so highly incentivized competitions will help as well, where people will show or pitch and demonstrate what they have developed for funding.
Beyond our borders and rubbing shoulders with international studios.
Ideas are in the moment, I won’t be able to do justice to what will appeal to Ghanaians but our culture and identity is so broad that there are so many things that can be tapped into.
Dynasto Afedo is a graduate with certificates in Public and Business Administration as well as Marketing — who worked in the fuel industry since 2011.
With his dreams and goals, Dynasto Afedo hopes to develop more games that includes a record-breaking scavenger hunt project.
I know you are willing to download, play and share your view about this game. Kindly check below about the steps on how to download and play Ghana’s Car Racing Game – RWC Racing Vol. 1.
How To Download RWC Racing Vol. 1 in Ghana
- Visit Google Play Store
- Search For RWC Racing Vol. 1
- Download and install
- After downloading, launch your game and start playing.
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