Mobile Game of the Generals 3D: An Original Filipino Board Game Going Mobile

Board games are used for entertainment and pastime for people. Game of the Generals also known as “Salpakan,” is one of these games that are widely played during the 1990s and is slowly being forgotten because of the developing culture of converting everything into a mobile application including board games. This chapter aims to develop a mobile-based Game of the Generals 3D (GOG 3D). Specifically, the chapter aimed to create a mobile application based on the Filipino board game called "Game of the Generals;" Design the overall look of the game that resembles the board game in 3D with two players playing on their mobile phones connected through a hotspot and artificial intelligence to serve as the arbiter; and conduct alpha testing using test cases and evaluate the application using ISO/IEC 25010 game evaluation instrument. The GOG 3D is compatible with the android Operating System (OS) and can be played using a hotspot even without an internet connection. The Iterative model was used as the framework for the development of the application. GOG 3D was designed using adobe photoshop and developed using the Unity game engine and Blender.