The Making of Carrom Simulator

Folklore Games proudly presents our first title, Carrom Simulator for both Android and iOS, which will be available in the coming weeks.

Striving for a more realistic version of the classic billiard game, modelling real world physics and graphics with intuitive controls.

Carrom is believed to have originated in the Indian subcontinent and is popular in many parts of South Asia and the Middle East. It is often played amongst friends & family at home, in cafe's and also professional tournaments which exist throughout the world.

The objective of the game is to use a striker disk with a flick of the finger to make contact with and move lighter object disks called carrom men, which are thus propelled into one of four corner pockets. The striker and carrom men are analogous to the cue ball and object ball in cue sports, respectively.

The aim of the game is to pot (pocket) one's nine carrom men and the queen before the opponent does. The carrom queen is analogous to the 8 ball (black ball) in the game of eight-ball pool.

The game is usually played on a board made of plywood but more rarely the surface can sometimes be made of glass. The Carrom men are small disks of wood and are designed to slide when struck, made with a smooth surface that slides easily when laid flat on the board. They are struck by a Striker which is larger and heavier. Carrom follows similar "strike and pocket" games, like pool, with its use of rebounds, angles and obstruction of opponent's Carrom pieces.

No shortcuts to the mobile game were made, which has a physics model that is based on real world properties with challenges that you would face in an actual game.

We also implemented a control system that is intuitive to use, where positioning and striking can be done in a couple of touches. The Board is also fully 3D, which you can rotate and zoom in on before taking aim.

The simulation game can be played by 2 players locally on the same device, or you can player against a computer opponent where you can also set the difficulty level.