Choosing this or that online computer game you will have opportunity to identify yourself in this environment setting your own avatar. It became a characteristic feature of many highly developed computer games. Such virtual Game Avatar will help the player to feel himself deeply involved in the world of computer game. Today game makers remake already existing games and create new ones adding there avatar identification. That’s why such avatars can be met in any game when you want to start it. 

The leading game companies put into operation such avatars. For example Nintendo began to use virtual avatars creating the Nintendo Wii's Miis game. Last time 3D Avatar becomes widely used. The famous companies like Sony, which creates the Home service and Microsoft have intention to change their 2d Xbox Live profiles into animated avatars in 3d format.  Another leading group IMVU has chosen avatars which give your opportunity for appearance changes. Thus drawing conclusions we can state, that if such large firms focused on such avatar revolution the companies which are occupied with game production should also take this fact into consideration.

For what purposes do we use avatars?  Some people are absolutely indifferent to such avatars but others estimate it as experiment with design, view and color scheme. Many people find it as the way to reveal themselves to others using their avatars. The users’ images on avatars are various as well. Some try to make it “cool” and appealing for others. Another category of people on the contrary make it funny and odd.

Now several recommendations for game creators. If you want to produce any game nevertheless it will be racing or simple puzzle game the fact that the players like Customizable Avatars should be taken into consideration any time. When creating game avatar admit two main facts. First of all the avatar should have name tab and some customization options like color of the hair, clothes and other. To give the users wide opportunities for choice you can create more variants of clothes or hair-does. At second, you should give the player chance to create his avatar according to the car he chooses. That’s why car customization should be also added. Using such options you will help player to feel himself as if he added something to this game. 

Any virtual avatar game can bring success to itself and become popular among users giving them opportunity to choose among varied clothes, hairstyles, accessories and colors. A lot of players attempt to create such avatars in unique way to appeal other people in multi-player games or just setting this avatar on their profile. Some games used to bring in service some rare things. For instance GAIA Online shows the players avatars via their post forums, and user receives opportunity to alter his avatar image adding some new items or giving to the public the list some of them he wants to get from other users.  

So if you want to make your game more played and thus popular, have then the place for avatar and options for its alteration.