multiplayer

[Rich]

Hi

My current project needs a turn based online.
I know Google did one that ran alongside leaderboards and google accounts. Sadly theyve stopped support of this

Ending support for multiplayer APIs in Play Games Services - Play Console Help

Starting on March 31, 2020, we’ll be ending support for real-time and turn-based multiplayer APIs. If your game includes real-time and turn-based multiplayer integration, you will be unable to turn

support.google.com

It was very useful. It would find other users for you, create rooms etc.

I could implement my own, but would need a server to track rooms and users and i dont want to get involved with storign user data etc

What other options are out there?

I know Mike posted up code for realtime.co https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9469745 which is really useful, but realtime.co doesnt seem to be live anymore.

What i am looking for are libraries that already have a user base (facebook, google etc). Im playing Scrabble Go at the mo and i really like the way multiplayer works on that and how seemless it is to the game.

Rich

 

[MikeHart]

What platform are you targeting?

 

[Rich]

Android at the moment

 

[ddabrahim]

For multiplayer I've been using PlayerIO in the past:
https://playerio.com

The server side code need to be done in C#, the client side can be written in Java, C#, JavaScript and Objective-C.
The nice thing about it, it has a reasonable free plan which is perfect for testing and the paid plan basically include everything, database, payment processing and even web hosting to setup a product page for your game or company.

I don't know how reliable it is for commercial use, I only played with the free plan but it was pretty good.

An other solution I've found back then was https://www.photonengine.com but I never tried it.

I also did some online search and found these:
https://playfab.com
https://www.gamesparks.com
Epic Online Service

 

[Rich]

Thanks for this.. I'll take a look

 

[Wingnut]

Has anyone tried this or a similiar service so far to get multiplayer going?

 

[MikeHart]

@Martin said that he was working on a Photon integration at one time. Not sure if he got it working.