First of all, do you recommend using gpgs for multiplayer for my game ? that means that the user can only play with his google account.
also does the multiplayer work for ios ?
if you don’t recommend using gpgs what other service would be good and cheap, or would you recommend developing the multiplayer myself ? (talking about turn-based not real-time)
Hi @Nerox,
For GPGS, multiplayer for iOS is still in development. So, if you want to start integrating a cross-platform multiplayer system now, I would suggest either PlayFab or Photon Cloud. You can find the links to each plugin below, and then research what each plugin can offer you:
PlayFab: https://marketplace.coronalabs.com/plugin/playfab-client
Photon Cloud: https://marketplace.coronalabs.com/plugin/photon-cloud
Take care,
Brent
I am aware of PlayFab and Photon Cloud…
The thing is,
I don’t know how can PlayFab relate to real-time/turn-based multiplayer.
I think Photon Cloud is very overpriced and not practical, and very limited
20 connections for the free version isn’t anywhere near good,
also 500 connections for a 100$ monthly is really bothering me.
What if there is more than 500 user connected ? what if I exceed the number by a lot ?
I find these numbers really low and for a really high price, for big apps like WSOP for example, what do they use ?
I don’t know if GPGS’ limitations are any better, but just guessed,
Also is there any estimate on when GPGS’ multiplayer for iOS will be ready ?
Yep you can use GameSparks for that using our Challanges functionality:
https://docs2.gamesparks.com/documentation/configurator/multiplayer/challenges.html
Tutorial for Asynchronous Turn Based Challenges:
https://docs2.gamesparks.com/tutorials/multiplayer/score-based-asynchronous-challenges.html
We are also being added to the Corona Plugin Suite soon!
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the support team via: https://support.gamesparks.net/support/home where we can respond to you quickly and directly.
Clare
Hi @Nerox,
For GPGS, multiplayer for iOS is still in development. So, if you want to start integrating a cross-platform multiplayer system now, I would suggest either PlayFab or Photon Cloud. You can find the links to each plugin below, and then research what each plugin can offer you:
PlayFab: https://marketplace.coronalabs.com/plugin/playfab-client
Photon Cloud: https://marketplace.coronalabs.com/plugin/photon-cloud
Take care,
Brent
I am aware of PlayFab and Photon Cloud…
The thing is,
I don’t know how can PlayFab relate to real-time/turn-based multiplayer.
I think Photon Cloud is very overpriced and not practical, and very limited
20 connections for the free version isn’t anywhere near good,
also 500 connections for a 100$ monthly is really bothering me.
What if there is more than 500 user connected ? what if I exceed the number by a lot ?
I find these numbers really low and for a really high price, for big apps like WSOP for example, what do they use ?
I don’t know if GPGS’ limitations are any better, but just guessed,
Also is there any estimate on when GPGS’ multiplayer for iOS will be ready ?
Yep you can use GameSparks for that using our Challanges functionality:
https://docs2.gamesparks.com/documentation/configurator/multiplayer/challenges.html
Tutorial for Asynchronous Turn Based Challenges:
https://docs2.gamesparks.com/tutorials/multiplayer/score-based-asynchronous-challenges.html
We are also being added to the Corona Plugin Suite soon!
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the support team via: https://support.gamesparks.net/support/home where we can respond to you quickly and directly.
Clare