OpenKit - Any official plans/plugins in the works?

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

In the last week I’ve been researching cross-platform asynchronous (aka turn-based) multiplayer options for my app.  There are several I’ve looked at including Together, Photon Cloud, Parse, and NoobHub.  Each of them have drawbacks (ie. too expensive, no centralized/social network integration, no support for Kindle or Nook, difficult to implement, etc.).  I’ve even considered implementing both GameCenter for iOS users and Google Play Game Services for Android users (free!), though that option is messy programmatically and isn’t cross platform.  While looking at all of these I stumbled upon OpenKit.  I’m very excited about OpenKit, as it seems like it has everything I’m looking for.  It is truly cross-platform INCLUDING GameCenter, Google Play Game Services, and Facebook integration, and the pricing seems VERY reasonable (the free “Indie” tier allows for a very generous 150,000 monthly active users, and the pricing beyond that is very reasonable).  On top of all of that, it’s open source, so if you have the technical expertise, you can use your own backend servers if you’d prefer.

I searched the Corona forums, but didn’t find any discussions–so I thought I’d start one.  Corona staff: Are there currently any OpenKit integration plans or plugins in the works?  If not, here’s +1 vote to add it as a plugin ASAP (for both Starter and Pro  :slight_smile:  ).  Everyone: Is there a way to implement OpenKit without an official Corona plugin (it didn’t seem like it to me).

OpenKit launched on September 26th, so it’s only been live for about a week and a half.  Here are some links:

http://openkit.io/

http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/26/openkit-goes-lives-with-10-developers-building-truly-social-games/

http://www.develop-online.net/news/openfeint-successor-openkit-goes-live/0115940

-Andrew

#2

Looks promising.  I would suggest you send OpenKit an email with a request for a Corona plugin, as most of the time it is the providers who create the plugins.  I’ve already emailed them with a request.  

#3

This looks really interesting, lets hope they plan to support Corona in the near future

#4

@JonPM   Great idea.  I just sent them an email as well.

#5

@Rob Miracle or any other Corona Labs staff:  Any news regarding OpenKit?

#6

Hey guys - we have not yet had any discussions with OpenKit about a plugin. I’ll see if I can talk to someone there. But if you guys do email them and tell them you would like to see a Corona plugin, that would be great.

David

#7

@DavidRangel Thank you very much for looking at this! I appreciate you taking time to talk with the OpenKit team. I’ve sent them an email and hope many others do as well. C’mon Corona users: Let the folks at OpenKit know that developing a Corona plugin will be worth their effort!

#8

I’ve just got a reply from the OpenKit team and they have asked if I would be able to make a plugin for it. Sadly I don’t think we have the time to do this. Are there any enterprise users that believe they would have the time?

#9

@DavidRangel Any news yet regarding OpenKit? I didn’t hear back from them with my first email, so I sent another one today.

#10

Looks promising.  I would suggest you send OpenKit an email with a request for a Corona plugin, as most of the time it is the providers who create the plugins.  I’ve already emailed them with a request.  

#11

This looks really interesting, lets hope they plan to support Corona in the near future

#12

@JonPM   Great idea.  I just sent them an email as well.

#13

@Rob Miracle or any other Corona Labs staff:  Any news regarding OpenKit?

#14

Hey guys - we have not yet had any discussions with OpenKit about a plugin. I’ll see if I can talk to someone there. But if you guys do email them and tell them you would like to see a Corona plugin, that would be great.

David

#15

@DavidRangel Thank you very much for looking at this! I appreciate you taking time to talk with the OpenKit team. I’ve sent them an email and hope many others do as well. C’mon Corona users: Let the folks at OpenKit know that developing a Corona plugin will be worth their effort!

#16

I’ve just got a reply from the OpenKit team and they have asked if I would be able to make a plugin for it. Sadly I don’t think we have the time to do this. Are there any enterprise users that believe they would have the time?

#17

@DavidRangel Any news yet regarding OpenKit? I didn’t hear back from them with my first email, so I sent another one today.

#18

Hey guys - did anybody get any answer from OpenKit?

#19

I heard from them in October. They did not have any plans for a Corona plugin at the time. They asked me if I would be able to write one, just as they had asked Glitch (see above). I told them I couldn’t write one (I’m not a Corona Enterprise user and don’t have experience with Obj-C). Since then I’ve come to realize that Google Play Game Services does not work on the Kindle Fire platform (it DOES work on late model Nook devices, but not the original Nook or Nook Color). As I understand it, GPGS is specifically blocked on Kindle Fire (unrooted), which I believe is so that Amazon can push their own social gaming platform (GameCircle). I’m looking forward to trying out Photon Cloud’s turn-based product, which is supposed to drop any day. Here’s the thread:

http://forums.coronalabs.com/topic/38372-is-turn-based-multiplayer-supported/

It doesn’t incorporate GameCenter or GPGS, and it’s not free, but it seems like it will be reasonably priced and I *believe* will work on all devices since it just communicates with Photon’s servers. See this thread for some discussion regarding Kindle/Nook with Photon Cloud (currently unresolved, unfortunately):

http://forums.coronalabs.com/topic/43023-does-photon-cloud-work-on-kindle-fire-and-nook/

#20

Hey guys - did anybody get any answer from OpenKit?