I intend to develop a multiplayer word game on iOS and Android (multiplayer for the first time). Does Game Center or Google Play Game Services allow me to retrieve history data from games played in the past?
I would like to use this data for analytics in the future.
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I am a complete beginner in android development and for self-learning purposes thinking of creating a visualisation tool where different progress graphs of user's high score vs time or latest scores among all games will be displayed. The game in observation can be any game selected by user from the list of all games played by him till date. I just want to know is this possible to do in google play games API? If yes how can I do so? i.e. displaying high score or latest score from any game played by him till date?
Using google play games API this would not be possible to get data of other games played by user.
Hi i would like to know if its possible to access via API on google play or Game Centre your friends list to see they're stats and achievements on a game you play together.
I would like to build a app that compares (like challenges) progress on a game played by two friends.
Thanks in advance.
You may want to check Play Services for Android, especially social leaderboards, which is made up of people in the user's circle. You may also want to check out Adding Player Stats to Your Android Game which contains the player's in-game activity, but I think this deals with all players in a game instead of just the friend list.
I have made a small game just to test my development skills. I integrated Google Play Game Services, like leaderboards and achievements. Why are the logos for leaderboards and achievements not shown in the play store? I'm talking about the logos that indicate, that this app supports the Google Game Services, so games know it.
Where can I enable the setting for that?
There is a minimum number of players needed to have signed in and been playing your game before the logos will appear. However, Google has not specifically released the number required, although testing shows it is at least 200.
Is it senseful and legal to use Google Play Game Services for anything else than a game?
I think an app that can upload images could have leaderboards (weekly likes) and achievements. Or a language learning app could also use these features to make the learning process more fun.
Why are there no apps using these features? Is it not allowed? Or is the problem, that the app would be listed as a game in the Play Store, even if it is not a game? Will Google ban such apps?
As you all know,for Multiplayer game apps, iOS provides Game Center and Google's Game Center is under development however Private game centers like GREE and MOBGAGE can do this job well.
Interestingly, games like "Words with friends" and "Fun Run" wants you to just logs in with facebook id and then the game manages online match-making, multiplayer games etc.
Please hint, if facebook can be used as a Universal Game Center as every OS have its accessibility.
Thanks.
Google has released Play Game Services. It works on iOS, Android and Web, it also has multiplayer support and stores Achievements and Leaderboards for your game.
As far as I know, Facebook can be used as an authorization platform, but you still need your own server/backend to keep track of player data, achievements, leaderboards, etc.