Miniplay APIs for developers

Introducing our APIs for casual, social & mmo games, more info at http://about.miniplay.com

Presented at #gamelab2013 by @kartones

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1. APIs for Developers Introducing the
2. •I code •diego@miniplay.com •Twitter: @kartones Who I am? About
3. •Intro •Features •APIs •Tidbits Agenda About
4. English Spanish Portuguese Italian • Browser-based games portal  Singleplayer/Casual  Multiplayer  Social  MMOs Who we are Intro • May 2013 site rewrite + APIs
5. Engagement & Encouraging Features Experience Levels Custom Avatars Rankings
6. 55,278,707,178,240,000,000,000,000 Avatar combinations Avatars Features
7. User Relations Features My followers My subscriptions My friends
8. Realtime Notifications Features
9. •Only between friends •“Share game” uses them Private messaging Features
10. •Hosted games Safer Game file + statics (no serverside) •External games Must check data signature MiniPlay Connect (SSO) Game Sandbox Features
11. •Dev/Prod flags •Dev: Hidden except game devs & admins Test users No rewards Achievements, Purchases and Stats simulators Also available after launch Game Sandbox Features
12. 680px Game Player Layouts Features
13. Game Player Layouts Features 980px
14. Game Player Layouts Features 1100px Fullscreen
15. •All major plugins and frameworks: Flash/Shockwave Unity HTML 5/JS Game Player Support Features
16. Virtual Economy Features Gems (free) Minicoins (paid)
17. In-game Items Features ·Free or Paid ·Consumable or Unlimited ·Usable or Passive
18. •REPLACE: level completed •SUM: lifetime kills •MAX: highscore •MIN: best lap time Maxvalue: int32 In-game Statistics Features
19. •MAX, MIN, SUM •ASC or DESC * •Global: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Total •Or Friend-based * Cannot be modified once set Scoreboards Features
20. •Based on stats •AND logic if using 2+ stats •Time-aware if wanted •Difficulty levels: Easy/Medium/Hard •500 XP to distribute •Gems awarded (based on XP) •We can adapt existing achievements Achievements Features
21. •Special cases, more complex rules •Manually setup (talk with us for details) Trophies Features
22. dev.miniplay.com Code Samples & Documentation APIs
23. •Client to Server Actionscript 3 Javascript •Server to Server REST C2S & S2S APIs
24. •GET/POST HTTP (HTTPS soon) •JSON •HTTP code + JSON for errors REST APIs
25. •Read/Write access to modules •Callbacks for most functions •Use JS API too or limited functionality Actionscript 3 APIs
26. •Read-only functionality •Interact with sandbox/site (hosted) •Miniplay Connect (external) •Game share, invites and challenges Javascript API APIs
27. •Environment •User •Stats •Highscore •Shared content •Datastore •Items Modules APIs
28. •Interaction with Sandbox (and site) E.g. Open scoreboards, detect a like/favourite •C2S only Environment module APIs
29. •User authentication •Retrieval of user data •Subscriptions (follow list), followers & friends User module APIs
30. •Get in-game stats •Post in-game stats Allows reset of a stat Allows batching JS API can’t Stats module APIs
31. •Get scoreboards Global Friends •Get Score or position Highscores module APIs
32. •Manage shared content Levels, user created “public” content,... Replays •50KB/slot (infinite slots) •Can be associated with highscores •JS API can’t Shared content module APIs
33. •Cloud-based binary data storage system •50KB/slot, 3 slots (per user per game) •JS API can’t Datastore module APIs (online savegames)
34. •Manage inventory •Manage stock •Consume item(s) •Items purchase dialog •Purchases have server & client callbacks •AS3 can’t add items •JS can’t consume/add items Items module APIs
35. 1.Register as a user 2.Contact us to register the game 3.Integrate API(s) 4.Test development version 5.Ask for validation 6.Launch scheduled 7.Game live! 8.Update game (GOTO 4) Game Publishing Flow Tidbits
36. Who already uses us Tidbits
37. • Models:  Game license  Pre-roll advertisement  Virtual economy: Integrate our currency • Payment providers:  Country-based  Paypal, Mobiadvanced, Trialpay, Toditocash, Paysafecard, Paymentwall, Dinero Mail,... Payments Tidbits
38. Unity API Mobile application (game hub) Mobile integration of Avatar Center … Roadmap Tidbits
39. Questions? THIS IS THE END