Unity and PlayFab: Getting Started

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Unity and PlayFab: Getting StartedMarco Williams

[email protected]@playfabnetwork

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What is PlayFab?

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Game Operations

• Account Management• Store Player Data• Leaderboards based off of Player Data Statistics• Etc…

https://developer.playfab.com/en-us/sign-up

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What is Unity3D?

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Unity Game Engine

• Powerful Cross-Platform• User Friendly Development• Easy to learn, lots of tutorials• Just a set of tools to build games & apps• It’s Free!

http://www.unity3d.com/

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What will we cover today?

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Introduction

• Setup PlayFab in Unity• Make an API Call, to login. • Create a Catalog in Game Manager• Set Up Virtual Currency• Purchase an Item

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Setup PlayFab & Unity

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TODO!

• Signup for an account• Setup a Catalog & Create a Store in

Game Manager• Set Up Virtual Currency• Download & Configure PlayFab SDK• Make API Calls in Unity

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Game Manager

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Some Simple Prep-work

• Signup for an account• Setup a Catalog • Create a Store• Set Up Virtual Currency

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Dive into Unity3D

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Unity Development

• Unity Bare bone basics• Create a Simple Store UI• Display Items from your catalog store• Purchase an Item

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Don’t miss the rest of the series!Getting Started with Unity and PlayFab: Unity Player Login (Thursday October 22, 2015 10-11AM PST)Learn the basic functions your game will need for a Unity player login. Also, learn where you can find player data in the PlayFab Game Manager and how to grant additional virtual currency. Getting started with Unity and PlayFab: In-app purchases (Thursday November 5, 2015 10-11AM PST)Learn how to create Unity in-app purchases by adding a PlayFab catalog to your game complete with in-game menus and player inventory. Using advanced PlayFab Analytics within your Unity Game (Tuesday November 10, 2015 10-11AM PST)The science of game analytics has gained a tremendous amount of attention in recent years. Successful game developers are driven by a need for better knowledge about their players and informed decision making. Join this webinar to understand the importance of analytics data and how you can log analytics events within your game and then make better decisions based. Getting started with Unity and PlayFab: In-app marketing (Tuesday November 17, 2015 10-11AM PST)Learn how to use PlayFab for Unity in-app marketing. This includes creating articles and push messages. Getting started with Unity and PlayFab: Custom title data (Thursday December 3, 2015 10-11AM PST)Learn how to create Unity custom title data as key-value pairs in the PlayFab Game Manager. Getting started with Unity and PlayFab: Leader Boards (Thursday December 10, 2015 10-11AM PST)Learn how to add a leaderboard to your Unity game and understand how PlayFab stores player stats, client security settings, and performance tuning for recording player stats.

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Thank You!

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