11page.title=Developer Stories: Google Play Game Services
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4- page.metaDescription=How gaming studios are using Google Play game services to deliver new gaming experiences for their users.
4+ page.metaDescription=How game studios are using Google Play game services to deliver new gaming experiences for their users.
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8- <p>One of the goals of <a href="https://developers.google.com/games/">Google
9- Play game services</a> is to allow developers to focus on what they’re good at
10- as game developers — creating great gaming experiences for their users, by
11- building on top of what Google is good at: mobile and cloud services. Integral
12- to that is an easy integration process, one that provides a whole host of
13- features with little engineering work required.</p>
14-
15- <p>The gaming studios below understood the opportunity that Google Play game
16- services unlocked, and are starting to see real results following their
17- successful integrations. </p>
18-
19- <div style="margin-bottom:2em;"><!-- START STORY -->
20-
21- <h3>Concrete Software — Straightforward, easy to implement</h3>
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36-
37- <h5>About the developer</h5>
38- <ul>
39- <li><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Concrete%20Software%2C%20Inc.">Concrete Software</a>,
40- makers of <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.concretesoftware.pbachallenge_androidmarket&hl=en">PBA
41- Bowling Challenge</a></li>
42- <li>Added support for multiplayer, leaderboards and achievements through Google Play game
43- services</li>
44- </ul>
45-
46- <h5>Results</h5>
47- <ul>
48- <li>Session lengths have increased more than 15%</li>
49- </ul>
50-
51- <div style="padding:.5em 0 0 1em;">
52- <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.concretesoftware.pbachallenge_androidmarket&hl=en">
53- <img alt="Android app on Google Play" src="{@docRoot}images/brand/en_generic_rgb_wo_45.png" />
54- </a>
55- </div>
56- </div>
57-
58- <div style="line-height:1.4em;">
59- <p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:12px;">Concrete Software added several
60- features from Google Play game services into one of their top titles,
61- <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.concretesoftware.pbachallenge_androidmarket">PBA
62- Bowling Challenge</a>, including support for multiplayer, leaderboards, and
63- achievements.</p>
64-
65- <p>So far, their users have loved the new additions: average session length
66- is up more than 15%. Keith Pichelman, CEO of Concrete Software, explains: </p>
67-
68- <p>"The Google Play game services were straightforward and easy to implement. We
69- had been researching options for multiplayer services, so when Google Play game
70- services came out, it was an easy decision for us. Not only were they easy to
71- integrate, but the features have worked flawlessly. </p>
72-
73- <p>"PBA Bowling Challenge now has real-time multiplayer which our users instantly
74- were thrilled with; you can see in the reviews how people immediately raved about
75- the new game experience. </p>
76-
77- <p>"We also included achievements, leaderboards, and most recently cloud
78- synchronization from the Google Play game services as well. Using the game
79- services in PBA Bowling Challenge was a huge success, enough so that we are now
80- going back to our other titles, adding the features to them as well."</p>
81- </div>
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88- <p class="image-caption"><span style="font-weight:500;">Session lengths up:</span>
89- After adding support for multiplayer with Google Play game services, Concrete
90- Software saw an increase in session lengths of more than 15% for PBA Bowling
91- Challenge.</p>
92- </div>
93- </div>
94- </div> <!-- END STORY -->
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96- <div style="margin:3em auto"><!-- START STORY -->
97-
98- <h3>Glu: It’s a must-have for all titles</h3>
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113-
114- <h5>About the developer</h5>
115- <ul>
116- <li><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Glu+Mobile">Glu
117- Mobile</a>, creators of <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glu.ewarriors2">Eternity
118- Warriors 2</a></li>
119- <li>Has already integrated 5 titles with Google Play game services</li>
120- </ul>
121-
122- <h5>Results</h5>
123- <ul>
124- <li>In Eternity Warriors 2, 7-day user retention is up 40%</li>
125- <li>20% increase in play sessions per day as well</li>
126- </ul>
127-
128- <div style="padding:.5em 0 0 1em;">
129- <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glu.ewarriors2">
130- <img alt="Android app on Google Play" src="{@docRoot}images/brand/en_generic_rgb_wo_45.png" />
131- </a>
132- </div>
133- </div>
134-
135- <div style="line-height:1.4em;">
136- <p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:12px;">Glu was one of the first developers
137- to integrate Google Play game services, with
138- <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glu.ewarriors2">Eternity
139- Warriors 2</a>. Based on this first success, Glu has integrated game services
140- into several more games, including Samurai vs. Zombies 2, Frontline Commando:
141- D-Day, Contract Killer 2, and Zombies Ate My Friends.</p>
142-
143- <p>Already supported in Eternity Warriors 2, they’ve seen a 40% increase in 7-day
144- user retention and a 20% increase in play sessions per day. Sourabh Ahuja, Glu's
145- Vice President of Android Development, explains:</p>
146-
147- <p>“Multiplayer, leaderboards, achievements — these are all things that we
148- had to build individually for our titles. The availability of these features in
149- Google Play game services helps us make our games stickier, and it’s awesome that
150- it comes directly from Google. </p>
151-
152- <p>"It’s flexible enough that we were able to make it interoperable with our
153- in-house systems. We look forward to utilizing game services extensively across
154- our portfolio."</p>
155- </div>
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161- <div style="width:600px;margin-top:0px;padding:0 90px;">
162- <p class="image-caption"><span style="font-weight:500;">User retention up:</span>
163- Glu saw a 40% increase in 7-day user retention for Eternity Warriors 2 after
164- integrating with Google Play game services.</p>
165- </div>
166- </div>
167- </div> <!-- END STORY -->
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171-
172- <h3>Vector-Unit: An awesome multiplayer experience</h3>
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187-
188- <h5>About the developer</h5>
189- <ul>
190- <li><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Vector+Unit">Vector
191- Unit</a>, creators of <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vectorunit.red">Riptide
192- GP2</a></li>
193- <li>Added multiplayer to Riptide GP2 through Google Play game services </li>
194- </ul>
195-
196- <h5>Results</h5>
197- <ul>
198- <li>With an easy multiplayer solution, they were able to focus on the
199- gameplay</li>
200- <li>Early reviews of Riptide GP2 called multiplayer “one of the sweetest
201- cherries on top!”</li>
202- </ul>
203-
204- <div style="padding:.5em 0 0 1em;">
205- <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vectorunit.red">
206- <img alt="Android app on Google Play" src="{@docRoot}images/brand/en_generic_rgb_wo_45.png" />
207- </a>
208- </div>
209- </div>
210-
211- <div style="line-height:1.4em;">
212- <p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:12px;">Vector Unit just launched their
213- latest title, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vectorunit.red">Riptide
214- GP2</a>, with Google Play game services integration, and it has one of the strongest
215- integrations of multiplayer yet. Early reviews call multiplayer “one of the sweetest
216- cherries on top!”.</p>
217-
218- <p>Ralf Knoesel, CTO of Vector Unit, tells more about how they've used Google Play game
219- services:</p>
220-
221- <p>“We wanted to provide a really compelling multiplayer experience for our users, and
222- Google Play game services allowed us to do just that. With multiplayer, you can show off
223- your skills and your custom-tuned hydro jet in 4-way online battles with friends and
224- players around the world. </p>
225-
226- <p>"By providing an easy way to power this multiplayer experience, we were able to focus
227- on making the gameplay come alive — like the stunts, which are more daring and
228- slicker than ever (with more of them to master), or the realistic detail of the water
229- splashing against the camera lens.”</p>
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237- <div style="width:600px;margin-top:0px;padding:0 90px;">
238- <p class="image-caption"><span style="font-weight:500;">Multiplayer and more:</span>
239- Google Play game services helped Vector Unit pack an awesome multiplayer experience
240- into Riptide GP 2, so they could focus on building a great gaming experience.</p>
241- </div>
242- </div>
243- </div> <!-- END STORY -->
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246-
8+ <p>
9+ <a href="https://developers.google.com/games/">Google Play game services</a>
10+ lets you add great social features to your games quickly, without having to
11+ build them yourself. You can add multiplayer, game invites, quests, and a
12+ variety of other features — all from within your app. Google provides
13+ cross-platform game and player infrastructure for you, as well as insights
14+ and analytics to help you understand the activities of users in your games.
15+ </p>
16+
17+ <p>
18+ The case study presentations below highlight how top game studios are taking
19+ advantage of Google Play game services — the features they've added and
20+ the results they are seeing. Each deck (PDF) is focused on a single game and
21+ how it uses a specific Google Play gemes feature.
22+ </p>
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