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What does PlayFab do?
PlayFab gives you everything you need—game services, data analytics, and live operations tools—to launch faster, extend your game’s lifecycle, and reduce costs.
Does minecraft use PlayFab?
“All of Microsoft’s first party studio games are now on Playfab. We get to host Minecraft, Halo, Gears of War and the new Flight Simulator, and I literally get a visceral thrill every time I see a game using one of our services.
What games use Azure PlayFab?
Minecraft, Roblox, Doom Eternal, Rainbow Six: Siege, Seat of Thieves, No Man’s Sky, and Spongebob: Krusty Cook-Off also use Azure PlayFab. Minecraft utilizes Azure PlayFab to bolster its in-game marketplace and scale its evolving customer experiences.
What is Unity PlayFab?
Our Unity3d PlayFab SDK provides everything you need to access the PlayFab API. PlayFab Party seamlessly integrate multiplayer networking and voice/text chat into Unity games. To get started, see Party Unity Plugin.
Is PlayFab safe?
Yes, it’s safe. PlayFab ID is just the underlying identifier in our service, which has nothing to do with the Login Identity if that’s what you are concerned about.
Does PlayFab cost money?
PlayFab is free to start and offers flexible plans for growth. PlayFab is free to start. Then, when your title passes 100K users, pick the right plan.
Is PlayFab open source?
PlayFab is described as ‘offers a complete backend service to build, launch, and grow live games’ and is an app in the Development category. Other great apps like PlayFab are GUN (Free, Open Source), Etebase (Free, Open Source), Supabase (Free, Open Source) and Nakama (Freemium, Open Source).
What is a game backend?
Backend is all the essential logic and processes that go behind running a game that isn’t visible to the user that is playing the device. Developers can either develop the backend themselves or ask game backend providers to deliver backend features, so developers can focus entirely on creating that game themselves.
What is azure PlayFab?
PlayFab is a complete backend platform for live games with managed game services, real-time analytics, and LiveOps. Azure, with locations in 42 regions worldwide, provides world-class server infrastructure, allowing creators to focus on building great games with best-available global reach.
How do I set up PlayFab?
Install the PlayFab Unity Editor Extensions and the PlayFab SDK
- Download the PlayFab Unity Editor Extensions Asset Package.
- Open your Unity Project.
- Navigate to where you downloaded the file and double-click on the PlayFabEditorExtensions.
- To import the PlayFab Unity Editor Extensions into your project, select Import.
Is PlayFab free unity?
PlayFab is completely free during development. When do I need to start paying? PlayFab is free for all customers up until 1,000 players. Once you hit 1,000 players, you need to decide which plan is right for you.
Where are PlayFab servers located?
Currently only the new service that we are rolling out (like Multiplayer 2.0) uses Microsoft Azure while the core part of our service still operates in AWS (US-West-2), which is Oregon.
What is the PlayFab platform?
The PlayFab platform is a natural complement to Azure for gaming (Visit azure.com/gaming for more info). Azure, with locations in 42 regions worldwide, provides world-class server infrastructure, allowing creators to focus on building great games with best-available global reach.
What is PlayFab’s backend services?
PlayFab’s backend services reduce the barriers to launch for game developers, offering both large and small studios cost-effective development solutions that scale with their games and help them engage, retain and monetize players.
How do game servers work in PlayFab?
PlayFab operates game servers as containerized applications. This tutorial describes how game servers are packaged and integrated with PlayFab systems. On Windows, typically you package the game server executable and other files as zip files, and upload them as game assets.
What is the PlayFab insights feature?
PlayFab Insights is a feature currently in preview. It’s a completely managed data environment that gives you instant access to your games data without the need for additional engineering. All Insights features are billed in a virtual currency called Insights Credits.