1page.title=Google Play Game Services 2header.hide=1 3 4@jd:body 5 6<div class="landing-banner"> 7 8<div class="col-6"> 9 <img src="{@docRoot}images/google/gps-play_games_logo.png" alt=""> 10</div> 11<div class="col-6"> 12 13<h1 itemprop="name" style="margin-bottom:0;">Google Play Game Services</h1> 14 <p itemprop="description"> 15 Make your games social with Google Play game services. Add achievements, leaderboards, 16 real-time multiplayer, and other popular features using the Google Play game services SDK. 17 Let players sign in using their Google+ identities and share their gaming experience with 18 friends. 19 </p> 20 <p>Visit <a class="external-link" 21 href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/">developers.google.com/games/services</a> 22 for more information about integrating game services into your app. 23</p> 24</div> 25</div> 26 27<div class="landing-docs"> 28 <div class="col-6 normal-links"> 29 <h3 style="clear:left">Key Developer Features</h3> 30 31 <h4>Reward players with achievements</h4> 32 <p>Add hidden and incremental achievements to encourage users to explore your game in new 33 and interesting ways. A built-in achievement UI is available to display progress. <br /> 34 <a class="external-link" href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/achievements">Add 35 achievements to your game</a>.</p> 36 </a> 37 38 <h4>Drive engagement with leaderboards</h4> 39 <p>Let players compare scores with friends using leaderboards and see how they rank 40 against other players worldwide. Google Play game services automatically maintains daily, 41 weekly, and all-time high scores. <br /><a class="external-link" 42 href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/leaderboards">Build leaderboards</a></p> 43 44 <h4>Save game data to the cloud</h4> 45 <p>Offer seamless game progress across all of the user's devices. Use Cloud Save APIs 46 to quickly store and synchronize game data on Google's cloud 47 infrastructure. <br /> 48 <a 49 class="external-link" href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/cloudsave">Save 50 game data to the cloud</a></p> 51 52 <h4>Create real-time multiplayer games</h4> 53 <p>Make your game more dynamic by letting multiple players compete or cooperate simultaneously. 54 You can use Google Play game services to invite game participants or auto-match players 55 anonymously, and exchange data between game clients. <br /><a class="external-link" 56 href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/multiplayer">Develop real-time 57 multiplayer games</a></p> 58 </div> 59 60 61 <div class="col-6 normal-links"> 62 <h3 style="clear:left">Getting Started</h3> 63 <h4>1. Get the Google Play services SDK</h4> 64 <p>Google Play game services is part of the Google Play services platform.</p> 65 <p>To use game services, <a href="{@docRoot}google/play-services/setup.html">set up</a> 66 the Google Play services SDK. Then, see the <a class="external-link" 67 href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/quickstart"> 68 Getting Started guide</a> to set up your app. 69 </p> 70 71 <h4>2. Run the sample</h4> 72 73 <p>Once you've installed the Google Play services package, <a class="external-link" 74 href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/downloads/">download the game services 75 samples</a> to learn how to use the major components of the Google Play game services SDK. 76 </p> 77 78 <h4>3. Read the documentation</h4> 79 80 <p>Read the <a class="external-link" href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/terms"> 81 API Terms of Service</a>.</p> 82 <p>Detailed documentation for the Google Play game services SDK is available at <a class="external-link" 83 href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/">developers.google.com/games/services</a>. 84 </p> 85 <p>For quick access while developing your Android apps, the 86 <a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/games/package-summary.html">API reference</a> is available here on developer.android.com.</p> 87 </div> 88 89</div> 90
