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     13 <h1 itemprop="name" style="margin-bottom:0;">Google Play Game Services</h1>
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     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.
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     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.
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     29     <h3 style="clear:left">Key Developer Features</h3>
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     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>
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     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>
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     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>
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     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>
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     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.
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     71     <h4>2. Run the sample</h4>
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     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.
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     78     <h4>3. Read the documentation</h4>
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     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>
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