1 page.title=Google Play Game Services 2 page.tags="games" 3 header.hide=1 4 5 @jd:body 6 7 <div class="landing-banner"> 8 9 <div class="col-6"> 10 <img src="{@docRoot}images/google/gps-play_games_logo.png" alt=""> 11 </div> 12 <div class="col-6"> 13 14 <h1 itemprop="name" style="margin-bottom:0;">Google Play Game Services</h1> 15 <p itemprop="description"> 16 Make your games social with Google Play game services. Add achievements, 17 leaderboards, real-time multiplayer, and other popular features using the 18 Google Play game services SDK. Let players sign in using their Google+ 19 identities and share their gaming experience with friends. 20 </p> 21 <p>Explore the 22 <a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/games/package-summary.html">Google 23 Play Games Android API reference</a> or visit 24 <a class="external-link" href= 25 "https://developers.google.com/games/services/">developers.google.com/games/services</a> 26 for more information about integrating game services into your app. 27 </p> 28 </div> 29 </div> 30 31 <div class="landing-docs"> 32 <div class="col-6 normal-links"> 33 <h3 style="clear:left">Key Developer Features</h3> 34 35 <h4>Reward players with achievements</h4> 36 <p>Add hidden and incremental achievements to encourage users to explore your game in new 37 and interesting ways. A built-in achievement UI is available to display progress. <br /> 38 <a class="external-link" href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/achievements">Add 39 achievements to your game</a>.</p> 40 </a> 41 42 <h4>Drive engagement with leaderboards</h4> 43 <p>Let players compare scores with friends using leaderboards and see how they rank 44 against other players worldwide. Google Play game services automatically maintains daily, 45 weekly, and all-time high scores. <br /><a class="external-link" 46 href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/leaderboards">Build leaderboards</a></p> 47 48 <h4>Save game data to the cloud</h4> 49 <p>Offer seamless game progress across all of the user's devices. Use the Saved Games API 50 to quickly store and synchronize game data on Google's cloud 51 infrastructure. <br /> 52 <a 53 class="external-link" href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/savedgames">Save 54 game data to the cloud</a></p> 55 56 <h4>Create real-time and turn-based multiplayer games</h4> 57 <p>Make your game more dynamic with simultaneous or asynchronous gameplay. 58 Use the multiplayer APIs to send match invitations, auto-match players 59 anonymously, and exchange data between game clients. <br />Develop <a class="external-link" 60 href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/multiplayer">real-time 61 multiplayer</a> and <a class="external-link" 62 href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/turnbasedMultiplayer">turn-based multiplayer</a> games</p> 63 </div> 64 65 66 <div class="col-6 normal-links"> 67 <h3 style="clear:left">Getting Started</h3> 68 <h4>1. Get the Google Play services SDK</h4> 69 <p>Google Play game services is part of the Google Play services platform.</p> 70 <p>To use game services, <a href="{@docRoot}google/play-services/setup.html">set up 71 the Google Play services SDK</a>. Then, see the <a class="external-link" 72 href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/quickstart"> 73 Getting Started guide</a> to set up your app. 74 </p> 75 76 <h4>2. Run the sample</h4> 77 78 <p>Once you've installed the Google Play services package, <a class="external-link" 79 href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/downloads/">download the game services 80 samples</a> to learn how to use the major components of the Google Play game services SDK. 81 </p> 82 83 <h4>3. Read the documentation</h4> 84 85 <p>Read the <a class="external-link" href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/terms"> 86 API Terms of Service</a>.</p> 87 <p>Detailed documentation for the Google Play game services SDK is available at <a class="external-link" 88 href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/">developers.google.com/games/services</a>. 89 </p> 90 <p>For quick access while developing your Android apps, the 91 <a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/games/package-summary.html">API reference</a> is available here on developer.android.com.</p> 92 </div> 93 94 </div> 95
