Two new tutorials and one example, complete with its source code, are available in the SmartFoxServer 2X online documentation. The Tris tutorial describes the homonymic game available in the Unity examples package since the first release. The Object Movement example (and tutorial) show how to make an avatar move in a multiplayer virtual environment with a few lines of code. You can find them all here. Enjoy the reading!
We just published a new white paper which takes an in-depth look at the best practices for deploying a multi-instance game server and the main strategies to simplify management and reduce costs. You can find it here!
We just released a great new example project built using Flash Builder and targeting the iOS and Android devices: the Cannon Combat game is a simplified multiplayer version of the popular Angry Birds game featuring the Box2D physics engine. It is available for download as part of the Flash examples package on the SFS2X download page.
On the same page we also released the updated iOS examples package, containing the first two revised examples now compatible with the latest iOS API.
Last but not least, we published the first white paper discussing the SmartFoxServer 2X performance and scalability. It also shows the results of a series of tests that were performed in order to analyse the performance, stability and realiability of the SmartFoxServer 2X engine compared to other solutions adopted by our competitors. Read it here!
Good news everyone! The official release version of SmartFoxServer 2X, namely 2.0, is now available for download!
We strongly recommend to update all your SFS2X instances to this version. You can get the full installer on the 2X download page, where the release notes are also available.
Don’t miss the new tutorials for Android which will guide you through building multiplayer apps for Google’s mobile platform.
You can find all the material in the 2X documentation under the Examples for Android section.
The RedBox 2X, our free add-on for SmartFoxServer 2X that adds audio and video streaming capabilities to the server, is now available for download on the 2X download page. A dedicated forum is also available for bug reporting or informations requests.
We just launched the official SmartFoxServer channel on YouTube! You will find:
Feel free to send the links to other tutorials or videos which show your multiplayer game/application in action. Now go to the SmartFoxServer channel!
Packt Publishing has recently released a new book entitled Flash Multiplayer Virtual Worlds that analyzes the many aspects of MMO development, using SmartFoxServer Pro. The book touches a lot of topics: from basic architecture to techniques for building the world and avatars, server side coding, designing quests and lots more.
The publication is available both in printed and electronic form and you can read more details on the publisher’s website.