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More MMO API goodies!

20131222_spacewar_icoWe have added new articles and tutorials for our latest MMO API, released in SFS2X 2.8.0:

  • SpaceWar game tutorial provides a detailed walkthrough to building a realtime action game integrating physics, authoritative server, lag hiding techniques and Area Of Interest to provide a seamless gaming experience for hundreds of players.
  • MMO Demo Unity tutorial introduces the MMO API for Unity developers showing the basic concepts and features included in SmartFoxServer 2.8.0.
  • Advanced uses of the MMORoom and MMO API provides various advanced tips and tricks for developing with the MMO API on the server side.

SmartFoxServer 2X 2.8.0

20131114_release_2_8A new SFS2X update is available with new powerful features and fixes discussed in the support forums recently:

  • New MMO API: provides tools for building vast, large-scale explorable worlds with thousands of players interacting in the same “Room”, non player entities and much much more;
  • New Room Persistence API: provides convenient tools for storing game state, personal Rooms, etc, to local files or an external database;
  • New updated client API for Flash, Unity, Java/Android, Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 supporting MMORooms, MMOItems and MMOItemVariables;
  • New Flash and Unity examples to demonstrate the latest API.

For an introduction on the new MMO API see this documentation page.

Please follow these links to get the updates:

If you are an iOS developer make sure to check the latest Objective-C API release, which is now 100% ARC and provides several fixes as requested in the support board.

Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 API

20130920_windows8We are happy to announce the official support to Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 starting from version 1.4 of the C# API we published today. The new API allows to build native applications and games for the two operating system (including Metro-style under Windows 8) and can also be used in Unity to publish 3D games targeted at those platforms. Get the new API on this page and the examples package here.

And speaking of updates, we also release a couple of minor versions of the HTML5 API and Objective-C API, available on the same page linked above. And inside the SFS2X doc site a vastly improved Java client API javadoc is now available.

SmartFoxServer and Jelastic for Mobile Game Development

20130626_jelasticJelastic is a PaaS offering specifically designed to automatically scale Java applications and allocate server resources required by applications on demand, so it is the perfect match for SmartFoxServer.

People at Jelastic just published an interesting blog post showing how to rapidly setup a virtual environment and deploy SmartFoxServer 2X for testing and production. The whole operation takes no longer than 5 minutes. Read it here!

SmartFoxServer 2X 2.7.0 and Analytics!

A new major update is available for SmartFoxServer 2X which introduces a new tool for comprehensive traffic analysis including visitors, demographics based on geolocation, client technology statistics and lots more. Additionally the release adds new server components to simplify the Login and Sign Up process, including detailed tutorials with source code.

NOTE: the new release comes as a full installer, if you’re updating a previous version make sure to follow the migration guide.

Learn more here:

Download SmartFoxServer 2X 2.7.0

C++ game developers wanted

In order to expand the number of platforms and frameworks supported by SmartFoxServer 2X, we are looking for C++ developers willing to test our newest API in different scenarios and share their games to be published on our website as examples/demos.

What we are looking for:

  • simple games leveraging our C++ API, developed using popular frameworks like Cocos2D-x, Marmalade, Corona, Torque3D, Kobold2D and what more
  • fully documented code
  • detailed instructions to setup the development environment and compile the game
  • a tutorial highlighting meaningful sections of the code (similar to those already available, like this one

What we offer in exchange:

  • a SmartFoxServer 2X 500 Users license or an equivalent discount on a larger license
  • full credit on the tutorial page
  • the possibility for developers of proven experience to be listed in our partner’s page

In order to apply please contact us by email providing the following:

  • a description of the game
  • the description of the target platform and the development environment
  • 2-3 screenshots showing the game design and interface
  • your contact details
  • links to games/applications you developed before (if any)

Recent updates

In the past few weeks we released a new server patch, new API versions and some new material. Here you go:

  • SmartFoxServer 2X v2.6.0 patch
  • Flash AS3 API v1.1.6
  • Unity/.Net/Mono C# API v1.2.0
  • Android/Java2 SE Java API v1.2.0
  • iOS/OSX Objective-C API v1.1.5
  • New C++ API (beta)

Please read the full release notes and download the update from our download section.

We also made available a new ServerTemplate for the RightScale platform (which now also installs the latest SFS2X patch) and a new white paper discussing the best practices to secure SmartFoxServer 2X.

New SmartFoxServer 2X Update (2.4.0) available!

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A new update is available for SmartFoxServer 2X. It provides several fixes related to the latest issues discussed in the forums and includes new improvements. The cumulative patch can be applied to version 2.0.1 and higher. Please read the full release notes and download the update from our download section.

On the client side we have also released:

  • New HTML5/Websocket API release (final release)
  • New ActionScript 3 API
  • New Windows RT / Windows Phone 8 API (beta)

SmartFoxServer 2X Update (2.3.0) is available!

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20120917_HTML5A new update is available for SmartFoxServer 2X. The new cumulative patch works with any SFS2X from version 2.0.1 and above, providing support for native HTML5 clients via WebSockets. The patch includes the new JavaScript client API and full fledged example of usage with source code.
We also introduced a new server side feature called SystemController Filters, that allows custom logic to be added on top of the System requests.

Last but not least, we published a new Unity example + tutorial created by Andy Martin, showing the Buddy List features of SmartFoxServer 2X.