Recently we have announced a new partnership with cloud provider Jelastic to offer efficient and scalable cloud hosting for SmartFoxServer at very affordable prices.
In this article we’re going to explore the advantages of combining the two services, especially the ease of fine tuning the expenditure, which can be paramount for startups and independent game developers.
In this new article we are going to a take a closer look at a simple concept, that of MatchExpressions within the SmartFoxServer SDK, and discuss why they are useful and how they can simplify our life when developing multiplayer games. Continue reading
In this recipe we will take a look at how we can tweak the logging configuration in SmartFoxServer 2X in order to do advanced logging from Extension code. Continue reading
On April 24th 2016, British ESA astronaut Tim Peake will run the full 26.2 miles of the Digital Virgin Money London Marathon from the International Space Station using RunSocial, live, starting at the same time as the 37,000 runners in Greenwich Park. Take a look here!!
RunSocial is powered by SmartFoxServer: we are very proud to be part of this thanks to A51!
We are happy to announce that a new licensing model is available for SmartFoxServer 2X, adding new buying options and great deals for game developers and studios of all sizes.
Elastic Licenses allow customers to fine tune their expenditure based on the application traffic and without major costs upfront.
The license is created with an adjustable amount of credit, starting as low as 10€, which is consumed based on the maximum CCU configured by the customer.
The maximum CCU can be adjusted at any time via the online manager, making it a breeze to reconfigure the license as the traffic evolves. All this can be done in real-time and without server restarts.
In conjunction with the new affordable Elastic Licenses (see related post), we’re also launching discounted prices for all standard SmartFoxServer 2X licenses, allowing you to save up to 33%!
We have also merged the two previous versions of the Analytics addon (Basic and Pro) into one single product called Analytics for SmartFoxServer 2X, which offers all the features of the former at a reduced price. Additionally, when purchased in bundle with SmartFoxServer 2X, there is an extra 100 € discount!
Visit our online shop to check the updated prices for all the licenses.
We have just released a new update of the Objective-C/Swift API providing full support for Apple’s latest tvOS. The release also includes a couple of fixes for the iOS and OS X frameworks.
In this new recipe we’re going to take a look at how we can integrate regular HTTP calls with the SmartFoxServer runtime and specifically how to communicate with Extension code via HTTP GET/POST requests.
Common applications of the HTTP/Extension interoperability are debugging interfaces and administration UIs. With this approach developers can easily build a simple web interface that reports that game state, monitors data structures, users etc… allowing to quickly debug problems while testing, triggering events and so on.
Continue readingIn this new installment we’re going to take a look at a list of tips to improve and optimize a SmartFoxServer 2X deployment.
The list is organized in several categories starting at the higher level of your application and proceeding towards the lower level setting of the server. Completing this process will help make a more secure and efficient deployment of your game server. Continue reading
In this article we are going to explore the integration between a website’s login and SmartFoxServer’s login system, to avoid asking the player his/her credentials twice.
The scenario we’re working with is the following:
The objective of the article is to hide this last step, integrating the website’s session with SmartFoxServer, without sacrificing the security aspects. Continue reading