iOS Game Center Multiplayer

CONTENT

• 基本觀念
• Initialize & Coding Tips
• Device Setting Check
• Testing Result
• Also Need To Know…
• 實用範例 (ToDo)

基本觀念

• 知道哪些Message要Send/Receive
• 知道哪些是Critical Message 哪些不是
  • Critical Message 就是必須確定對方一定有收到後才能繼續下一步的那種message，如Game Over / Game Reset

INITIALIZE & CODING TIPS

• Ask player to log in Game Center when launching the game (authenticateLocalPlayer)
• Matching Friends (Send & Accept Invite)
• Do not forget to add EventListener
• Load the Game
• If you have two players only, then set to TWO users maximum only (otherwise it will wait forever in matching for the rest of 2 users) (GameCenterMultiplayerBinding.showMatchmakerWithMinMaxPlayers( 2, 2 ))

DEVICE SETTING CHECK

• Activate Sandbox mode (Settings / Game Center / Sandbox)

TESTING RESULT

• iPod5 to iPhone4S: can not the invite message >needs to go notification panel and click and wait couple seconds
• -iPod5 to iPod5: ok
• -iPad to iPod5: Ok

ALSO NEEDS TO KNOW

Lists & Dictionaries

• Both work similar ways to arrays
• Lists is a Class
• List a dynamically array: You don’t need to know how many elements in it

Delegate & Events

ToDo

• Send & Receive
• Get Player’s Name (Alias)
• Get Player’s Photo
• 戰績 Rankings