Operating live service games is a big challenge. Isn’t it time you looked at PlayFab? It’s the backend service for game developers, by game developers. Isn’t it time to see what bomb-proof backend systems and world-class game management tools look like? Join us to learn why PlayFab is the fast and cost effective way to build, launch, and grow your mobile, PC or console game. In this webinar we will show how to get started using our cloud-based backend services built exclusively for live games. In this webinar you will learn: * How to set up and configure your game in PlayFab. * How to make API calls using Postman. * How to manage user and title data. * Best practices for using data storage.

1. a Platform-as-a-Service company
Getting Started with PlayFab

2. Overview
• Setup and configure your game
• Make API calls with Postman
• Manage title and user data
• Best practices for storage
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3. Create a Developer Account
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4. Email Confirmation
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5. Configure Your Game
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6. Add Title Data
• Key/Value
• Configuration data
• Global to all users
• Only editable via
Admin API calls
• Modify and balance
games post-launch
without re-certification
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7. Postman: Your New Best Friend
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• Test Web API calls
quickly
• Local variables for
configuration
• Ex: {{TitleID}}
• Right-click option to set
• Collection available
https://www.getpostman.com/

8. Create a User Account
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• Congratulations – your first real
use of Postman

9. Read Title Data
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10. Write User Data
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11. Read User Data
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12. Best Practices - Security
• Read/Write
• Read Only
• Internal
• Cheating isn’t an if –
it’s when and how often
• Use Read Only for sensitive data
• Write using Cloud Script
• Track cheaters with Internal
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13. Best Practices – Engagement and Promotion
• Title and publisher level
• Reward users for playing more than one title
• Promote cross-title (but only if they aren’t already playing it!)
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14. QUESTIONS?
Twitter @playfabnetwork