Plugin

Plugin Server

The plugin server provides various features to help game developers make their games richer and more diverse. Through this guide, we hope you understand the key features and advantages of the plugin server. With Gamepot, your game will stand out even more.

The plugin server is not provided by default, and all services are available only to applicants. Please apply through customer support.

Key Features

• Statistics Inquiry

• Leaderboard

• Friend Management

• Push Notifications

• Data Store

• External Payments (e.g., Exola, Players, MyCard, Danal, etc.)

• External Payment Item Management

• Identity Verification (PASS, Korea)

• API Usage Inquiry

SWAGGER API Documentation

PLUGIN API Documentation

After clicking 'Authorize', you can input the API KEY and PROJECT ID to begin using the service and test all available features.

Statistics Inquiry

Through the plugin server, you can query various statistical information within the game. This allows developers to perform a variety of analysis tasks such as user behavior analysis and game progress monitoring.

Leaderboard Introduction

The leaderboard is a crucial feature that promotes competition among users and enhances the sense of achievement. Users can compare their performance with others and check their rankings within the game. This greatly motivates users and plays a significant role in increasing engagement with the game.

Key Features and Benefits

• Performance Comparison: Users can compare their in-game performance with other players through the leaderboard. This allows them to objectively evaluate their skills and progress.

• Competition Promotion: The leaderboard encourages competition among users. To reach higher ranks, users will invest more time and effort into the game.

• Goal Setting: The leaderboard sets specific goals for users to achieve, such as surpassing the next user’s rank or breaking the high score.

• Community Building: Users with common goals naturally form a community. They can strengthen relationships by congratulating each other on achievements and sharing game strategies.

• Rewards and Incentives: Users who rank high on the leaderboard can receive in-game rewards or certificates as incentives. This enhances the sense of achievement and encourages continued engagement with the game.

Implementation Method

• Data Collection: Collect user gameplay data (e.g., scores, achievement levels, etc.).

• Sorting and Ranking: Sort users' performance based on the collected data and determine rankings. Various sorting algorithms can be used in this process.

• Leaderboard Updates: Update the leaderboard at regular intervals (e.g., daily, weekly, monthly). A real-time update system can also be implemented.

• User Interface: Provide an intuitive user interface that allows users to easily view the leaderboard and check their rankings.

• Security and Fraud Prevention: The leaderboard system needs security measures to prevent cheating. For example, detecting and removing abnormal score gains.

The leaderboard system is an effective way to enhance the competitive aspect of a game and promote user interaction. Developers can maximize the fun of the game and encourage long-term user engagement through the leaderboard.

Friend Management

The friend management feature allows users to add and manage friends within the game. This promotes social interaction and helps build in-game communities.

PUSH

Data Store

The Data Store is a system that provides the ability to store, manage, and retrieve various data generated within the game. It plays a critical role in game development by comprehensively handling game progress, user settings, achievement records, and more. Efficient use of the Data Store significantly enhances the game's stability and user experience.

Key Features and Benefits

• Data Storage and Management: Stores and manages user game progress, settings, inventory, and more. This ensures that users can accurately resume their game state after interruptions.

• Real-Time Data Synchronization: Critical for multiplayer games, it synchronizes data in real time to ensure a consistent gaming environment for all users.

• Data Analysis and Statistics: Analyzes in-game data to understand user behavior, evaluate the efficiency of the in-game economy, and assess item popularity. This helps identify areas for improvement and enhance the user experience.

• Security and Reliability: Ensures data security and reliability through encryption and protection against unauthorized access. It also provides backup and recovery systems to prevent data loss.

• Flexible Data Modeling: Developers can design data models tailored to game requirements and easily modify or expand them as needed, allowing for adaptive data store management in line with game evolution.

• Efficient Resource Management: For cloud-based data stores, server resources are managed efficiently. Resources are automatically adjusted based on usage, achieving cost-efficiency and performance optimization.

Use Cases

• Progress Saving: Accurately restores previously acquired items, levels, and locations when users resume the game after a break.

• Settings Preservation: Saves individual user settings (e.g., sound levels, graphic settings) and applies them upon game restart.

• Leaderboards: Saves user achievements in the Data Store to generate global or friend-based leaderboards.

• In-Game Economy: Manages user item purchases and transaction histories while monitoring the balance of the in-game economy.

The Data Store is an essential element for improving game quality and user experience. Developers can effectively manage game data and deliver a seamless gameplay experience to users through its capabilities.

Integration of External Payment Systems

The integration of external payment systems enables users to purchase items within the game using various payment methods. This feature ensures that gamers worldwide can conveniently buy items using their preferred payment options. By integrating with leading payment service providers like Xsolla, PlayUs, MyCard, and Danal, game developers can easily access global markets and improve the user experience.

Key Payment Service Providers

• Xsolla: A global payment service platform supporting over 700 payment methods in more than 200 countries and regions. Xsolla offers solutions for unified payments, subscription management, and in-game store setup.

• PlayUs: A global payment solution provider that also operates an online marketplace.

• MyCard: Primarily used in Taiwan and Southeast Asia, MyCard supports payments for various online games and digital content.

• Danal: A mobile payment service provider based in South Korea, offering options like mobile payments and credit card payments.

Integration Process

1. Select a Payment Service Provider: Choose a provider suitable for your game's target market and user base.

2. Establish a Partnership: Sign a contract with the selected provider and negotiate technical and commercial terms.

3. API Integration: Reference the API documentation provided by the payment service provider to integrate payment functionalities like payment authorization, cancellation, and validation into the game system.

4. Testing and Optimization: Conduct extensive testing to ensure the payment system functions correctly. Optimize the system for better user experience.

5. Launch and Monitor: Deploy the payment system within the game and monitor payment processes in real-time. Address issues promptly.

Additional Integration Inquiries

If game developers wish to integrate additional payment systems, they can contact the Naver Cloud Customer Center for assistance.

External Payment Item Management

Provides functionality for managing items purchased through external payment systems. Developers can easily handle the purchase, distribution, and management of items acquired via external payments.

PASS Identity Verification (Korea)

For games serviced in Korea, identity verification functionality is provided to meet legal requirements. This ensures that users can safely access the game, and developers can ensure compliance with regulations.

This feature is provided in the form of a webview. After adding the identity verification key issued by Danal to the dashboard, it can be accessed via the SDK or the web.

Identity Verification in Unity

NBaseSDK.NBase.openIdentity((status, error) => {
    Debug.Log("result: " + status);
}

Identity Verification on the Web

After integrating the existing JavaScript SDK, you can use it as shown below.

GP.Identity('61d075b0aa289337e4c71e89',{userId: "userId"},function(resp) {
  if(resp.success) {
    alert(resp.orderId);  // You can retrieve the authentication result using the orderId via Server-to-Server communication.
  } else {
    alert(resp.error);
  }
})

API Usage Monitoring

Provides the ability to query API calls and usage through the Plugin Server. Developers can monitor system performance and perform optimization tasks as needed.