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7 <p>One of the goals of <a href="https://developers.google.com/games/">Google
8 Play game services</a> is to allow developers to focus on what they’re good at
9 as game developers — creating great gaming experiences for their users, by
10 building on top of what Google is good at: mobile and cloud services. Integral
11 to that is an easy integration process, one that provides a whole host of
12 features with little engineering work required.</p>
14 <p>The gaming studios below understood the opportunity that Google Play game
15 services unlocked, and are starting to see real results following their
16 successful integrations. </p>
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20 <h3>Concrete Software — Straightforward, easy to implement</h3>
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36 <h5>About the developer</h5>
38 <li><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Concrete%20Software%2C%20Inc.">Concrete Software</a>,
39 makers of <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.concretesoftware.pbachallenge_androidmarket&hl=en">PBA
40 Bowling Challenge</a></li>
41 <li>Added support for multiplayer, leaderboards and achievements through Google Play game
47 <li>Session lengths have increased more than 15%</li>
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51 <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.concretesoftware.pbachallenge_androidmarket&hl=en">
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58 <p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:12px;">Concrete Software added several
59 features from Google Play game services into one of their top titles,
60 <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.concretesoftware.pbachallenge_androidmarket">PBA
61 Bowling Challenge</a>, including support for multiplayer, leaderboards, and
64 <p>So far, their users have loved the new additions: average session length
65 is up more than 15%. Keith Pichelman, CEO of Concrete Software, explains: </p>
67 <p>"The Google Play game services were straightforward and easy to implement. We
68 had been researching options for multiplayer services, so when Google Play game
69 services came out, it was an easy decision for us. Not only were they easy to
70 integrate, but the features have worked flawlessly. </p>
72 <p>"PBA Bowling Challenge now has real-time multiplayer which our users instantly
73 were thrilled with; you can see in the reviews how people immediately raved about
74 the new game experience. </p>
76 <p>"We also included achievements, leaderboards, and most recently cloud
77 synchronization from the Google Play game services as well. Using the game
78 services in PBA Bowling Challenge was a huge success, enough so that we are now
79 going back to our other titles, adding the features to them as well."</p>
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87 <p class="image-caption"><span style="font-weight:500;">Session lengths up:</span>
88 After adding support for multiplayer with Google Play game services, Concrete
89 Software saw an increase in session lengths of more than 15% for PBA Bowling
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97 <h3>Glu: It’s a must-have for all titles</h3>
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113 <h5>About the developer</h5>
115 <li><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Glu+Mobile">Glu
116 Mobile</a>, creators of <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glu.ewarriors2">Eternity
118 <li>Has already integrated 5 titles with Google Play game services</li>
123 <li>In Eternity Warriors 2, 7-day user retention is up 40%</li>
124 <li>20% increase in play sessions per day as well</li>
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128 <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glu.ewarriors2">
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135 <p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:12px;">Glu was one of the first developers
136 to integrate Google Play game services, with
137 <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glu.ewarriors2">Eternity
138 Warriors 2</a>. Based on this first success, Glu has integrated game services
139 into several more games, including Samurai vs. Zombies 2, Frontline Commando:
140 D-Day, Contract Killer 2, and Zombies Ate My Friends.</p>
142 <p>Already supported in Eternity Warriors 2, they’ve seen a 40% increase in 7-day
143 user retention and a 20% increase in play sessions per day. Sourabh Ahuja, Glu's
144 Vice President of Android Development, explains:</p>
146 <p>“Multiplayer, leaderboards, achievements — these are all things that we
147 had to build individually for our titles. The availability of these features in
148 Google Play game services helps us make our games stickier, and it’s awesome that
149 it comes directly from Google. </p>
151 <p>"It’s flexible enough that we were able to make it interoperable with our
152 in-house systems. We look forward to utilizing game services extensively across
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161 <p class="image-caption"><span style="font-weight:500;">User retention up:</span>
162 Glu saw a 40% increase in 7-day user retention for Eternity Warriors 2 after
163 integrating with Google Play game services.</p>
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171 <h3>Vector-Unit: An awesome multiplayer experience</h3>
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187 <h5>About the developer</h5>
189 <li><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Vector+Unit">Vector
190 Unit</a>, creators of <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vectorunit.red">Riptide
192 <li>Added multiplayer to Riptide GP2 through Google Play game services </li>
197 <li>With an easy multiplayer solution, they were able to focus on the
199 <li>Early reviews of Riptide GP2 called multiplayer “one of the sweetest
200 cherries on top!”</li>
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204 <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vectorunit.red">
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211 <p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:12px;">Vector Unit just launched their
212 latest title, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vectorunit.red">Riptide
213 GP2</a>, with Google Play game services integration, and it has one of the strongest
214 integrations of multiplayer yet. Early reviews call multiplayer “one of the sweetest
215 cherries on top!”.</p>
217 <p>Ralf Knoesel, CTO of Vector Unit, tells more about how they've used Google Play game
220 <p>“We wanted to provide a really compelling multiplayer experience for our users, and
221 Google Play game services allowed us to do just that. With multiplayer, you can show off
222 your skills and your custom-tuned hydro jet in 4-way online battles with friends and
223 players around the world. </p>
225 <p>"By providing an easy way to power this multiplayer experience, we were able to focus
226 on making the gameplay come alive — like the stunts, which are more daring and
227 slicker than ever (with more of them to master), or the realistic detail of the water
228 splashing against the camera lens.”</p>
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237 <p class="image-caption"><span style="font-weight:500;">Multiplayer and more:</span>
238 Google Play game services helped Vector Unit pack an awesome multiplayer experience
239 into Riptide GP 2, so they could focus on building a great gaming experience.</p>
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