This guest post was written by Jikhan Jung, founder and CEO at Subdream Studios, a social VR game studio founded in January 2017 by gaming industry veterans with experience in PC, mobile and VR. Ever since, Subdream have been making multiplayer VR games such as Mega Overload, Hell Dimensions etc. Galaga is the unforgettable game...
You have a uNet game and wonder how to port it over to PUN? We have a dedicated site in our online docs where we describe the porting process on the basis of Unity’s Network Meteoroid demo. Learn what aspects are very simple and where you need to pay special attention to get a satisfying...
At the annual Game Developer Conference, VIVE hosted a Developer Day where company executives and engineers spent the day sharing information on their newest developer tools, their platform strategy and their new partnership with Photon to make development of connected VR experiences simple. Enhancing VR experiences with multiplayer or multi-user features significantly helps to build...
This guest post was written by Can Olcer, co-founder of Kosmos School. Kosmos School offers live science classes in VR for teenagers. For example, they perform physics experiments to learn about gravity or engineer a rocket which they can then board and fly away with. All learning happens collaboratively (multiplayer, if you will). The classes...
Exciting news: Highroad Engine is now supporting PUN 2 out of the box. You can test it right away using the ready to use local and multi player project shipped with Highroad Engine, and switch at will between local, uNet and PUN 2 gameplays without even restarting the scene. https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/systems/highroad-engine-73798 Give it a go, and...
Yesterday Improbable published a blog post stating that Unity’s updated terms of services (ToS) result in blocking their SpatialOS technology. This led to a lot of turbulence amongst our community and partners who were concerned if Unity’s ToS changes are affecting Photon as well. As Photon is not including the Unity engine/runtime on the server or...
PUN – A Huge Success Story Photon Unity Networking has been – and still is – our most successful product powering several top-grossing mobile hits such as Golf Clash, War Robots or Pixel Gun 3D. But it is not only the leading networking engine on mobile: the world’s top studios and publishers such as Disney,...
Finally: Photon Bolt is available as a free version including 20 concurrent user (CCU )in Unity’s Asset Store since a couple of weeks. The emergence of battle royale games like PUBG or Fortnite brought a new wave of attention and some positive pressure on our Photon Bolt roadmap. We are happy to finally provide not...
This guest post was written by Sam Meyer, lead developer at Total Mayhem Game for We Were Here Too, awarded as best Multiplayer Game at this year’s Indie Prize. We Were Here Too is an online only, first-person cooperative adventure set in a fictional medieval castle with a simple yet addictive concept: two players are lost...
Madfinger Games are pushing what’s possible on mobile since ever and this attitude defined their plans for the multiplayer features in ‘Shadowgun Legends’. We evaluated a lot of multiplayer engines and only Photon nailed our networking ambitions: AAA grade experience, unbeatable price and awesome support.” Marek Rabas, CEO Madfinger Games We are honored and super...