Photon For Unity

Introduction to Photon• Photon is a Socket Server & Framework

- Target : Realtime, multiplayer, cross-platform games.

• 16k+ registered developers

• Transparent pricing, empower Indies.

Photon Realtime

Photon Realtime

Photon Realtime

Photon Realtime

Photon Turnbased

Photon Turnbased

Photon PUN

Photon Chat

Photon Chat

Photon Server

UN vs PUN• Unity Networking (UN) is very convenient, simple and powerful.

• It is the entry point for most Indies to start Networking experiments.

• BUT it has several major draw backs

UN need Master Server to be hosted.

P2P leads to NAT/punch-through issues (especially in mobile network.

Dropped host kill the game and so frustrate players

UN vs PUN

Photon PUN

Photon PUNCCU: Concurrent users.

20 CCU means 20 concurrent users is 20 users on the game at the same time.

PUN hands-on

• Register and get app id.

• Download Photon PUN on Asset Store.

PUN hands-on• Lobby

- Properties can be synced.

• Rooms

- Exchange data in realtime.

- Set and get properties of Players and Rooms.

Photon PUN• Connect US, EU or Asia

Photon• Get from the Lobby into a Room quickly

Photon• SerializeView

- Add Prefab.

- Add PhotonView (script)

- Add Script for Update

Photon