1page.title=Google Play Game Services
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14<h1 itemprop="name" style="margin-bottom:0;">Google Play Game Services</h1>
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16Make your games social with Google Play game services. Add achievements,
17leaderboards, real-time multiplayer, and other popular features using the
18Google Play game services SDK. Let players sign in using their Google+
19identities and share their gaming experience with friends.
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21<p>Explore the
22<a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/games/package-summary.html">Google
23Play Games Android API reference</a> or visit
24<a class="external-link" href=
25"https://developers.google.com/games/services/">developers.google.com/games/services</a>
26for more information about integrating game services into your app.
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33    <h3 style="clear:left">Key Developer Features</h3>
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35    <h4>Reward players with achievements</h4>
36    <p>Add hidden and incremental achievements to encourage users to explore your game in new
37    and interesting ways. A built-in achievement UI is available to display progress. <br />
38    <a class="external-link" href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/achievements">Add
39    achievements to your game</a>.</p>
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42    <h4>Drive engagement with leaderboards</h4>
43    <p>Let players compare scores with friends using leaderboards and see how they rank
44    against other players worldwide. Google Play game services automatically maintains daily,
45    weekly, and all-time high scores. <br /><a class="external-link"
46    href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/leaderboards">Build leaderboards</a></p>
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48    <h4>Save game data to the cloud</h4>
49    <p>Offer seamless game progress across all of the user's devices. Use the Saved Games API
50    to quickly store and synchronize game data on Google's cloud
51    infrastructure. <br />
52    <a
53    class="external-link" href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/savedgames">Save
54    game data to the cloud</a></p>
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56    <h4>Create real-time and turn-based multiplayer games</h4>
57    <p>Make your game more dynamic with simultaneous or asynchronous gameplay.
58    Use the multiplayer APIs to send match invitations, auto-match players
59    anonymously, and exchange data between game clients. <br />Develop <a class="external-link"
60    href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/multiplayer">real-time
61    multiplayer</a> and <a class="external-link"
62    href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/turnbasedMultiplayer">turn-based multiplayer</a> games</p>
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67    <h3 style="clear:left">Getting Started</h3>
68    <h4>1. Get the Google Play services SDK</h4>
69    <p>Google Play game services is part of the Google Play services platform.</p>
70    <p>To use game services, <a href="{@docRoot}google/play-services/setup.html">set up
71      the Google Play services SDK</a>. Then, see the <a class="external-link"
72      href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/quickstart">
73      Getting Started guide</a> to set up your app.
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76    <h4>2. Run the sample</h4>
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78    <p>Once you've installed the Google Play services package, <a class="external-link"
79      href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/downloads/">download the game services
80      samples</a> to learn how to use the major components of the Google Play game services SDK.
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83    <h4>3. Read the documentation</h4>
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85    <p>Read the <a class="external-link" href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/terms">
86    API Terms of Service</a>.</p>
87    <p>Detailed documentation for the Google Play game services SDK is available at <a class="external-link"
88    href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/">developers.google.com/games/services</a>.
89    </p>
90    <p>For quick access while developing your Android apps, the
91      <a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/games/package-summary.html">API reference</a> is available here on developer.android.com.</p>
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