Amazon GameOn is a powerful set of flexible APIs that allows game developers to drive engagement and increase monetization through cross-platform competitions and tournaments. Amazon GameOn allows game developers to grant digital in-game and real-world prizes, and players and streamers can create their own user-generated competitions.
Starting today, it’s even easier to add GameOn to any game created with GameMaker Studio 2 thanks to the Amazon GameOn plugin created by YoYo Games, the maker of GameMaker Studio 2.
Today YoYo Games announced the release of their Amazon GameOn plugin for GameMaker Studio 2, their leading 2D game development engine.
Using the Amazon GameOn plugin, developers can add and manage competitive elements provided by Amazon GameOn, like:
This is all achieved in just a few clicks by using custom pre-made GameMaker objects and scripts.
The Amazon GameOn Plugin for GMS2 also includes a demo project that demonstrates how to leverage all the main features and APIs of Amazon GameOn.
Now let’s see how you can start playing with the Amazon GameOn plugin in GameMaker Studio 2.
Here’s what you need to start playing with the Amazon GameOn plugin:
Follow these simple steps to get started creating your first Amazon GameOn competition.
The first thing you need to do in GameMaker Studio 2 is download the Amazon GameOn plugin extension from the GameMaker marketplace.
You can find the extension from the link below:
Amazon GameOn Extension for GMS2
Once you have added it to your account, you can import it in your project by clicking on the top menu under Marketplace -> My Library.
Then follow the steps to import the extension in your project.
The extension includes a demo project and demo objects that help you get up to speed with the Amazon GameOn extension for GMS2.
Here’s a few steps that will allow you to submit your first score to Amazon GameOn:
If you go back to your GameOn console and navigate to your tournament, you will find the first score submitted (see image below for reference).
Submitting a score is just the first step.
You can use the extension to add full Amazon GameOn functionalities to you GMS2 game by using and customizing the pre-defined demo objects or by leveraging the underlying custom APIs and scripts provided by the plugin.
You can find full documentation for the GameOn plugin on the YoYo Games website here:
Amazon GameOn Plugin for GMS2 - Official documentation
Thanks and stay tuned for more GameOn news!
-Mario Viviani (@mariuxtheone)