I was interested in incorporating GameSparks into my latest game, but I see that it has been deprecated from the Asset Store. Does anyone have any further information as to why? I don’t want to use it if they are not going to continue supporting Unity.
from the Asset Store: "Unfortunately, GameSparks is no longer available.
This package has been deprecated from the Asset Store. This means that new purchases of the package are not allowed and that only users who already purchased or downloaded the package before it was deprecated, are allowed to download it.
In most cases, package deprecation happens because the publisher is unable or unwilling to support the package anymore. We suggest looking for alternative packages or contacting the publisher directly."
You need an account with GameSparks to use it regardless of where you download it so if I had to guess they’re just going to provide it on their website. Latest release was Jan 17th.
I’ll tag the current GameSparks employee ( @GameSparks_Clare_1 ) that regularly posts on these forums but don’t expect an answer much more complex than the one I already gave. By the way the current release is now June 15th. It’s very much still actively developed.
If you go to the Gamesparks website it say that they have been acquired by Amazon. Amazon has been pushing into social gaming and eSports, and streaming, buying twitch in 2014. Since then, Amazon has established a number of game studios and licensed the CryEngine source code from Crytek which is the basis for their own in-house engine, Lumberyard. So Gamesparks being now in-house probably means they no will no longer prioritize supporting other engines.
I think it’s quite a stretch to say that they’re probably not going to prioritize supporting other engines when the only evidence available has been that they pulled the download from the Asset Store. Amazon’s purchase of the company happened a year ago and since then we’ve seen no interruptions in updates to their SDKs for all engines.
For that matter if you look at the downloads page they don’t even have CryEngine or Lumberyard SDKs.
Nothing like that… Amazon bought Gamesparks over a year ago and Unity is one of their top-grossing engines for the platform. They will be carrying on, business as usual, nothing changes.
They will simply be providing the SDK straight from their site and not the asset store.
Thousands of Unity games run on GameSparks, some from very well known studios, they are not going anywhere.
Google Translate butchered your post. If you’re asking for games developed using it, go check the official GameSparks website. They have testimonials from both AAAs and indies.