I was wondering if Mobile Networking uses the same setup such as Photon or other networking systems? Or can it be hosted via the Google Play and ios networks? I want to make a text based rpg game where Users battle each other.
We are currently in an on-request beta for our networking system “Forge Networking”. The system is heavily tested on all desktop platforms, mobile platforms and the Webplayer. We are developing our website to teach people how to create networked games who have never touched networking before in their life using our system (http://www.beardedmanstudios.com) and we are extremely active. Feel free to come by and ask us anything you have in mind, how to do anything over the network and maybe tell us the networked feature list you have and we could show how you would be able to do that with our system
Otherwise, yes, the built in Unity works well with mobile, their RPC calls are simple to use and I have video tutorials on how Unity’s built in networking works myself!
Unity’s built in networking video tutorials (this is a playlist):
I just had question about the server setup. I’m curious if there is still a central server and MySQL database that the mobile devices go through? Since I want players and their stats to be posted on a type of board to where they can challenge each other at a given time.
As of Beta V2 we do not have this. In the post you would see the thing I call the “Arbiter”. This is our immediate focus after the beta. This is our centralized server which will be the server that can hook into a MySQL database and be able to keep track of player login and stats. You will have full control over the database as well, with the ability to read, write, and other queries and searches. This will also include reports and analytics.
