Simple Authentication Question

Unity Engine
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Hey guys, I’m so sorry if this question has been answered, but I can’t find an answer to my specific question.

I want to setup a database that stores information for an asynchronous turn based game.
I do not want to have to manage passwords (encryption and resetting, etc).

The Question is: What is the methodology around getting players to authenticate to your database (ie. create a new account) but using something like Google+, Facebook, MS Account, OpenID to actually do the authentication?

In my mind the user would click either Google+ or Facebook buttons (like I have seen in other games), they would authenticate though that service, and then I would have access to their e-mail address. I would use the e-mail address as their unique identifier and then I would have them create a username. Am I on the right track, or is it easier then all that? What’s the workflow after that when they need to login again?

Any information would be super helpful as I try and plan for this… like a blog, or forum post or a tutorial… anything really.

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Take a look this:

You can make your own register/login system inside unity and manage it with a Database so the clients should log in your database.

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Thank you!

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Okay, so I think I have the work-flow kind of figured out for this. But I still have one question on the topic.

If I have the user logon using Facebook Connect, and I use Facebook Connect to tell me who the user is, what unique identifier am I getting back from Facebook to tie into my Database?

I’d like to get their e-mail address from Facebook then I can tie that to a username in my database, but what happens if that user changes their e-mail address with Facebook? The next time they go to login to my game I will have no record of them.

So should I be using the oAuth token?

Am I over complicating this :).

Please help.

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I may have stumbled upon my own answer…

The Facebook API returns {id:} which is a facebook specific unique identifier. So I would store that in my database and tie it to an app specific username…

Right… . . ? right.

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Yep.
:smile: