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Game Backend Development: With Microsoft Azure and PlayFab
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Game Backend Development: With Microsoft Azure and PlayFab

by Balint Bors
December 2022
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
394 pages
5h 42m
English
Apress
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B. BorsGame Backend Developmenthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8910-5_4

4. Matchmaking

Balint Bors1  
(1)
Munich, Germany
 

Matchmaking is a key feature when developing online multiplayer games. It helps players find opponents based on their attributes, such as rank, skill level, or location.

A well-implemented matchmaking feature can highly improve player engagement. A beginner player doesn’t want to play with an advanced one. The matchmaker feature also finds players close to each other to minimize latency.

Players can find each other in a lobby, or in a more automatic way by matchmaking. This chapter explains how to implement matchmaking with the help of ...

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