Game Backend Development: With Microsoft Azure and PlayFab

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B. BorsGame Backend Developmenthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8910-5_9

9. CloudScript and Azure Functions

Balint Bors¹  

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Munich, Germany

 

PlayFab introduced CloudScript to implement server-side logic, which provides endless opportunities to customize your game’s backend. The CloudScript code runs on PlayFab-managed servers and has access to the PlayFab API.

PlayFab recently deprecated JavaScript-based CloudScript and introduced Azure Functions as the preferred way for implementing custom game backend logic. This provides both the easy API access of PlayFab and the powerful features of the Azure cloud.

This chapter shows you how to implement custom game ...