What you need for this book

You will need Unity 3 or later for this book. Many chapters require specific downloads:

  • Chapter 2, Photon Unity Networking – The Chat Client, requires the Photon Unity Networking plugin
  • Chapter 3, Photon Server – Star Collector, requires the Photon Server client and server SDKs
  • Chapter 4, Player.IO – Bot Wars, requires the Player.IO developer package
  • Chapter 5, PubNub – The Global Chatbox, requires a third-party JSON parser

Instructions to download the required materials are covered at the beginning of each chapter.

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