This program hosts ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unity and ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine. After some thorough test runs, I realized that Google’s Maps SDK was far more suitable for our project.In October 2020, Esri announced a beta program for developers who want to use ArcGIS with game engines.

Thereafter, we decided to do some tests to see what the newly released Maps SDK from the Google Maps Platform was made of. The Mapbox SDK stuck around with us until the release of version 2.0.0. By that time, I was knee deep in another popular mapping tool from a company named Mapbox and there was no going back at least not until after the first release of the game. Needless to say, location based game development and I became as thick as thieves in the process, testing each other every step of the way, right up to our recent release.Īlthough the initial idea was to use Google Maps, their Maps SDK was not released to the masses until about 4 months after we started development.

Over the past year I’ve been developing a real world running game with Unity 3D for Android and iOS called X Runners. I recommend that you take a look here for a thorough explanation on the pricing, the gaming section is at the bottom of the page. Afterwards, you are charged $ DAUs / month up to 1,500,000 DAUs, thereafter it drops down to $ DAUs / month and there is a note to contact sales for volume pricing when you get to 7,500,001+ DAUs.

Don’t take my word for it because I don’t work for Google, but as of this writing, Google gives you $200 free credit every month and that equates to having roughly 20,000 daily active users (DAUs) per month. Note: Some readers have inquired about google’s pricing of the gaming API’s.

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