Progression and Player Data

Progression adds a critical component proven to help drive the success of your game.

Progression Feature

• The Next Level of Player Engagement
  • With these progression tools, the power is in your hands to create genre-defining meta gameplay systems for your players.
• Serverless and No-Code Tools
  • Store custom user data with a simple mobile API. Configure your experience via a no-code developer console UI. Launch special events with the push of a button.
• Retention Yields Results
  • Best practice implementations can improve your retention by orders of magnitude. Keep your players coming back for more, which means better ARPDAU and Lifetime Value for you.

Progression API

• Seamless, Persistent Data Storage
  • Persist any information you choose on the player object, stored in a key/value schema you define.
• As Powerful as Your Creativity
  • Track player statistics, power a new high score system, create custom challenges, reward virtual goods, or build robust progression systems. The possibilities are as endless.
• Lightning Fast and Secure
  • Your data stores are available only to you and pass through the same strict security controls as the rest of the Skillz SDK. API calls return in milliseconds; synced to the cloud in near real-time.

Progression Room Entry Point

• Customizable
  • Premium real estate on the Home Tab of the SDK and Side Menu - Assets and text are completely controlled by you via the Developer Console and deployable with a single push.
• Infinite Possibilities
  • New method that enables you to load any custom game scene once players tap an entry point.
• Dynamic to the Player
  • Create dynamic text strings using your PlayerData key/values to create personalized experiences that evolve with the player. Define logic conditions that control which image/video to present to the player, enhancing the personalized experience with rich graphics.

Key Features

• Video support for your main content (.mp4).
• Localization options for 9 supported languages. Simply provide us with the translations, and the SDK will render the correct language based on the user’s locale.
• Launch a custom game scene by implementing a new method that is invoked when a user taps your custom entry point Create unique player experiences using your custom PlayerData key/values to form dynamic strings. Define conditions that control which image or video to present to the player, enhancing the personalized experience with rich graphics.

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Case Study

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Implementation

For implementation steps, visit Implement Progression.