Facebook SDK for Unity!

Facebook and Unity have worked together to launch a new cross platform called the SDK.  Facebook’s strategy is to help game developers more easily access Facebook’s features.  Facebook is experiencing a fast growth in more advanced 3D games.  By teaming up with Unity, they launched the SDK which makes it faster and easier to integrate Unity games with Facebook.  The SDK lets players play theses games on many different platforms like Android, iOS, or the web.  For example, to make a game applicable on a mobile device only one new line of code needs to be written.  It makes the integration process much cleaner and more efficient.  One thing to note is all the code is written in C# and no JavaScript is needed.

Another advantage of the SDK is that it lets the players of the Unity games share their content.  They can refer friends, share their scores, and connect with other players.  This creates a social and personal experience for the players. It also has the feature of playing games in full screen mode and allowing social content to also be displayed. The SDK can be downloaded for free at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/unity/downloads/ or at http://u3d.as/content/facebook/facebook-sdk-for-unity-beta-/5j1.

The SDK works with the Unity program that I showed how to download in a past post. From Unity and Facebook working together, I think it is safe to say many new innovations can be expected in the future. This new innovation lets game developers share their games with everyone on Facebook with ease.  That’s about 260 million gamers!  And just think, this is just the beginning.

Check out this video that shows how to use the Facebook SDK for iOS!