Photon is a socket server and framework that enables real-time multiplayer functionality for cross-platform games. It has over 16,000 registered developers and offers transparent pricing to empower independent developers. Photon provides services for real-time multiplayer, turn-based multiplayer, chat functionality, and a server platform. While Unity Networking is convenient for starting networking experiments, it has drawbacks like requiring a master server and issues with NAT punchthrough, whereas Photon PUN addresses these issues.

1. Photon For Unity

2. Introduction to Photon
• Photon is a Socket Server & Framework
- Target : Realtime, multiplayer, cross-platform games.
• 16k+ registered developers
• Transparent pricing, empower Indies.

3. Photon Realtime

4. Photon Realtime

5. Photon Realtime

6. Photon Realtime

7. Photon Turnbased

8. Photon Turnbased

9. Photon PUN

10. Photon Chat

11. Photon Chat

12. Photon Server

13. UN vs PUN
• Unity Networking (UN) is very convenient, simple and powerful.
• It is the entry point for most Indies to start Networking
experiments.
• BUT it has several major draw backs
UN need Master Server to be hosted.
P2P leads to NAT/punch-through issues (especially in
mobile network.
Dropped host kill the game and so frustrate players

14. UN vs PUN

15. Photon PUN

16. Photon PUN
CCU: Concurrent users.
20 CCU means 20 concurrent users is 20 users on the game at the same time.

17. PUN hands-on
• Register and get app id.
• Download Photon PUN on Asset Store.

18. PUN hands-on
• Lobby
- Properties can be synced.
• Rooms
- Exchange data in realtime.
- Set and get properties of Players and
Rooms.

19. Photon PUN
• Connect US, EU or Asia

20. Photon
• Get from the Lobby into a Room quickly

21. Photon
• SerializeView
- Add Prefab.
- Add PhotonView (script)
- Add Script for Update

22. Photon