Game Achievements API Released!

Posted by Brod on July 19, 2012, 4:15 p.m.

Hey guys,

Game Jolt have released their long-time-in-beta Game Achievements API and libraries today.

It works on most platforms (and I personally wrote a library for Game Maker) as well as with most languages (C++, Java, AS3). If your platform is not in the list on their landing page though, their community is really nice and they can probably help you out with making one - just ask on the forums. The system is stable, secure and scalable; Dunno if you've played/heard of Kayin's sequel to I Wanna Be The Guy, but it was released recently using their system and it works very well.

It supports high scores for both users and guests, trophies, and even data storage (which is only limited by your imagination!).

You should definitely check it out.

Landing page: http://gamejolt.com/developers/achievements/

Forums: http://gamejolt.com/community/forums/

Comments

Rez 12 years, 4 months ago

This is really cool. I just hope we see enough games of depth that actually warrant having achievements. :P

JuurianChi 12 years, 4 months ago

Congrats on being the guy to add Gamemaker to the list.

But it's only for gamejolt?

JuurianChi 12 years, 4 months ago

How about an achievement for every key used in the game?

BP Scraps 12 years, 4 months ago

Whoa. It's out?

Awesome.

link2x101 12 years, 4 months ago

Continual achievements for every previous achievement!

JuurianChi 12 years, 4 months ago

Cesque 12 years, 4 months ago

"Achievement unlocked" should officially be renamed to "SUCH AN ACHIEVEMENT!" on all platforms.

Sarcasm aside, I'm quite interested in how this works out.

Brod 12 years, 4 months ago

Yeah all of that can be done you guys. Also highscores and online data storage for global or specific users. And yeah achievements and data storage only work for Game Jolt users, but highscores can be earned by guests.

And I fixed the text problem. It was bugging me for a while actually, didn't know it was b/c the site didn't support some fonts :/

Kunedon 12 years, 4 months ago

Time for some punny achievement titles!