Confused about your products

Question

Question 1:

After visiting web pages of all 3 products, I am bit confused. Can you please comment on below finding:

Product 1

App 42 Cloud API : is actually App42 B PaaS.

 

Product 2

App WARP:  

a) Normal : Server for sync multiplayer(including other modes).

b) S2 : 'Normal' App WARP however hosted at client side.

 

Product 3

App42:

a) PaaS : Core product.

b) B PaaS : Core product optimized to handle huge traffic.

c) G PaaS : Core product with AppWarpS2.

 

Question 2:

We decided to add Async mode to our game. And we will be using 'App 42 Cloud API ' for same. However when I select "Gaming Backend API" on http://api.shephertz.com/ , it disable many APIs like custom code etc. Why so?

 

-Saurabh

Not sure to which cat(& sub-cat) this question will fall. Please move to right place.

Answer 1

Hi,

We have different products for different types of Developers.

• App42 Cloud API - App42 cloud API is a Backend as a Service(BaaS). It can be used as a backend for your application. It includes all the common features required in your application/game like User management, Leaderboard, Storage, etc. So you don't have to write or manatain your own server.
   
• AppWarp - AppWarp is also a BaaS but unlike App42 which is HTTP based, AppWarp is TCP/UDP/WebSocket based i.e. AppWarp is suitable for real time applications like multiplayer games.
   
• AppWarp S2 - Many multiplayer games require features like authorative server, anti-cheating, on-premise, etc which need game specific code to be written on server side. Hence AppWarp S2 was created for such type of developers.
   
• App42 PaaS - Some times, you need to write your own server side code instead of using BaaS. Traditional hosting fails to host Java, Python, Node.js, etc applications. Hence App42 PaaS was created to let developers write there own server side code in language of there choice but do not worry about server.
   
• BPaaS & GPaaS -  AppWarp S2 is an on-premise solution, therefore developers also need to host it somewhere. GPaaS is extension of our App42 Paas that can be used for hosting AppWarp S2 servers. BPaaS is an enterprise solution where developer can get there own private instance of our App42 cloud API server.

 I hope your confusion will be solved now.

Regarding your 2nd question, it just a visual effect made to let game developers focus on only gaming APIs. But you are not limited in any way. You can use any API of App42 cloud service.

Thanks