Backend Integration

Introduction

At WinZO, since real money of users is involved, game security is of primary importance. Ideally, we want all our games to be secure and server authoritative.

Server authoritative games are more secure than client authoritative games and require a backend that validates each player's moves.

Server authoritative games can be divided into -

1. Turn based games - games where players moves turn by turn. Examples - Ludo, Snakes & Ladder, Dominoes, Callbreak, Monopoly etc.

2. Individual games - games where each player individually plays their own game and winner is decided based on their scores at the end of match. Examples - Solitaire, Liquid Sort etc.

3. Real Time multiplayer games - these are physics simulation based games which require Unity headless to be run in backend - Examples - Carrom, Snake.io etc.

Types of Integrations

Currently, WinZO supports two kinds of server code integration -

1. ZO-Stack integration

2. Studio backend integration

ZO-Stack Integration -

ZO-Stack is WinZO's own backend framework. Developers need to write the game logic code in Typescript using interfaces and helper functions defined in ZO-Stack.

Real time physics based games are currently not supported in ZO-Stack and thus need to be integrated with Studio backend integration.

Studio backend integration -

In Studio backend integration, developers are free to choose any backend framework of their choice. They will need to make a few API calls to WinZO for getting the game config or sending the final result information in the end.

Server management is done by the Studios and cloud hosting on AWS is usually preferred.

Game Integration Matrix

Many things like Match Making, authorisation etc. are managed by WinZO backend and developers only need to worry about the game logic.

Below is a game integration matrix which highlights how responsibility is distributed between WinZO and the Studio for the two kind of integrations mentioned above -

	ZO-Stack Integration	Studio backend Integration
Match Making	WinZO	WinZO
User Authorisation	WinZO	WinZO
Wallet Credit/ Debit	WinZO	WinZO
Leaderboard	WinZO	WinZO
Past Results	WinZO	WinZO
Server Management	WinZO	Game Studio
Socket Connection/ disconnection	WinZO	Game Studio
Game Logic	Game Studio	Game Studio