Game Center for Developers
Games on iOS and OS X can take advantage of Game Center, Apple’s social gaming network. Game Center enables your users to track their best scores on a leaderboard, compare their achievements, invite friends to play a game, and start a multiplayer game through auto-matching.
Guides and Reference
- Game Center: Life without a Sandbox New Learn about recent changes to the development sandbox environment that simplify game development and beta testing.
- Game Center Configuration Guide for iTunes Connect Learn how to set up groups, leaderboards, achievements, and multiplayer compatibility for your Game Center games.
- Game Center Programming Guide Get the latest information and guidance on using GameKit APIs in your games including leaderboard sets and exchanges.
- GameKit Framework Reference Learn how to use GameKit APIs for implementing social-related services in your games.
- App Store Review Guidelines Ensure your Game Center enabled app is ready to submit for app review.
- Mac App Store Review Guidelines Ensure your Game Center enabled app is ready to submit for app review.
Videos
Learn about Game Center with video presentations and tutorials.
- Going Social with ReplayKit and Game CenterNew
- What's New in iTunes ConnectNew
- Deeper into GameplayKit with DemoBotsNew
- Going Social with ReplayKit and Game CenterNew
- Introducing GameplayKitNew
- Ingredients of Great Games
- What's New in Game Center
- Turn-Based Gaming with Game Center
- What's New in iTunes Connect
Developer Forums
Ask questions and discuss Game Center with Apple engineers and other developers. View forum
Tools and Resources
Apple Developer Program membership is required to access tools and resources related to App Store and Mac App Store distribution. Not a member? Learn more