Mock Multiplayer techniques on Android / iOS

Question

I am building a turnbased multiplayer word game. Is it feasible to create mock users using Google Player Game Services / Game Center / any other service, or would I have to roll my own server? How do other apps/games do it?

Answer 1

While you can't change the built-in waiting room UI, you can implement your own if you like!

There is nothing magical about our particular UI -- it's just implemented using the standard API that's available to everybody.

So to implement your own waiting room, you'd have to implement the RoomStatusUpdateListener and the RoomUpdateListener and reflect the changes on your UI. When you decide that it's time to start the game (for example, when a sufficient number of players is connected), you can hide your waiting room UI and start playing the game.