CloudOnce - Unified multi-platform Achievements, Leaderboards & Cloud Data

Hello!
We at Trollpants Game Studio are making an asset for mobile developers on iOS, Google Play and Amazon called CloudOnce. Our goal is to make cross-platform implementation of Achievements, Leaderboards and Cloud Data as effortless as possible.

Why make CloudOnce?
We first made CloudOnce as an internal tool during the development of our first game, Witch Wing. We released WW on iOS, Google Play and Amazon. We found it rather bothersome to have to write separate code for Leaderboards etc. on each platform when everything else is unified.



As a first step we have gotten funding from the Norwegian government (http://www.innovasjonnorge.no/no/english/), and now we would like to know what you think.

Easy implementation
While using CloudOnce you only have to write one piece of code to perform an operation, regardless of platform. E.g. to report progress on an achievement you write

Code (CSharp):

1. Cloud.Provider.Achievements.IncrementAchievement(CloudIDs.Achievements.YourInternalID, currentProgress, goal);

and the framework handles the rest. The achievement id is entered in a custom editor, and only accessed by an internal id specified by you.



Documentation
Developers will have access to the source code and there will be plenty of documentation available on-line. We are also writing a how-to for the most basic use of CloudOnce, and for setting up your game on the different developer consoles.

Beta testers wanted
If this sounds interesting to you please sign up here: bit.ly/cloudonce

When we're ready to start testing you will receive a follow-up e-mail with a few questions to help us select who gets beta access. If you are selected to participate you will receive an e-mail detailing how to download the beta.

Feedback
Is this something you would like to try? Do you have any questions? Anything to add? All feedback is appreciated.

 

PS: We only have a limited number of spots for the first round of testers, so be quick if you would like to join.