Aeion BaaS for Turn-Based Mobile Games
Turn-based games (Words With Friends, Clash Royale-style, Hearthstone-style card games, asynchronous multiplayer board games) need a fundamentally different backend than realtime PvP. The stack: async match-state persistence, push notifications to wake the opponent's turn, daily reward loops + login streaks, a currency ledger (you validate IAP receipts yourself and credit via Aeion), friend lists + invites, leaderboards + tournaments. Aeion BaaS ships the metagame backend natively.
The Async Multiplayer Pattern
Turn-based games operate on a fundamentally different cadence than realtime PvP:
Recommended Stack for Mobile Turn-Based
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Push Notification Strategy
Push is the lifeblood of async mobile games. Aeion's push notification system covers the patterns:
Daily Reward + Login Streak Pattern
The "log in every day for X days, get reward Y" loop is foundational for mobile retention.
In-App Purchase Integration
Mobile games make money via IAP. What Aeion ships today is the currency-crediting half, not receipt verification itself:
FAQ
Push notifications (APNs + FCM), App Store + Google Play IAP validation, push permission UX patterns, timezone-aware segment targeting, OS-level deep linking. The 45-service core is the same; the mobile-specific bits are integration adapters.
Single-player content (campaign mode, daily challenge against AI) plays offline; results sync to Aeion on reconnect. Multiplayer (even async) requires network for turn submission. Aeion's offline queue handles up to 100 pending sync actions per device.
Aeion doesn't gate submission. Best practice: include Aeion's data export and deletion requests in your privacy disclosure. Apple's age-gating + COPPA disclosures are your responsibility; Aeion's pattern provides the architecture.
Aeion doesn't ship a dedicated Apple/Google subscription-receipt adapter today. You'd validate the subscription receipt yourself (including handling Apple's Server-to-Server Notifications for renewal/cancellation) and reflect the resulting entitlement state into Aeion (e.g., toggling premium battle-pass access) via your own integration code.
Yes via Aeion Auth — player signs in with same OAuth provider (Google + Apple cross-platform); Aeion's user record links both platforms. Inventory + currency + battle pass progress are server-stored, not device-stored.
Aeion has its own friend graph, built on its chat channel data model. Facebook integration is optional (lookup friends-who-play-game via FB API). For B2C mobile, recommend Aeion + Apple/Google native invites; skip FB friend invites unless your audience is FB-heavy.
Aeion's live-ops engine + remote config ship. Tune card stats, prices, drop rates server-side without app updates. Critical for live-service mobile games.