Power Your Games with Free Epic Online Services
summary
Epic Online Services offers free backend kits for games: cross‑platform auth, matchmaking, voice chat, achievements, and a secure inventory service on the roadmap, exposed via a C SDK and an Unreal Online Subsystem plug‑in. The dev portal maps Organization→Product→Sandbox→Deployment→Client (policy‑driven permissions), supports proxy accounts and a neutral product user ID to avoid account fragmentation, and provides both lobbies vs sessions models plus voice via lobby or BYO relay with batching, UTF‑8 strings, and explicit error callbacks.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction to EOS
- 1:32EOS overview and roadmap
- 7:58Developer portal setup
- 18:53SDK fundamentals
- 26:23Authentication and accounts
- 31:44Multiplayer and sessions
- 36:45Social and voice features
- 42:33Engine integration and conclusion
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