Custom game server logic
Extend Nakama with custom plugins or integrate 3rd party providers
to run game code on the server
Validate gameplay
Run custom game logic on Nakama to validate player inputs and maintain canonical game state.
Extend Nakama
Trigger your own code on Nakama in response to game events, timers, and external actions.
Go deeper
Nothing is off-limits. Direct database access, create custom modules, hook into your existing systems.
The most flexible and powerful game server you’ll find
Nakama gives you as much control over the server as you have client-side.
If you can imagine it, you can make Nakama do it.
Server framework API
- Write your business logic in Typescript, Javascript, Go and Lua
- Hook code onto just about any events
- Make RPC calls from client code or securely use the REST API from anywhere
Direct database access
- Full read/write access
- Process data in your own on-server code or pass to third-party services
Game world validation
- Validate and manipulate client input
- Schedule background maintenance tasks
Integrate with external services
- Add support for any auth method you need
- REST API to trigger custom code and events on Nakama
The Nakama open source server solution and the expertise provided by Heroic offered my team the freedom to focus on providing the best user experience for our players.
Grant Arundell - Lead Technical Developer at Session Games
The Heroic team helped us through development problems by walking us through building our own custom LUA endpoints, or extending the Nakama server for our use cases in a timely manner in patches and new releases.
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