GameDev Episode 1: Designing a Strategy for Building a Game with MongoDB and Unity

yo_adrienne · 2020-09-15T16:25:53.953Z

This is the official place to continue the discussion for our GameDev series!

ICYMI: Here’s our kickoff stream.

Check it out and then head back here to continue the discussion, share some ideas, or bring us your questions!

MaBeuLux88_xxx · 2020-09-15T17:38:07.979Z

Will it be available on Linux and Steam?

yo_adrienne · 2020-09-15T18:41:29.514Z

Stretch goals for sure!

michael_hoeller · 2020-09-15T19:15:58.558Z

for Linux / Steam

Owais_Hamid · 2021-04-05T19:57:56.374Z

Hi @yo_adrienne, had a quick a question about the Plummy Game you guys developed over Season 1. Thanks a lot for the amazing series btw.
I am trying to replicate most of your steps, but was really interested in working with my game through WebGL. For that, I am not sure if the backend you and Nic designed using Main.js works. I think Karen’s strategy using webhooks would be easier via Realm. I know you guys want to address this in Season 2, but could you give like a short summary of what I would need to change to incorporate WebHooks instead of a backend?

yo_adrienne · 2021-04-05T20:53:19.390Z

Hey @Owais_Hamid! Thanks for checking out the series and for posting on the Community Forums!

Always so happy to see more peeps get into game development

Yes! Webhooks can definitely replace the Node API we initially created. To do that, you’d create some Realm Functions and Webhooks that you’d interact with instead of calling a self-hosted backend (like we did with our main.js file.

Check out this walkthrough of how to configure a service webhook in Realm.

If you have any questions about the walkthrough, feel free to come back here and ask them and I’ll do my best to help you through them!

Owais_Hamid · 2021-04-06T12:55:55.311Z

Thanks for the prompt response, @yo_adrienne, the resource you provided clarified a few things, but for the most part, the code Karen wrote to configure a service with a webhook worked well.
I think I will write a github gist that details the main steps to connecting MongoDB with Unity through Realm sometime soon to clarify it further for others.
Thanks again for the response.

nora_johnson · 2025-05-02T11:17:40.238Z

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Paul_Welch · 2025-10-13T20:54:47.638Z

That sounds really interesting, Nora! I’ve been curious about how MongoDB integrates with Unity for game development, especially for things like user profiles or real-time data. Is the “GameDev Episode 1” video going to be made public again? I’d love to check it out and follow along with the series.