How to set up a loading video?

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Initial Loading Experience

On web, it is critical to have a really quick loading experience. On mobile, players have more patience. However, on web you begin churning players after just 5 seconds. We recommend average loading times below 30 seconds.

One way to improve upon this is to run a loading-screen video during the initial startup while the game build is being downloaded by the browser.

How to test a loading video?

1. Upload a video in the Game Manager.
2. Start the game with a query param: game.com?loading_video=true.

loading_video=once

• The video will play once, the first time a player loads the game.

loading_video=true

• The video will play every time the game loads.

loading_video=start_game

• The video will play every time the game loads, and won't complete until the game calls the analytics events game_loaded. This means the video will run over the game, and can hide the initial in-game loading.

Loading video for Headless Destinations

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