HI all,
I'm in the early stages of testing a game that will have real-time device-to-device communication using GameCenter.
I've read something about setting up GameCenter "sandbox" accounts to test prior to the game's release, but I can't find anything reliable about how to do so.
I've found lots of web pages which purport to describe how to do this task, but what they describe seems to be outdated, as the steps don't appear to be available in modern versions of iOS. I'm testing on iOS 18 and 26.
Document search isn't helping--I mostly find information on how to set up StoreKit sandbox accounts, which I assume are different things altogether--so if you could point me towards an article that allows me to test a new, unreleased GameKit app between devices, I'd appreciate it.
People are developing GameCenter apps, so I know it's possible...
advTHANKSance
Hello,
Overview of testing Game Center covers these topics.
Note: "Apple allows all prerelease development and testing to occur in exactly the same server environment as released games." so there is no official sandbox environment offered by Game Center.
Note: "If this [GameCenter] data needs to be kept private as part of your release strategy, consider creating separate accounts for prerelease testing and carefully manage which Game Center users are allowed to become friends with those accounts." which is closest equivalent to sandboxing.
