Cross Platform Mod API & SDK

Devlog

• Latest Update Brings Mods to Nintendo Switch; Now Available on all Modern Consoles including PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S
  December 06, 2022 by aaron-modio#Unity, #Unreal Engine, #Modding, #UGC, #Nintendo Switch, #PlayStation, #Xbox, #Steam, #VR

  With Totally Accurate Battle Simulator ’s recent release bringing in-game mod support to Nintendo Switch, we can officially say that mod.io integration has brought user-generated content to all mode... Continue reading

  
• Unreal Engine Plugin & Custom SDK Version 2.0 Live Now
  May 04, 2022 by aaron-modio#Unreal Engine, #moddable, #modding, #mods, #api, #sdk, #plugin, #ugc, #workshop

  Updated Unreal Plugin and Custom SDK for Cross-Platform Modding Delivers Increased support, Better Security & Optimization, and More Today marks the official release of our updated Unreal Engine Plugi... Continue reading

  
• UGC is the next big trend in mobile gaming
  May 17, 2021 by FileTrekker#iOS, #UGC, #Cross-Platform, #Mobile, #Insight

  When we first launched mod.io in 2018, our primary goal was to give developers complete control of their modding community on any platform or device, including mobile devices. PC gaming has traditiona... Continue reading

  
• How Great User Experiences Can Boost Engagement with UGC
  April 06, 2021 by FileTrekker

  It’s long been accepted that a great user experience is an important part of any game. Still, to date, in-game user interfaces for the exploration and discovery of user-generated content have been b... Continue reading

  
• Andy Swanson joins mod.io to grow UGC in games
  February 18, 2021 by FileTrekker#Press Release, #News, #Update, #Offical, #marketing, #businessdevelopment, #modding, #mods, #ugc

  We're excited to announce that mod.io has hired industry expert Andy Swanson to lead our business development & marketing strategy. Swanson has over two decades of experience in the gaming industry,... Continue reading

  
• How to make your games moddable!
  December 01, 2020 by FileTrekker#Mod, #Mod API, #Mod Backend, #Mod Hosting, #Mod Integration, #Mod Service, #Mod Sharing, #Mod Support, #Mod Support API, #Mod Support Plugin, #Modding, #Modding API, #Mods, #UGC, #UGC API, #UGC Backend, #UGC Backend For Games, #UGC Games, #UGC Hosting, #UGC Integration, #UGC Service, #UGC Sharing, #UGC Support, #UGC Support API, #UGC Support Plugin, #User-Generated Content, #Unity Mod Support, #Unreal Mod Support, #Unreal Engine Mod Support, #Unity Mod Integration, #Unreal Mod Integration, #Unity UGC Support, #Unity UGC Plugin, #Unreal UGC Support, #Unreal UGC Plugin

  Developers are starting to see the benefits of supporting user-generated content , or mods, in their games - they've been proven to extend the shelf-life of games, sustain sales, and enable a steady s... Continue reading

  
• Mod support on consoles is possible today, and why you should consider it
  November 24, 2020 by FileTrekker#mods, #modding, #mod support, #consoles, #ps4, #xbox, #PlayStation, #mod.io

  The recent launches of both Xbox Series X and PS5 have generated renewed discussion about the future of modding and UGC on home consoles. Although a number of games, most notably Fallout 4 and Skyrim... Continue reading

  
• Our Approach to Mod Support Implementation
  November 02, 2020 by FileTrekker##modding, ##mods, ##modsupport, ##gamedev, ##indiedev, ##innovation

  The concept of a platform to share user-generated content sounds relatively simple on the surface - a modder uploads their creation, the player downloads it - but in reality, there are significant tec... Continue reading

  
• Add mod support to a Unity game in 48 hours with mod.io
  July 29, 2020 by CharliMod#modding, #ugc, #usergeneratedcontent, #modsupport, #unity, #unityplugin, #neanderfall, #gamejam, #mod48hours, #modio, #mod

  Who said that mod integration needs to be complex? The creators of Neanderfall certainly don’t. With a pre-built Unity Plugin and instant setup, supporting user generated content is easy with mod.io... Continue reading

  
• Create a moddable VR game
  June 04, 2020 by intenscia

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  #VR, #Modding, #Mods, #Cross-Platform, #SDK, #mod.io

  For 20+ years innovation within gaming has come from determined modders pushing boundaries and trying new things. For a new medium like VR which is screaming out for creative content to explore what i... Continue reading

  
• SnowRunner is out with mods on mod.io
  April 29, 2020 by intenscia

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  #Mods, #Modding, #UGC, #EGS, #SnowRunner

  SnowRunner has just launched on PS4 , Xbox One , and PC and at mod.io we are extremely excited to be helping to power day 1 mods on the Epic Games Store with consoles to come in the future. The extrem... Continue reading

  
• We've raised funding!
  March 11, 2020 by intenscia

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  #Seed, #Fundraise, #Funding, #modio, #UGC, #Content

  After a year of non-stop growth we are delighted to announce that we have raised US$1m led by Play Ventures - a group that share our passion for bringing UGC to more developers on all platforms and co... Continue reading

  
• Going to GDC 2020?
  February 28, 2020 by intenscia

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  #GDC, #2020, #Meeting, #Conference

  Going to GDC2020? We would be honored to learn about your game and plans for user-generated content. Pat & Scott (me) the two co-founders of mod.io will be in attendance to talk about where we see mod... Continue reading

  
• DUSK is here
  February 03, 2020 by intenscia

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  #Mods, #UGC, #DUSK, #mod.io, #Support

  The latest game to launch with mod.io support is the retro FPS game DUSK . For other developers out there, DUSK is an awesome example of a game whose modding community is kicking-ass, and they needed... Continue reading

  
• Tabletop Playground creators wanted!
  December 12, 2019 by intenscia

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  #tabletop, #boardgames, #mods, #cards, #chess

  Love Tabletop games? So do we, which is why we are thrilled to announce that from today, we're starting a Creator's Program on mod.io in partnership with Tabletop Playground , for creators intereste... Continue reading

  
• Mods on mobile
  November 21, 2019 by mod.io#Mods, #Modding, #Mobile, #Supercell, #BrawlStars

  It wasn't long ago that user-generated content was a feature only the biggest PC games supported. Back then, mods were generally total conversions that gave rise to classics like Counter-Strike (Half-... Continue reading

  
• Hypnospace Outlaw Modding Update
  November 20, 2019 by intenscia

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  #Hypnospace, #Outlaw, #Modding

  Greetings Enforcer, the Hypnospace Patrol Department now has even more content to explore and police, because the modding update is here. Grab the game from itch.io now! Creators can now add basically... Continue reading

  
• Fromto (GMS2) is live!
  November 15, 2019 by intenscia

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  #Fromto, #Mods, #mod.io, #GMS2, #GamemakerStudio

  Fromto, a racer where you create crazy tracks to compete on with friends live is out now on Steam. It features mod support powered by mod.io and is the first GameMakerStudio 2 supported game on the pl... Continue reading

  
• Build bridges with Bridge! 3
  November 07, 2019 by intenscia

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  #Mods, #Modding, #Bridge, #Building, #Simulation, #Modio

  The latest game to land on mod.io is Bridge! 3, a Unity powered simulation by developers Silent Future and publisher Aerosoft. It features a misson editor which allows you to create all manner of insa... Continue reading

  
• Playcraft is live on mod.io
  October 29, 2019 by intenscia

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  #mod.io, #Mods, #Playcraft, #Sandbox, #Multiplayer, #Game Builder

  We'd like to welcome Playcraft to the mod.io community. They are using the UE4 plugin blueprint interface to power their mod support . Playcraft is an awesome multiplayer sandbox game builder that all... Continue reading

  
• mod.io launches mod SDK for Unreal Engine 4
  October 16, 2019 by intenscia

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  #modio, #mods, #workshop, #unreal engine, #items, #ugc

  Hello indie developers. Today, we are happy to announce the launch of our Mod Browser and Manager for Unreal Engine 4 , which makes it easy to support user generated content in your Unreal Engine 4 ga... Continue reading

  
• Descenders live on mod.io
  October 14, 2019 by intenscia

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  #Mods, #Descenders, #Game, #Modio

  The latest Descenders update is out featuring mod support proudly powered by mod.io . Already creators have made an epic 4x4km map, a 2D trials inspired map and a bikeout water themepark. Extreme cust... Continue reading
• Unreal Engine livestream
  October 10, 2019 by intenscia

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  #modio, #UE4, #SDK, #Plugin, #Unreal Engine

  For the past few months we have been busily working on our Unreal Engine 4 plugin for mod.io. The public beta (available open source on Github ) is already in use by MORDHAU and Playcraft , two UE4 ga... Continue reading

  
• FAQ for new developers
  September 05, 2019 by intenscia

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  #FAQ, #Questions, #Modding, #Mods, #Workshop, #modio, #platform, #service

  Hey indie developers! Thanks to our communities questions we've prepared a FAQ for new comers to mod.io, which covers stuff like how we compare to Workshop, what our business model is, and how easy th... Continue reading

  
• ModBot
  July 29, 2019 by intenscia

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  #bot, #discord, #modio, #mods, #modding

  We are very proud to welcome ModBot 🤖 to the mod.io family. If you run a Discord server and want your community to be alerted when mods for your favorite games on mod.io are added or updated, invi... Continue reading

  
• 3rd party auth supported by mod.io
  July 29, 2019 by intenscia

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  #modio, #mods, #workshop, #authentication, #login

  Support for Steam & GOG authentication is now available in the mod.io API, SDK & Unity plugin . The functionality has been implemented by Foundation game & used by over 10000 players in the first... Continue reading

  
• Locate ids quickly on mod.io
  July 29, 2019 by intenscia

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  If you are using the mod.io API to power mod support in your game(s) , you are likely querying and debugging games, mods, files and other content by id. Finding those ids on the web can be a pain bec... Continue reading

  
• modio Unity Plugin v2.0.6
  July 17, 2019 by melodatron

  This latest update has been driven by suggestions and feedback from the team behind TOTALLY ACCURATE BATTLE SIMULATOR . Check it out to see the mod.io browser in action! Features: [UI.General] Massive... Continue reading
• See mod.io in action in TABS!
  July 10, 2019 by intenscia

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  #TABS, #modio, #Workshop, #Integration, #Support, #Launch

  If you are interested to see the mod.io Unity Plugin in action, I highly recommend you grab Totally Accurate Battle Simulator on Steam. They launched 7 days ago on mod.io and already 7,500 battles... Continue reading

  
• Meet at E3
  June 06, 2019 by intenscia

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  #E3

  Attending E3? Reach out hello@mod.io if you'd like to meet at the show!... Continue reading

  
• modio Unity Plugin v2.0.5a
  April 19, 2019 by melodatron

  Features: - [DownloadClient] Implemented the ability to cancel mod binary downloads, adding the "wasAborted" field to the FileDownloadInfo object. Improvements: - [General] APIClient no provides uses... Continue reading
• Unity Mod Tutorial Video
  April 18, 2019 by intenscia

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  #modio, #Tutorial, #Unity, #Plugin, #Asset, #Setup, #Workshop, #Mods, #Modding

  We've added a video showing how easy it is to get mods installing in a Unity game using mod.io . Watch it on Youtube: Available on the Unity Asset Store . Test API Key: 2f5a33fc9c1786d231ff60e2227fad0... Continue reading

  
• modio Unity Plugin v2.0.4
  April 08, 2019 by melodatron

  Features: - [APIClient] Finalized implementation of GOG and Steam authentication. Improvements: - [APIClient/WebRequestError] No provide far more useful and complete data when logging web request resp... Continue reading