The Display Ads documentation shows the use of AdType.Display constant:

gdsdk.showAd(window.gdsdk.AdType.Display, { containerId: "CONTAINER_ID_TO_PUT_AD_IN"});

The Rewarded Ads documentation on the other shows the use of the "rewarded" string:

gdsdk.showAd('rewarded');

When checking the minified code it seems like AdType contains constants also for Rewarded and Interstitial ads. So which is recommended to use? The AdType constant or string?

The documentation says

Make sure to add your game hash (gameId), which you can retrieve from your Gamedistribution.com control panel.

But I don't see any gameId on my panel.

According to the documentation/wiki the main function to use is gdsd.showAd(). This seems to show a full screen video ad.

While reading the same documentation there is also mention of rewarded ads, which are shown using a call to gdsdk.showAd('rewarded') (optionally with a call to gdsdk.preload()). The rewarded ads also seem to be full screen video ads.

So what is the difference between these "normal" and rewarded ads?

When loading api.js (the function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m) bit) and gdApi(settings) i'll get this error:
ReferenceError: Can't find variable: Lockr.

Using exact the same code as my other games but it's not working on my new game. Check it out here: Solitar game.

I'm running initOrShow() function when starting a new game (I don't have prerolls only midrolls).

https://github.com/GameDistribution/GD-HTML5/wiki/SDK-Implementation

bag:

nextButton.addEventListener('mouseUp', function () {
    if (typeof gdsdk !== 'undefined' && gdsdk.showBanner !== 'undefined') {
         gdsdk.showBanner();
    }
});

good:

nextButton.addEventListener('mouseUp', function () {
    if (typeof gdsdk !== 'undefined' && gdsdk.showBanner !== undefined) {
         gdsdk.showBanner();
    }
});

very good:

nextButton.addEventListener('mouseUp', function () {
    if (typeof gdsdk !== 'undefined' && gdsdk.showBanner) {
         gdsdk.showBanner();
    }
});

perfect:

nextButton.addEventListener('mouseUp', function () {
    window.gdsdk && gdsdk.showBanner && gdsdk.showBanner();
});

Wasn't too sure where to report this, so here it goes:
After registering on GD, the welcoming email provides a broken link!
It should be https://gamedistribution.com/sdk

Hello,

I tested Google Funding Choices GDRP/CCPA implementation on one of my sites, and it seems that there is a conflict between GD and Google Funding Choices.

Where I have games from GD, the game won't load - it will appear the splash screen, but when I hit the "Play" button, nothing will happen. You can see the problem here: https://www.gameszap.com/game/12741/fireboy-and-watergirl-5-elements.html

Other games work fine.

Do you know how can we solve this? From what I can see, is a problem on the GD side with collecting user consent.

Anybody (publishers) had the same problem? Thank you.

In the documentation on the project homepage at https://github.com/GameDistribution/GD-HTML5 you state that the SDK should be loaded from your CDN.

However, nowhere can I find a current URL from which the SDK should be loaded. The only URL I have seen is the one at the top of this document, which you have indicated is for a legacy version of the SDK and should not be used going forward:

https://github.com/GameDistribution/GD-HTML5/wiki/SDK-Implementation

The additional documentation on the homepage seems like it's only relevant if I wish to host the SDK directly within the game distributable:

https://github.com/GameDistribution/GD-HTML5

At the moment I don't have any opinion on whether self-hosting is the best option or not so, for now, would prefer to go down the CDN route because it seems like it should be simpler to implement. Can you therefore advise as to the correct SDK URL, please?

Thanks!

The wiki page has a broken image over here
https://github.com/GameDistribution/GD-HTML5/wiki

Hello guys. I tried to integrate your plugin for Constuct 3 but it doesn't work properly. Could you please provide an example project - source code for C3 in format .c3p included condition and action exemple - show ads, rewarded, preload and etc. which will clarify the situation for me and many other users of your platform, thank you!

It seems to work fine when an ad is shown. But when an ad error occurs it keeps unresolved forever.
An easy way to reproduce this is to load the sdk on localhost.

The documentation/wiki mentions that gdsdk.showBanner() is deprecated in favor of gdsdk.showAd().

Further down, there is documentation for Display Ads which are shown using

gdsdk.showAd(window.gdsdk.AdType.Display, { containerId: "CONTAINER_ID_TO_PUT_AD_IN"});

I assume this is the replacement for the deprecated gdsdk.showBanner() function?

I created an html <div> element with size 728x90

<div id="canvas-ad" width="728" height="90"/>

But when testing I see in the console the following error:

gameDistributionV1.3.min.js:2 No fitting size found for slot 'gd__banner@canvas-ad' with max ad size 0x0

Is there a full example of how to create a div and show a Display Ad somewhere?

I tried setting advertisementSettings.debug to true, calling gdsdk.openConsole() and changing my hosts file. But ads are never showing. It just logs a whole bunch of errors in the console.

The Error constructor parameter is incorrect here:

According to MDN the second parameter for the Error constructor is an optional filename: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Error/Error

I think the line should say:

throw new Error("Unsupported an advertisement type: " + adType);

It seems that in other places of the code (like preloadAd) it is correct (although to be precise it's missing the whitespace after the colon):

When you call gdsdk.openConsole() when it is already open, it opens a duplicate console for which the buttons don't do anything.

I'd like to automatically call gdsdk.openConsole() after initialization so that new developers automatically get the debug buttons in development builds. But since it automatically opens when you refresh the page, you'll end up with broken buttons when doing this.

I get always this error on my game, or every other game on the GameDistribution Plattform. I think the problem is on main.js!

[0.124s] gdsdk AD_SDK_ERROR ReferenceError: google is not defined at s.value (main.min.js:8) at main.min.js:8

Hello,

Sometimes when I call gdsdk.showAd I get a warning:

The advertisement was requested too soon

It is fine and I understand why it happens. But my question is - is there any way to check if the ad is ready before I call gdsdk.showAd method?

Before this call, I pause the game, mute the sound, and show my own ad overlay. And when the ad is complete I resume the game, unmute the sound and hide ad overlay.

It looks fine when the ad actually displays. But if it is not ready (too soon) then overlay flashes for a fraction of a second, sound suddenly abrupts, and then resumes. It looks like some kind of a glitch and ruins the player experience.

I would like to avoid it and don't try to show an ad if it is not ready yet.

Thanks in advance!