🎮 Gaming · Flowchart
In-App Purchase Flow
How an in-game purchase is completed safely: store purchase, receipt validation on the server, granting items and handling refunds.
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What this diagram shows
- The game never trusts the client alone; receipts are validated server-side
- Items are granted only once per receipt
- Refunds from the store remove the item
Prompt used
In-app purchase flowchart: the player taps a bundle, the game client starts the purchase with the platform store (App Store / Google Play), the store handles payment and returns a receipt, the client sends the receipt to the game backend, which validates it with the store's server API and checks it wasn't used before. Valid receipts grant items to the inventory and the purchase is acknowledged; invalid ones are rejected. Store refund notifications revoke the items.
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flowchart TD
A[Player taps bundle] --> B[Client starts store purchase]
B --> C[Store handles payment]
C -->|Cancelled| X[No change]
C -->|Paid| D[Client sends receipt to backend]
D --> E[Validate with store server API]
E --> F{Valid and not used before?}
F -->|No| G[Reject, log possible fraud]
F -->|Yes| H[Grant items to inventory]
H --> I[Acknowledge purchase to store]
I --> J[Show items to player]
K[Store refund notification] --> L[Revoke items]Related templates
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