Node.js is a framework for making server-side Javascript applications, which is becoming more and more popular for game development. It endorses asynchronous I/O and implements CommonJS standards.
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Ports & Databases: Designing a game server architecture for many simultaneous live multiplayer games [on hold]
I'm designing a framework for running synchronous multiplayer games. A game server needs to be able to create many instances of its designated game, according to some parameters. For starters, this ...
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How to handle “game missions/flights” across the world map
Sorry if my title is a little vague, I wasn't entirely certain how to word this specific question.
I'm developing a small little MMORTS game, and in this game is the world map which consists of ...
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How should browser based muiltiplayer game state be syncronized using WebSockets and a Node.js backend?
I'm in the process of learning how to create browser based html5 games. I'd like to eventually be able to achieve a game with mechanics very similar to that of the game agar.io. I've been observing ...
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handling wars in multiplayer browser game [closed]
I'm building a browser game about countries, cities, the user control his city, building it upgrading it, can fight other cities in the same country, elections and war between countries, peace, trade ...
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Android client-server logic for a multi-player game
I'm creating an android "quiz" app. The game can be played by two user in real-time. I'm creating game on server with this design:
//node js server
//new game request api
@game/request/new
var ...
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How to use Cocos2dJS to connect to a Socket.IO server?
How can I connect to a nodejs socket.io server from a cocos2djs game? I've google all the way to no avail. I tried this but it does not work:
socket = io.connect('http://192.168.254.102:7714');
if ( ...
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Fix latency when sending state
I have a multiplayer game done with Phaser, which runs in the browser and on a node.js server.
The server is authoritative, every 50ms or so it sends the game state object to all clients. The clients ...
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Multiplayer game principles
I am developing game using libGDX libraries . I want to create multiplayer mode , where several players can play at the same time in the same room , each player can create his own room and other ...
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server-side language for multiplayer card game [closed]
I am trying to develop a web-based multiplayer card game similar to poker, but with some changes to its rules. The game needs to be secure, so it needs a game-client for UI and actions, and a ...
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NodeJS setTimeOut - How to run callback before delay time exceeded
I'm developing a card game server.
I want to do this :
While server process a turn for players, players have 20 seconds to do something. If players send a request to server within 20 secs, timer will ...
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nodejs game server timer
I'm new to game server develop.
I'm developing a card game server.
How could I make nodejs server wait for few seconds then push data to client after an event fired ?
Example : in poker game, one ...
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Node.js 3D game? [closed]
Would it be suitable for making 3D games in an open world?
Of course provided that I :
create a node add-on in order to bind opengl
code a native layer for making threads and processes
I can ...
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HTML5 canvas multiplayer game with node.js and Isogenic engine [closed]
I want to create a multiplayer game using Isogenic engine i understand that this technology uses html5 and canvas for rendering graphics in frontend and node.js for backend. I started working on how ...
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Can I use Node.js on consoles?
I was wondering if Node.js was suitable for making games and apart from threads and engines, a big problem is can I port my game to Xbox or PS3/PS4?
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Can various browsers be assumed to maintain predictible state accurately in multiplayer online gaming?
With many games it is said that server will assume that clients keep track of the world accurately. Assuming this is true, for a browser based multiplier space invaders game you would only tell the ...
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Developing a general use multiplayer API [closed]
I'm tasked with the development of a general use multiplayer API in JavaScript, with a Node.js back-end. The goal of the API is to provide a service to JavaScript mobile game developers so they can ...
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Gamemaker multiplayer using 39dll
I am making a gamemaker multiplayer game using 39dll's tcp sockets. As I want to host the server (and my javascript knowledge is a lot better), I use node.js for the server. I have already got ...
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How can I run a Phaser engine game without a window?
I'm currently creating a multiplayer game using the HTML5 framework Phaser.
It's a game where zombies spawn on the map and players have to shoot them to kill them. The zombies target players that are ...
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How do I implement pixel-exact collision server-side?
Recently I made a 2D offline game with HTML5 Canvas and JavaScript. I'm detecting collisions by first checking whether image bounding boxes overlap. If they do, I check against the bounding boxes, ...
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Node.js Lockstep Multiplayer Architecture
Background
I'm using the lockstep model for a multiplayer Node.js/Socket.IO game in a client-server architecture. User input (mouse or keypress) is parsed into commands like 'attack' and 'move' on ...
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NodeJS sharing variables with Client?
I'm currently developing a HTML5 Canvas Multiplayer Game using NodeJS and Socket.IO. My current setup using a logic loop on the NodeJS Server-end and sending update information to all Clients in this ...
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Physics Loop in a NodeJS/Socket.IO Environment
I'm developing a 2D HTML5 Canvas Game, and I am trying to think of the most efficient way to implement a Physics Loop on the server-end of things, running NodeJS and Socket.IO.
The only method I've ...
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timezone independant Date.now() for node.js game
I have a game I'm working on using node.js and socket.io. The issue I'm having, is I'm trying to have it so that players execute whatever actions they inputed about 50ms in the future, giving everyone ...
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Node.js/V8 as a Platform for High End Local PC Game Development?
As a Web/UI dev rapidly expanding into more wide-open generalist territory, the more I learn about how its done in other languages, the more I love JS for architectural and basic ...
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Tracking player location in realtime 2d mmo
I have read all of the answers here about tracking player locations, but still have some questions. I don't seem to understand how to do this efficiently, and feel that the internet could greatly ...
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Tips on building a real time multi player web platform + framework and/or tookit
I'm trying to develop a multi player game web app which basically should be able to achieve the following goals:
Provide a game engine + framework/toolkit to let third party corporation integrate ...
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Is it sensible to run a Socket.IO setImmediate loop for each connected player?
Instead of a game loop, I want something different: My game does not have much action going on; just moving users over a tile map with correct timers in between.
Since I am using Socket.IO, I want to ...
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Approaching syncing between client and server, in a Tower Defense game
I am currently working on a Multiplayer TD, players can join games, and place towers on a map, so far so good.
This is how the game works as of today, when a new game is created, the server ...
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Game library for 2D animation JS browsergame [closed]
I am developing a 2D multiplayer online browsergame.
On the backend I have set up a Node.js server. Everything works perfectly.
On the frontend I will use jQuery and several libs for collision etc. ...
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Automatch / queueing players
I'm using Node.js and Redis. I'm trying to come up with a reliable way to automatch players. There is a matching server and then multiple game servers set up.
The following is what I need to have ...
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Collision detection in pong style multiplayer network game
I've recently implemented an authoritative server (node.js with socket.io) for a multiplayer pong game.
I've looked at client side prediction and fixing timesteps and starting to grasp the notion of ...
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Get timing correct with client side prediction
I believe I've got my head round CSP after reading Gabriel Gambetta's blog, Valve article and buildnewgames.com but having an issue understanding the time execution of everything.
So if a player ...
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Architecture for mixing synchronous and asynchronous program flow to maximize faux real-time yet logical gameplay?
What I am attempting to make is a faux real-time game engine in node.js (taking advantage of the non-blocking I/O). When I say 'faux real-time' what I mean is I want players to interact with the world ...
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Persistent Data for Multiplayer, Browser-Based Games
What is generally used to store persistent data in online games - browser games/facebook apps, in particular?
I have used MySQL in web development before - but I've read that it's not very scalable, ...
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Handling increasing numbers of users (server)
For this post, we'll assume my game is multiplayer chess as it essentially requires the same functions. User logs in to the server and requests a game - the server provides a simple matching service ...
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Am I doing this node.js game loop wrong?
I have 2 arrays of JSON objects, actions and game objects.
At any time a user can make a request from the client which can add an action to the actions array.
I have a setInterval(function(){ }, ...
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In an asynchronous server environment where player input and timed events modify data is using an in-memory array problematic?
So let's say I have a server running on node.js, and there is an array of player objects...
At an interval, all of these player objects are looped and processed for events and changes that are based ...
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OOP implementation of BUFFS and Stats. Suggestion
I am developing an MMORPG server using NodeJS.
I am not sure how to implement Buffs, i mean, equipped objects or used skills have effects on the Player() which has many Stats(), some of them have a ...
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How to handle shoot instructions, in a multiplayer TD
I'm currently working on a Multiplayer Tower Defense game, using ImpactJS & Node. I seek some clarification about how to handle projectiles from towers, let me explain.
So the server is running ...
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Shortcut for NodeJS server [closed]
I am tired of typing "cd c:\socket\nodejs"
"node testserver.js"
Into the command promt..
How do I create a shortcut or bat for it?
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General directions on developing a server side control system for JS/Canvas Action RPG
Well, yesterday I asked on anti-cheat JS, and confirmed what I kind of already knew that it's just not possible.
Now I wanna measure roughly how hard it is to implement a server side checking that is ...
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I'm making flash MMO game, what to do next? [closed]
I've made several flash games before, and my next project is a flash MMO game. Right now, I'm learning node.js for the server side software, so far I can make a hello world server, read & write ...
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Handling Latency in Multiplayer Shoot-em-ups
I had an idea for an architecture, and I was wondering if anyone has implemented something like this or has used AWS or some other service to help?
I thought about using NodeJS + SocketIO to handle ...
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Realtime multi-player game design principles for Node.js
I've been reading the Valve article on multi-player networking which has been adapted from Yahn Bernier's 2001 paper called Latency Compensating Methods in Client/Server In-game Protocol Design and ...
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Node.js MMO - process and/or map division
I am in the phase of designing a mmo browser based game (certainly not massive, but all connected players are in the same universe), and I am struggling with finding a good solution to the problem of ...
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How to synchronise the acceleration, velocity and position of the monsters on the server with the players?
I'm building an MMO using Node.js, and there are monsters roaming around. I can make them move around on the server using vector variables acceleration, velocity and position.
acceleration = ...
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How can I generate a 2d navigation mesh in a dynamic environment at runtime?
So I've grasped how to use A* for path-finding, and I am able to use it on a grid. However, my game world is huge and I have many enemies moving toward the player, which is a moving target, so a grid ...
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How can I better implement A star algorithm with a very large set of nodes?
I'm making a game with nodejs in which many enemies must converge on the player as the player moves around a relatively open space (right now it is an open field with few obstacles, but eventually ...
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Extremely simple online multiplayer game [closed]
I am considering creating a simple multiplayer game, which focuses on physics and can accommodate up to 30 players per session. Very simple graphics, but smart physics (pushing, weight and gravity, ...
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In Socket.IO, should I use JSON for communication between server and client?
I'm building an MMO with Socket.IO and Node.js. It works quite fast (though I don't have 1000 players yet) but my feeling is that it's not very optimized. JSON is super cool and easy to use within ...
