{"author_name":"Cactose","cat":"Uncategorized","comments":[{"author_name":"GoldPlatedXplodingFist","time":"June 25, 2015 11:05 am","epoch":1435248300,"text":"This is really cool, is there a way to use this vai a WebSocket?","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1434842100,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"17206","p_author":"Cactose","p_authorkey":"8623","p_urlkey":"52508","p_title":"Making hosting servers easier","p_cat":"Uncategorized","p_event":"LD32","p_time":"1434842100","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"8623","us_name":"Cactose","us_username":"cactose","event_start":"1429228800","event_key":"27","event_name":"LD32"},"text":"

Hi!<\/p>\n

I’ve been working on a tool that makes\u00a0testing and hosting servers a lot<\/em> easier. Hopefully it will enable more people to create\u00a0multiplayer\u00a0games next LD.<\/p>\n

All you have to do is download\u00a0and run it, enter the port your game runs on (locally) and it’ll give you an address you can share with people anywhere so that they can connect to your server. Unlike programs\u00a0like Hamachi, players don’t need to download anything extra. You’ll get a\u00a0a grappl.io:????? address, with a randomized port number. It works by routing data through the grappl.io server as a proxy of sorts.<\/p>\n

I’ll post it again around the next jam when it’s more stable, but right now it’s still very in-development. It should work just fine in it’s current state,\u00a0however.<\/p>\n

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Website: http:\/\/grappl.io<\/a><\/p>\n

Direct link:\u00a0https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/34769058\/grappl\/GrapplClient.jar<\/a><\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0https:\/\/github.com\/Cactose\/Grappl<\/a><\/p>","time":"June 20th, 2015 6:15 pm","title":"Making hosting servers easier"}