Super-secret-multiplayer-online-gamedevs-circle by caribou

Super-secret-multiplayer-online-gamedevs-circle

[raw] LD28LD #28 13. Dec 2013 · 15:48 UTC · 15 hours after compo start by caribou · 3

Wootsch wootsch

Failing Making multiplayer online games most of my LD’s i’m really curious to know who’s with me in the genre, there were a few but really fun ones a few LDs ago, i remember a fighting platformer and some really frenetic and good-looking mining game (WITH LASERS).

I’m in again hoping it will be better than my last one, aiming for some simple and decent mechanic to come out of my brain, more in the spirit of The last Square.

I’ll be using :

Haxe : flash client-side, c++ server-side
OpenFL
PyxelEdit
GraphicsGale
Bfxr
Photoshop
My ECS + Networking library

Who will dare making a MMO ?

Comments

13. Dec 2013 · 15:58 UTC

One of the main reason I haven’t tried massive multiplayer is that it requires a server to run, which is usually not free. (unless I get one of the free PHP servers that keep breaking down all the time). Do you know of ways to get free or cheap servers?

… and the second reason is that it’s hard to implement ;-P

caribou

13. Dec 2013 · 16:07 UTC

I usually just let my computer run and act as a server… during the time of the votes.