Multiplayer?
by Niall · in General Game Discussion · 10/08/2003 (12:51 pm) · 3 replies
Any multiplayer support?
#2
10/09/2003 (1:13 am)
Damn! I'm looking for an engine to make a Worms type game, and to have multiplayer support! Any ideas?
#3
To be honest with you, if you're not that experienced then I'd suggest you start with something simpler and work your way up to what you want to do. Yes, it will take a lot longer before the game you want to do is done, but the finished product will be a lot better then if you tried to do it before having the necessary experience.
The other thing you could do is prototype the game without multiplayer and add that on later. There's also probably a load of free (note: you cant use GPL'd libraries with RE) networking libraries that you may be able to use to do the job if you decide to use RE. I wouldnt know where to point you for those, though.
T.
10/09/2003 (3:15 am)
Depends on your experience level. A worms type game isnt too difficult in terms of programming, and the multiplayer code for it would also be pretty easy since it's not as time critical as, say, an FPS. Reaction Engine certainly could handle it, but like I said you'd need to write the networking code yourself.To be honest with you, if you're not that experienced then I'd suggest you start with something simpler and work your way up to what you want to do. Yes, it will take a lot longer before the game you want to do is done, but the finished product will be a lot better then if you tried to do it before having the necessary experience.
The other thing you could do is prototype the game without multiplayer and add that on later. There's also probably a load of free (note: you cant use GPL'd libraries with RE) networking libraries that you may be able to use to do the job if you decide to use RE. I wouldnt know where to point you for those, though.
T.
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T.