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Are there any good resources for people interested in how multi-player networking/state management works?

keyP 7y ago
It can be a large topic dependent of the type of game, whether physics and such is involved etc... but I bookmarked this article from before which gave a good overview part 1: https://medium.com/@qingweilim/how-do-multiplayer-games-sync-their-state-part-1-ab72d6a54043 https://medium.com/@qingweilim/how-do-multiplayer-games-sync... part 2: https://medium.com/@qingweilim/how-do-multiplayer-game-sync-their-state-part-2-d746fa303950 https://medium.com/@qingweilim/how-do-multiplayer-game-sync-...
Hallucinaut 7y ago
Might be worth looking at the HN thread about angeldu.st a couple of days ago; lots of discussion and links there about world state
- proaralyst 7y ago
  Here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21858226 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21858226
modernerd 7y ago
https://gafferongames.com/#posts https://gafferongames.com/#posts Specifically: https://gafferongames.com/post/networked_physics_2004/ https://gafferongames.com/post/networked_physics_2004/ https://gafferongames.com/post/what_every_programmer_needs_to_know_about_game_networking/ https://gafferongames.com/post/what_every_programmer_needs_t...
apk-d 7y ago
This article about networking (as implemented in Source Engine, but applies to most realtime games) is a worthwhile read: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Source_Multiplayer_Networking https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Source_Multiplayer_...
ggambetta 7y ago
I've written these articles, and they're usually well received: https://gabrielgambetta.com/client-server-game-architecture.html https://gabrielgambetta.com/client-server-game-architecture....
- anderspitman 7y ago
  Can confirm; these are great
  - jammygit 7y ago
    Seconded, thanks for sharing
  - ggambetta 7y ago
    Thank you :) Glad you find them useful.
- jammygit 7y ago
  Your site says you taught computer graphics for a while. Do you have any other resources to recommend, or even a list of suggested topics? I really enjoyed my intro to computer graphics course but wasn’t able to take any follow ups
  - ggambetta 7y ago
    Sure! I've written a full book about that: https://gabrielgambetta.com/computer-graphics-from-scratch/introduction.html https://gabrielgambetta.com/computer-graphics-from-scratch/i... Currently working with No Starch Press to turn it into a real book :)
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keyP 7y ago

It can be a large topic dependent of the type of game, whether physics and such is involved etc... but I bookmarked this article from before which gave a good overview part 1: https://medium.com/@qingweilim/how-do-multiplayer-games-sync-their-state-part-1-ab72d6a54043 https://medium.com/@qingweilim/how-do-multiplayer-games-sync... part 2: https://medium.com/@qingweilim/how-do-multiplayer-game-sync-their-state-part-2-d746fa303950 https://medium.com/@qingweilim/how-do-multiplayer-game-sync-...

Hallucinaut 7y ago

Might be worth looking at the HN thread about angeldu.st a couple of days ago; lots of discussion and links there about world state

proaralyst 7y ago
Here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21858226 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21858226

modernerd 7y ago

https://gafferongames.com/#posts https://gafferongames.com/#posts Specifically: https://gafferongames.com/post/networked_physics_2004/ https://gafferongames.com/post/networked_physics_2004/ https://gafferongames.com/post/what_every_programmer_needs_to_know_about_game_networking/ https://gafferongames.com/post/what_every_programmer_needs_t...

apk-d 7y ago

This article about networking (as implemented in Source Engine, but applies to most realtime games) is a worthwhile read: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Source_Multiplayer_Networking https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Source_Multiplayer_...

ggambetta 7y ago

I've written these articles, and they're usually well received: https://gabrielgambetta.com/client-server-game-architecture.html https://gabrielgambetta.com/client-server-game-architecture....

anderspitman 7y ago
Can confirm; these are great
- jammygit 7y ago
  Seconded, thanks for sharing
- ggambetta 7y ago
  Thank you :) Glad you find them useful.
jammygit 7y ago
Your site says you taught computer graphics for a while. Do you have any other resources to recommend, or even a list of suggested topics? I really enjoyed my intro to computer graphics course but wasn’t able to take any follow ups
- ggambetta 7y ago
  Sure! I've written a full book about that: https://gabrielgambetta.com/computer-graphics-from-scratch/introduction.html https://gabrielgambetta.com/computer-graphics-from-scratch/i... Currently working with No Starch Press to turn it into a real book :)

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