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Show HN: Powderkeg, a realtime, synchronous, multiplayer HTML5 action game
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Re: Show HN: Powderkeg, a realtime, synchronous, multiplayer HTML5 action game
#42Anyway I can invite other players by sending them a link and not use facebook?
Re: Show HN: Powderkeg, a realtime, synchronous, multiplayer HTML5 action game
#43Anyway I can invite other players by sending them a link and not use facebook?
That's been on my plate for a week, but I simply didn't get around to it. Stay tuned!
Re: Show HN: Powderkeg, a realtime, synchronous, multiplayer HTML5 action game
#44Ah bomberman! Very cool. The game is a bit laggy for some reason for me, but still cool.
How long did it take to make the graphics/sprites?
Re: Show HN: Powderkeg, a realtime, synchronous, multiplayer HTML5 action game
#45Looks great but I could not play with my azerty keyboard :p
I guess for me you would map:
z : up
s : down
q : left
d : right
Re: Show HN: Powderkeg, a realtime, synchronous, multiplayer HTML5 action game
#46You might want to consider using client-side prediction and lag compensation. Here's John Carmack describing how he used the aforementioned techniques to make Quake playable over the internet: http://fabiensanglard.net/quakeSource/johnc-log.aug.htm Here's how Valve do it: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Latency_Compensatin... And here's another good article on the topic: http://gafferongames.com/networking-f…
All good links, thanks! We are in fact using client-side prediction and lag compensation. It's extremely difficult to make a perfectly-playable action game with 500ms ping — you'd be kicked off a Quake server with that kind of lag :) Powderkeg uses lockstep network synchronization and every client sees the same simulation (though the player you control has prediction). The network framerate is 10 FPS and the server w…
So with your lockstep I presume you're allowing the client to move instantly locally then syncing back with the server? As I'm getting some minor snapbacks (I probably have 200ms+ ping being in Australia) and usually lockstep (for RTS games anyway) doesn't have that and has input delay instead as the client waits for their moves to return from the server.
EDIT: Ah cool I see it's explained in your post: http://blog.artillery.com/2012/10/play-powderkeg-html5-multi...
Re: Show HN: Powderkeg, a realtime, synchronous, multiplayer HTML5 action game
#47Great job. Lagged a but but it's likely my connecttion
Re: Show HN: Powderkeg, a realtime, synchronous, multiplayer HTML5 action game
#48This is a great little game. Just played a few rounds and had a blast but hit some nasty lag a few times. The basic game play is quite addictive. Nice job.
i have to ask... pun intended? i used the same wording originally, but revised after i realized what i'd said.
Re: Show HN: Powderkeg, a realtime, synchronous, multiplayer HTML5 action game
#49I'm getting these errors in Chrome (v. 22.0.1229.79 m): Unexpected response code: 404 :1 Channel error 'BROWSER_WS_ERROR': 'undefined' __runtime.js:1 Channel 0 closed. __runtime.js:1
Exact same thing here.
Re: Show HN: Powderkeg, a realtime, synchronous, multiplayer HTML5 action game
#50Looks great but I could not play with my azerty keyboard :p I guess for me you would map: z : up s : down q : left d : right
Arrow keys should work for you, too.