WebSockets and WebGL used to create multiplayer shoot'em up • Hacker News Board

Re: WebSockets and WebGL used to create multiplayer shoot'em up

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Post by rartichoke » Sat, Nov 17, 2012, 9:11 PM UTC

The usability is awful. Too many graphics blend in together and the hot key choices are confusing.

However it's ridiculously smooth and ran great on a ~5 year old machine. The controls felt excellent.

Re: WebSockets and WebGL used to create multiplayer shoot'em up

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Post by jamesaustin » Sat, Nov 17, 2012, 9:42 PM UTC

arcatek wrote: post #20

Is there a technical reason for not using webgl frameworks such as Three.js ?

The game uses the Turbulenz Engine which includes a WebGL graphics framework (which is equivalent to Three.js) - http://biz.turbulenz.com/developers#turbulenz-engine

Re: WebSockets and WebGL used to create multiplayer shoot'em up

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Post by digeridoo » Sat, Nov 17, 2012, 10:04 PM UTC

Nice, I've been looking forward to seeing games like this.

Re: WebSockets and WebGL used to create multiplayer shoot'em up

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Post by mslot » Sat, Nov 17, 2012, 10:07 PM UTC

Not sure what was doing, but it was kind of fun. What I'm really hoping for now is multi-player pong (with up to 32 rotating pong bats).

Re: WebSockets and WebGL used to create multiplayer shoot'em up

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Post by htc » Sat, Nov 17, 2012, 10:38 PM UTC

I played with some of the effects tunned down and it was less chaotic. Great game.

Re: WebSockets and WebGL used to create multiplayer shoot'em up

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Post by 10098 » Sat, Nov 17, 2012, 11:08 PM UTC

benvio wrote: post #12

10098 wrote: post #9

Doesn't work in Firefox

If you've got a moment it'd be good to know your configuration. My default answer is to recommend Chrome, but all versions of Firefox are supported (for those without WebGL support we provide a small plugin as an alternative).

Seems like it was blocked by AdBlock. Disabling itresolved the issue

Re: WebSockets and WebGL used to create multiplayer shoot'em up

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Post by willvarfar » Sat, Nov 17, 2012, 11:08 PM UTC

Neat! Would love to know how you handle prediction and correction.

My last ludum dare was webgl+websockets, but because I used server lockstep (it being a 72hr game and coded from scratch) it was pretty poorly received :/

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2012/08/30/cage-flight-autops... <-- give it some love

Re: WebSockets and WebGL used to create multiplayer shoot'em up

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Post by 10098 » Sat, Nov 17, 2012, 11:10 PM UTC

benvio wrote: post #12

10098 wrote: post #9

Doesn't work in Firefox

If you've got a moment it'd be good to know your configuration. My default answer is to recommend Chrome, but all versions of Firefox are supported (for those without WebGL support we provide a small plugin as an alternative).

Actually, now I can see the menu, but neither "quick play" nor "create game" work. Says "Something has gone wrong - please try again". Firefox 16.02 on Windows 7.

Music is great though :)

Re: WebSockets and WebGL used to create multiplayer shoot'em up

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Post by tgb » Sat, Nov 17, 2012, 11:13 PM UTC

Great fun! I registered for an account, but then stopped being able to play multiplayer games. Maybe I'm just missing it, but there "quickplay" button that I was using as a guest is no longer there.

Re: WebSockets and WebGL used to create multiplayer shoot'em up

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Post by jamesaustin » Sat, Nov 17, 2012, 11:14 PM UTC

tgb wrote: post #29

Great fun! I registered for an account, but then stopped being able to play multiplayer games. Maybe I'm just missing it, but there "quickplay" button that I was using as a guest is no longer there.

Make sure you're playing "Score Rush MP" which is the multiplayer version. You might have accidentally started the original single player version. Select the game from the "Games" dropbox in the top right of the website.