Multi Player Game

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Category: Game Development

Level: Senior

Description

It's time to create another game! This time it will be more difficult, as that game must be multiplayer.

You can pick any game, but it must be a multiplayer only game. Realtime games will be more challenging (anything that requires tight synchronization across multiple clients). You will need to think about things like latency and whether the game can be cheated.

The game must also be hooked into Varcade games, with match making, stats and leaderboards.

Game Ideas

Simple:

• Battleship
• Connect 4
• Higher or lower
  • Card game where opponents guess higher or lower as cards are turned over. If a player guesses correctly they keep the card and get to guess again. Most cards at the end wins.

More Advanced:

• Poker
• Pong

Deliverable

• A new multi player game that can be hosted in Varcade Games

Acceptance Criteria

• The game can be hosted on Varcade Games and can be played against other players via the built in matchmaker
• Stats and leaderboards are tracked

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Task Tips!

• Keep it simple! Turn based games are a good idea here. Avoid anything fast paced, like a fighting game or racing games.
• Think about server authority here - we want to avoid players being able to cheat the game