Multiplayer Part 2 (Client-Server)

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Overview

For a fluid multiplayer experience of 5+ players we need client-server multiplayer.

There are a few advantages to doing this:

1. This will also allow developers to create competitive games using the spacetime-sdk since the server will be able to monitor cheating.
2. Users wont have to enter a peer id to connect to other users.
3. Faster on long distance

Downsides of server-client

1. Someone must host the server. As spacetime get more users, hosting the servers might become expensive.
2. harder to deploy. If the basic world now requires a server, it will be harder for the average people to deploy an environment.

Specifications

• The Peer to peer multiplayer must not be removed. Ideally, simply hide it and add a button in the menu to activate the peer to peer.
• This multiplayer system must assign usernames according to Adahandles. If no wallet is available, the user should be assigned a random temporary username.
• To avoid the downsides of making the server mandatory, the sdk must be able to run without a server and still provide a good single player and peer to peer experience.

Anything else?

This issue will take a long time to complete and will probably be broken down into smaller issues

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The sdk was updated and can now optionally connect to a server.

When creating the world, you now have the option to do a serverless page like the base template or can deploy the full spacetime-sdk to a server for a faster multiplayer experience. The spawn planet was updated to a full server deploy.

To avoid confusion in this update, the peer to peer multiplayer is automatically hidden behind and option toggle when the page connects to a server.