collinalexbell
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4 months ago Claude's thoughts:
Milestones:
- Networking and Communication
- Screen Sharing
- Player Movement Synchronization
- Voice Chat Integration
- Server and Party Management
Tasks:
Networking and Communication:
- Choose a networking library for low-level network communication (e.g., Boost.Asio, ENet)
- Implement client-server architecture for connecting players
- Design and implement a protocol for exchanging messages between clients and the server
- Handle connection establishment, disconnection, and error handling
Screen Sharing:
- Research and select a library for capturing and encoding screen content (e.g., FFmpeg, libVNC)
- Implement screen capturing and encoding on the client-side
- Design a protocol for transmitting screen updates to other players
- Implement screen decoding and rendering on the receiving clients
- Optimize screen sharing for performance and bandwidth efficiency
Player Movement Synchronization:
- Design a protocol for synchronizing player movements across clients
- Implement client-side prediction and server-side reconciliation for smooth player movement
- Handle latency compensation and interpolation to ensure consistent player positions
- Implement collision detection and resolution for player interactions
Voice Chat Integration:
- Choose a voice chat library or service (e.g., Mumble, Discord API, WebRTC)
- Integrate the voice chat functionality into your game engine
- Implement voice chat channels or proximity-based voice communication
- Handle voice encoding, transmission, and decoding
- Ensure low-latency and high-quality voice communication
Server and Party Management:
- Design and implement a server browser or matchmaking system
- Create a party system for players to join and invite others
- Implement server creation and configuration options
- Handle player authentication and authorization
- Provide tools for server administrators to manage players and settings
Libraries and Off-the-Shelf Code:
Networking: Boost.Asio, ENet Screen Sharing: FFmpeg, libVNC Voice Chat: Mumble, Discord API, WebRTC Serialization: Protocol Buffers, FlatBuffers Compression: zlib, LZ4 Encryption: OpenSSL, libsodium Logging: spdlog, Boost.Log Testing: Google Test, Catch2
As part of the Game Design book of lenses book, the first lens is Emotion.
What emotion do I want from a game built on HackMatrix? I want a feeling of Connectivity and Competence.
To generate a feeling of Connectivity, the engine must support multiplayer... players can join up to solve computer problems (programming, Linux stuff, even graphics design and asset creation).
So my current focus based on the game design book is going to be multiplayer.