[Multiplayer-Arena] Discussion, Give me yours opinion

Hello World,

I would like to do an multiplayer Arena Game and I'm with a couple of ideas of how to do it. But its my first time doing that, so I need a feedback.

My idea is create a 2D Game Arena, which you can enter in an arena to beat others players in a 2vs2, or you can co-op with 3 more player in a random dungeon map.

What I will try to do is make an list of servers. One list will hold the arena servers and the other will hold the Dungeons Servers, but each server will be hosted by someone. (like in the game PayDay 2, the Crime.net).

This way I'll have no part on host the servers, but just those lists that will redirect the player to that server... Can I do that? there's a better way? how? and any ideas of how to implement this efficiently in Unity? What tools should I use? Well it's a lot of questions I hope you guys can help me answer some of them!

Cheers,

Gousenfire.

 

P2P networking is reasonably common. You do need to have a game robust enough to deal with cheaters, as all of your code will be running client side.

 

sorry but what means P2P? And thanks for the reply!

 

P2P is peer to peer. Its a solution for networking. It means everyone connected reports their data to everyone connected. With a solution like this you don't send data to the server meaning there's nothing to monitor this data and check it to make sure it is reliable. A hacker could easily send data saying he's in a house when a second ago he was a mile away from the house. What @BoredMormon was saying is that from the client you'll need to check the data before sending and make sure it's reliable. Ex: Checking the position of the player and making sure it doesn't move a significant amount in a short time.

You may want to watch some tutorials on P2P to get a better idea of its benefits and its downfalls so you can decide if its something that will work for you.

 

thanks Samuel411 for the reply. Anyway I still have to monitor the servers (I mean the lobby to the players see what server are available to enter) right?

 

When someone makes a server you could just send their IP to a database and when people request a list of servers just display the list of IPs. Dont forget to remove servers that have been closed.

 

I would also make sure to have the entry point very low. A small game like that will only get players if they don't have to jump through any hoops.

No one wants to be forced create an account or go through a huge tutorial for a game they may just play for a minute or two.