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  1. talerz04

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    Hi,
    I have question. Can I use web serwer to hosting my game. If not when I can find free server to computer game?
     
    talerz04, Dec 27, 2018
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  2. Joe-Censored

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    Web servers can be used to host WebGL builds of your game for play within the browser, or of course can be used to download platform specific builds.
     
    Joe-Censored, Dec 27, 2018
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  3. Schneider21

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    Joe's answer is correct, of course, if you're talking about hosting the game for download. If you mean hosting games in a client-server sort of way, as in multiplayer games, it's a bit more complicated than that. The short answer of that question is "Yes, but if you're not a seasoned developer, stay far, far away, and stick with platform APIs or P2P networking instead."
     
    Schneider21, Dec 27, 2018
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    When you say platform APIs, do you mean multiplayer on the same computer?
    P2P would mean a 2 player game?
     
    Deleted User, Dec 28, 2018
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  5. Schneider21

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    That would be using Apple's GameKit API, or Google Play Games. These APIs handle a lot of the networking stuff for you. Steam has something like it as well, I imagine, but that's outside of my expertise.

    Peer-to-peer (P2P) would mean connecting two or more clients together where one of them acts as the host. Again, this is something I don't have a lot of experience with, but from what I understand, it's at least easier than running your own servers.
     
    Schneider21, Dec 28, 2018
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