Tutorial: Multiplayer Strategy game in Javascript, Part 1

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Tutorial: Multiplayer Strategy game in Javascript, Part 1

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September 25, 2015

This is part 1 of a tutorial on making a multiplayer strategy game in JavaScript; this part is the result of an one hour live coding session (video here, in Spanish, with lots of background noise and fuzzy code). You can download the source code or play the game online.

What is this about?

We are going to build a multiplayer game players can connect via their browsers; it will be a semi real time strategy game where players struggle to control the territory on the map. This is what it’s going to look like when you finish this tutorial:

Check out the tutorial here!

6 responses to “Tutorial: Multiplayer Strategy game in Javascript, Part 1”

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December 26, 2015

[…] thing I did was creating a short tutorial for a multiplayer real time strategy game using socket.io. That’s the foundation of the […]

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Scott

February 18, 2017

Did you do a part 2 to your strategy game tutorial? If so could you send me the link or post it here?

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1. slash
  
  February 21, 2017
  
  I really need to do a part 2 for this one. I’ll add it to my TODO 🙂
  
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Fedor Steeman

April 27, 2017

Looking forward to part 2! 😀

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Keegs

March 22, 2018

Are you still planning on doing a part 2?

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1. slash
  
  April 27, 2018
  
  I actually did a bit more of work on it last year for a Multiplayer Games class. I think it’s at least work sharing that experience. I’ll add this to my TODO!
  
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