ezhangle / snake-multiplayer

A multi-player snake game made with node.js and socket.io

snake-multiplayer

A network snake game synchronization made with nodejs and socket.io.

A live demo is hosted on: https://apps.yunzhu.li/snake

Branches

master - For low-latency networks (<100ms RTT). Simple and robust.

rollback_and_prediction - For high-latency networks. Using rollback & prediction non-blocking synchronization.

Build & Run Your Own Copy

It is very easy to run this containerized app.

• Make sure you have docker and docker-compose installed on your local environment.

• Clone this repo, in the repo root, run:

docker-compose up -d

• Access http://localhost:8000 in your browser.

• Play!

• If you run it on remote server or play with others:

  • Find this line in client/snake_client.js:

  var socket = io('http://127.0.0.1:8000', { path: '/socket.io', reconnectionAttempts: 3 });
  

  • Change the IP address (port) accordingly.