JS GameDev Summit

JS GameDev Summit 2022

Today's Talk is about creating a multiplayer web game using Phaser and Socket.io. The speaker demonstrates how to create a tic-tac-toe game, including creating the table, assigning players, making moves, and determining the next turn. The importance of choosing the right protocol for multiplayer games, such as WebSocket or UDP, is discussed. The Talk also highlights the advantages of using JavaScript for web and mobile games, as well as considerations for network code and code availability.

With the ever growing opportunities for creating online multiplayer games for different platforms, and many reachable and easy to use open-source tools, it has become much more convenient for developers to create exciting multiplayer games. In this talk, Sahar will create a simple multiplayer game to demonstrate it and talk about the issues she faced when creating her own games. <a href="https://www.froala.com/wysiwyg-editor?pb=1"> </a>

Multiplayer Web Games Using JavaScript

Sahar Pournasseh

Welcome to making bite-sized games with GameSnacks, a platform that focuses on optimizing game sizes for easy accessibility on the web. Techniques such as lazy loading, script placement, and code and art optimization can greatly improve game performance. Choosing the right file formats, reducing game size, and using game engines or custom tools are important considerations. Prioritizing file size, testing internet connections, and using testing tools for accurate simulation can help attract more users and improve game retention and reach.

One of the great strengths of gaming on the web is how easily accessible it can be. However, this key advantage is often negated large assets and long load times, especially on slow mobile connections. In this talk, Alex Hawker from Google’s GameSnacks will illustrate how they are tackling this problem and some key learnings the team found while optimizing third party games and designing their own ultra-lightweight game engine.

Making “Bite-Sized” Web Games with GameSnacks

Alex Hawker

Today's Talk covers making multiplayer games with Coliseus, Node.js, and Typescript. It explores the state of networking on the web, alternative servers, and how Coliseus works. The Talk also discusses client-side prediction, lag compensation, server limitations, scaling, and showcases cool games made with Coliseus. Additionally, it mentions Nakama and Unity integration for client-side prediction in multiplayer games. Coliseus is available on mobile and can be found on colossus.io or the GitHub repository.

By interacting with the Colyseus community over the past few years, some fundamental questions (not necessarily connected with the framework) seem to appear time and time again when developers start to build their own multiplayer games. This talk is going to cover some of these questions, as well as the most common scenarios and techniques you can start using today when building your own multiplayer game. <a href="https://www.froala.com/wysiwyg-editor?pb=1"> </a>

Making Multiplayer Games with Colyseus, Node.js and TypeScript

Endel Dreyer

Learn how to start a website on Vulture using the Vulture Marketplace or object storage for more customization. Vulture offers a wide range of products and services, including Bare Metal, Optimized Cloud Compute, Block Storage, and Load Balancers. With over 20 locations and popular operating systems, you can easily customize your website. Use code GetNation150 for $150 of free credit and contact Vulture for any inquiries.

Vultr's Walt Ribeiro takes users through steps to easily launch game servers with Vultr using their One-Click Marketplace across more than 20 locations.In this talk, Walt will demonstrate how to configure your account, how to browse and deploy from Vultr Marketplace, and how to stand up a basic Minecraft server using Bash on Ubuntu. Other flagship products and tools developers love will be highlighted along the way! <a href="https://www.froala.com/wysiwyg-editor?pb=1"> </a>

Independence: The Gaming Advantage

Walt Ribeiro

Today's Talk focuses on avoiding performance and memory issues in Unity WebGL builds. The importance of managing memory and keeping the heap size small is highlighted. Techniques such as using asset bundles or an addressable system can help reduce memory usage. The limitations of garbage collection in WebGL builds are discussed, along with tips for optimizing Unity code. Tools like Backtrace can assist in debugging memory and performance issues.

This session explores common performance and memory issues that arise in WebGL builds produced using the Unity game engine. Examine how to identify, troubleshoot and avoid pitfalls that may lead to out-of-memory errors. Learn how to reduce game instability and improve game performance in WebGL builds. <a href="https://www.froala.com/wysiwyg-editor?pb=1"> </a>

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