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Unity Multiplayer Game Development with Node

by Alexander Zanfir

Learn how to develop a multiplayer game that allows for real-time game play. In this course, you'll discover how to create your own multiplayer game with a dedicated server driven by NodeJs. Software required: Unity 5.3.1, Node 5.1.0, Brackets 1.6.

What you'll learn

Building your own multiplayer game that is responsive enough for multiplayer game play can be difficult, but not anymore. Throughout this course, Unity Multiplayer Game Development with Node, you'll learn how to create your own multiplayer game with a dedicated server driven by NodeJs. This will be built on top of websockets so that it is responsive, allowing for real-time multiplayer game play. You will start to build a multiplayer template; you'll then learn how to spawn, navigate, and move your players. Finally, you'll end up with a proof of concept, which you can then use as a template to continue building your own customized game. By the end of this course, you'll have the knowledge as well as a template to build your own responsive multiplayer games. Software required: Unity 5.3.1, Node 5.1.0, Brackets 1.6.

About the author

Alexander Zanfir is the President of SocialPlay Inc., an R&D Game Service and Technology Company. He is also the founder and producer of several Game Development Technologies, Services and Video Games such as Cloud Goods™, Dungeon Legends and Dungeon Forge. Alex has taught multiple Game Development and Programming courses at various institutions including government institutes and colleges. He was engaged in numerous 3D Simulation research and development projects for Defence Research & Develop... more

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