The Multiplayer Mindset - What you need to know coming from Singleplayer
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Information
To dive into Multiplayer development certain development assumptions associated with Singleplayer need to be reviewed and adjusted.
This talk presents the core pillars of multiplayer gameplay development, identifies the common important differences when coming from a singleplayer background and offers insights on how to adjust one’s mindset to the gameplay system requirements inherent to multiplayer.
Target Audiences
Core: Technical Designer & Gameplay Programmers, Gameplay Designers. Secondary: Anyone who is involved in multiplayer gameplay
Experience Level
Intermediate
Key Take Aways
The talk will focus on multiplayer patterns used with State Transfer technology. Deterministic technology will be alluded to but not tackled as the patterns and issues differ.
The key learnings will be:
1. the concept of "Time" in the multiplayer context (local, remote & validated frame)
2. the impact of latency on gameplay interaction development so developers can identify which parts are solved by tech and which have to be tackled using design.
3. how common concepts for player feedback (animation, sfx, vfx) have to be thought of in the context of multiplayer; in particular their relationship to Time.
4. review of several common game development patterns (programming & production) and how applicable they are to multiplayer or need to be adjusted.
Session Type
Talk
