Simple networking with Monkey, node and Socket.io
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| I made a quick sample how we can use Socket.io and monkey-x for Network stuff using a nodeJS server. I tried alot solutions with own websockets, get/post, nuggetta and some other frameworks, that are usually cost money from a specific amount of messages send. Socket.io is a very cool network api for browser communication with nodejs, it uses a websockets and also a fallback swf in the background if the browser not supports them. games like agar.io, slither.io are made with socket.io its usually used with jQuery, anuglarJS or Phaser, but i want to stick with monkey so i made spend a few hours to get into it, and suprisingly this was very easy to achieve. the one and only "bad" thing is that it needs a server running nodejs service with an open port, wich may be a problem for some hosters. I wrote down a bit on my site how to do it, also you can "play" a sample there: http://www.moonforge.net/?page_id=405 you can find the small simple test "game" also on github: https://github.com/Salmakis/MonkeySocket.io im happy for any suggestions, questions or an info if i make a mistake or worst practicing somehwere, also feel free to use it in one of your projects. maybe someone hase the time and willingness to make a android / ios version to. (socket.io is cross plattform compatible on that) |
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| very cool thanks! |
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| HAHA Sweet i got it running http://s18858330.onlinehome-server.com:3000/MonkeyGame.html |
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| Nice! I'm going to give this a shot as well. |
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| Ok, managed to get it up and running! I gave the blobs some movement & graphics and tried updating them in real time. http://monkeyserver-dev.us-west-2.elasticbeanstalk.com/ Seems a bit jittery but it manages to keep the cars in sync (I've only tested with a couple of browser windows so far). |
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| Cool stuff guys =) |
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