Overview

Overview

Overview

Overview

Overview

Overview

Overview

Overview

Overview

A small game created so I could put my knowledge of networking to the test. It is a Hybrid Client -Server model with one instance of the application acting as the server and also running a local client and any others just acting as clients connected to the server. Each client has a player character and it's job is top take any inputs received and send them to the server in a input package which consists of a vector and an ID. The majority of processing then happens in the server and the current state of the game is sent back to the clients which update accordingly.

By using differing hardware and using Clumsy, a third party networking tool, to simulate different network conditions I was able to get a good feel on how the application worked and how to improve it. What follows is a short summary on how the application behaves.

Due to the usage of prediction and interpolation gameplay was possible until latency hit 500ms. Some jittering is visible when there is a high amount of duplicated or dropped packets however as the application uses a TCP connection. Due to this any out of order packets do not have an effect. Some loss of sync can happen due to how SFML handles window focus but nothing major. Overall, a user will need an average or above broadband connection to use this application in an error free manner but if that exists it should work quite reliably.

Charalampos Koundourakis

Games Developer

SketchTown Showdown

Engine/Framework:

Unity 3D

Target Platform:
Windows PC, Android

Development Time:

1.5 months

Completed On:
2018

Team Size:

5

Role:
Lead Programmer

Source Control:

Github, Collaborate

Overview

3D party game developed by a team of five. Sketchtown Showdown is a game developed by Cation Games as part of Dare Academy 2018 at Abertay University. It is one of 6 shortlisted games to take part in that year's competition. The game was developed over 6 weeks in the summer of 2018 and was showcased at EGX 2018.

Detailed Information

Development

Business

Additional info

Meet The Team

Thomas Dixon - Producer, Audio & Systems Designer

Charalampos Koundourakis - Lead Programmer & Project Manager

Thomas Wood - Programmer

Cari Erica Watterton - 2D Artist

Jordan Hastings - 3D Artist