How would you do a "Draw Something"-like game?

keszegh · July 2019

So far i've tried to stay away from online features and made my first game an old fashioned offline game (single player and local vs). Yet now i have a game idea which would be fun mostly when played online, in which two players play in turns. Without giving away the idea, the server etc. mechanics would be basically identical to a "draw something"-like game.
So my question is, how would you make it with gideros as of 2019? I'm mainly interested in how the online part would be done, what server providers, what protocols, etc.
My main target is android/play store, but to have multi/crossplatform options with a possible ios release later would be great.

thanks for any ideas.

oleg · July 2019

@keszegh gaming:sendToAll("text",1)
You can transfer data between gamers via the gaming command: sendToAll ('text', 1)
generate a random number and send it through:
sendToAll (randomNum, 1),
who has a number more - he does the first move

require "gaming" 
gaming=Gaming.new("googleplay") 
 
if not gaming:isLoggedIn() then  
	print("login")
	gaming:login() --LOGIN_COMPLETE
end
 
gaming:addEventListener(Event.LOGIN_COMPLETE, function(e) --gaming:login()	
	my_PlayerName=gaming:getPlayerName()
	print(my_PlayerName,"LOGIN_COMPLETE")
gaming:autoMatch(1,1)
end)
 
gaming:addEventListener(Event.ROOM_CREATED , function(e) -- gaming:autoMatch(1,2)
	print(my_PlayerName,"ROOM_CREATED ") --PEER_JOINED
	 -- print("roomId",e.roomId)
	  --print_r(e) 
	 --++++++ТЕСТОВИЙ БЛОК+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
	 gaming:showWaitingRoom(2)  --показати кмнату з 1 грацем
 
 
	 --+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
end)
 
gaming:addEventListener(Event.ROOM_CONNECTED , function(e)--PEER_CONNECTED
	print(my_PlayerName,"ROOM_CONNECTED ")
	 print("roomId=",e.roomId)  
	  --++++++ТЕСТОВИЙ БЛОК+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
	 gaming:sendToAll("text",1) -- send to all users    , DATA_RECEIVED
 
	  --gaming:sendTo(playerId, data, isReliable)  --send data to specific user by id
	 --+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
end)
 
gaming:addEventListener(Event.DATA_RECEIVED , function(e)  --gaming:sendToAll(1,1)
	print(my_PlayerName,"DATA_RECEIVED" )
	  print("senderId=",e.senderId)
	  print("data=",e.data)
end)

keszegh · July 2019

@oleg, thanks, so you recommend to do it using google gaming service.
are there alternatives? e.g. draw something does not use that, which i like, as personally i do not like to play games that force me to use google game services.

oleg · July 2019

http://giderosmobile.com/tools/gideros-unite

keszegh · July 2019

@oleg, Unite is over local network only, as far as i know.

oleg · July 2019

Unite + logmein

https://www.vpn.net/ https://www.logmein.com/

antix · July 2019

There's also noobhub if you search for it on the forums here. That however requires a nodeJS server to run the server part.

I'm also very nervous about using googles offering because they have a nasty habit of just dumping stuff and leaving developers in the proverbial s**t. Just something to be aware of I guess

oleg · July 2019

antix said:

I'm also very nervous about using googles offering because they have a nasty habit of just dumping stuff and leaving developers in the proverbial s**t. Just something to be aware of I guess

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Apollo14 · July 2019

keszegh said:
@oleg, thanks, so you recommend to do it using google gaming service.
are there alternatives?

Photon Cloud is best solution for multiplayer games. Gideros supports it perfectly well.

SinisterSoft · July 2019

@Apollo14 I couldn't find Gideros on ther SDK list - have you made some functions for it?
(apart from what I hacked together a while ago)

https://www.photonengine.com/en-US/sdks#realtime

keszegh · July 2019

i forgot to say so far that thanks for your comments.

google game services do nor work on ios, or am i wrong?

Apollo14 · July 2019

SinisterSoft said:
@Apollo14 I couldn't find Gideros on ther SDK list - have you made some functions for it?
(apart from what I hacked together a while ago)

https://www.photonengine.com/en-US/sdks#realtime

I did some tests back then, but postponed it for later (I've realized that the game I was trying to make was beyond my level, but I'm hoping to get there some day).

As I remember, our photon-lua library worked well, though photon api is really really complicated.

oleg · July 2019

keszegh said:
i forgot to say so far that thanks for your comments.

google game services do nor work on ios, or am i wrong?

google services are working on ios, but you have to pay $ 25 one time
and limitations for multiplayer 8 players at a time

To test my example, you can use my player-which is already connected to Google services https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.simart.gideros.

data needed for tests:

"app_id" translatable= 169971061442
achievementOneTouch,"CgkIwqXCmPkEEAIQBQ"
achievement10Winseasy,"CgkIwqXCmPkEEAIQAg"
achievement100Winshard,"CgkIwqXCmPkEEAIQAw"
achievement10Winshard,"CgkIwqXCmPkEEAIQBA"
achievementMissingCell1,"CgkIwqXCmPkEEAIQCA"
achievementMissingCell2,"CgkIwqXCmPkEEAIQCQ"
achievementMissingCell3,"CgkIwqXCmPkEEAIQCg"
achievementMissingCell4,"CgkIwqXCmPkEEAIQCw"
achievementMissingCell5,"CgkIwqXCmPkEEAIQDA"
achievementMissingCell6,"CgkIwqXCmPkEEAIQDQ"
achievementMissingCell7,"CgkIwqXCmPkEEAIQDg"
achievementMissingCell8,"CgkIwqXCmPkEEAIQDw"
achievementMissingCell9,"CgkIwqXCmPkEEAIQEA"
achievementMissingCell10,"CgkIwqXCmPkEEAIQEQ"
achievementMissingCell11,"CgkIwqXCmPkEEAIQEg"
achievementMissingCell12,"CgkIwqXCmPkEEAIQEw"
achievementMissingCell13,"CgkIwqXCmPkEEAIQFA"
achievementMissingCell14,"CgkIwqXCmPkEEAIQFQ"
achievementMissingCell15,"CgkIwqXCmPkEEAIQFg"
achievementBos,"CgkIwqXCmPkEEAIQFw"
achievementBos2,"CgkIwqXCmPkEEAIQGA"
leaderboardEasy,"CgkIwqXCmPkEEAIQAQ"
leaderboardHard,"CgkIwqXCmPkEEAIQBg"

Or you can make your player with my 'app_id'
"app_id" = 169971061442

keszegh · July 2019

thanks @oleg, if/when i get to testing this will be handy.

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