Can I use GDevelop to develop multi player games

GDevelop general
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Hi,

I am new to GDevelop and game development in general. Can I use GDevelop to develop multi player games such that multiple players are playing it simultaneously with different roles? Can it support

  • teams formations
  • teams playing with/against and scored accordingly
  • such support available on web, android and iOS

What is the starting point to learn multi player development.

Thanks you in Advance.

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Yes, it is possible to create online multiplayer games. Here is a tutorial on how to create online games:

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now this is the stuff im looking for

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GDevelop doesn’t support multiplayer per-se, but it supports multiple networking methods (games communicating). You can build multiplayer games on top of these, but it can be complex to get right.

I would heavily discourage using or recommending this tutorial, as it shows anti-patterns instead of good ways to make multiplayer, which leads to bad performance, allowing easy cheating and desynchronization - a broken multiplayer game.

If by team formation you mean matchmaking, e.g. making a short game session with random players matched together, it is rather complex but possible with tools like Firebase Firestore or MQTT it should probably be possible.
If you mean a team like a clan or a guild with multiple players playing together over a longer period, this is definitely possible and easier than the first option. I’d recommend Firebase Firestore for this task.

Yes, for real-time gameplay I recommend P2P. The scores can be then stored in Firebase Firestore to keep them for later reference.

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Thank you @arthuro555 for the detailed response. This is very helpful.

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Okay, I’m sorry for my bad recommendation. I didn’t know that this way of doing things was wrong. Do you know a good video or written tutorial for learning how to make multiplayer games with GDevelop?

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Yes, but it is very advanced stuff.