Match

match is a multiplayer game server that manages all logic behind starting a new game, matching/connecting online players, inviting friends to a game for you so you could focus on building the game itself without worrying about such networking details.

Setup

first make sure you set up the env variable properlly for:

• MAX_PLAYERS_IN_GAME max number of players to join a single game

• MIN_PLAYERS_IN_GAME minumum number of players enough to start a game

• REDIS_CONNECTION_URL redis connection url

• SERVER_PORT port number for the express server to listen to

npm install
npm start

Features

• connecting and mating random players.
• handles disconnection and reconnection events from user due to network.
• updates players with online teammates and disconnected ones.
• Supports starting matches with players between min/max allowed using ready consent by users.
• In game chat
• Friends Invite and private rooms
• web sdk(js) [beta]
• out of the box android sdk
• jwt Authentication

SDK

JS: https://github.com/Kareem-Emad/match-js