Killthemall is a multiplayer game written with Java by using LibGDX and Kryonet. As of today, game only supports desktop. It has been tested with Linux, MacOS and Windows. Reccomended Java version for this game is 1.8.
Here is the gameplay.
Game is so simple, but it can be used as a starting point to develop something more complex. Right now, players only can do following things.
- Move with W,A,S,D
- Shoot Circles to heal
- Shoot other players to win.
If you just want to play the game without touching the source code. You can just download the jars from /jars folder.
Before running, make sure that you have Java installed.
First run the server with this command:
java -jar server.jarTo run a client execute this command:
java -jar client.jar <server_ip_address>İf your server is not running on the same network, make sure that you have enabled the port forwarding on the host machine:
- TCP port 1234
- UDP port 1235
Clone this project with following command
git clone https://github.com/javakaian/killthemall.gitImport the project as a gradle project in IDE of you choice then you are ready to go !
This game follows Authoritative server approach. Which means, clients sends their every move to the server, servers does the validity check and then updates their status.
This games still lacks features like
- Client-Side Prediction
- Server Reconciliation
- Entity Interpolation
If you want to learn more about these stuff. Please visit the awesome blog by Gabriel Gambetta here
If you find an error please create an issue. Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.