Gaming

Articles about multiplayer game development, from player state sync to social features like chat.

Enabling Users to Create Chat via Private Channels
GamingAug 20, 2014

Enabling Users to Create Chat via Private Channels

In this blog post, we'll show you how to enable users to create private chat rooms with other users using private channels.
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Michael Carroll
Create Chatrooms and Channels On Demand Tutorial | PubNub
GamingAug 13, 2014

Create Chatrooms and Channels On Demand Tutorial | PubNub

In this tutorial, we'll talk about how to create new channels for create chatrooms on demand for user-to-user private chat and spawning new game servers.
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Michael Carroll
Matchmaking Algorithm: Challenging Other Players
GamingAug 7, 2014

Matchmaking Algorithm: Challenging Other Players

This multiplayer matchmaking algorithm tutorial walks you through how to allow users in a multiplayer game to challenge other players in the game.
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Michael Carroll
Matchmaking Algorithm: Skill-based Matchmaking
GamingJul 31, 2014

Matchmaking Algorithm: Skill-based Matchmaking

This multiplayer matchmaking algorithm tutorial walks you through how to match up different players based on skill, or any other predetermined state.
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Michael Carroll
Matchmaking for Multiplayer Games | PubNub
GamingJul 24, 2014

Matchmaking for Multiplayer Games | PubNub

In this blog post, we'll walk you through how to build simple matchmaking for multiplayer games to connect two users
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Michael Carroll
Node to Node Communication for Game Server Hosting
GamingJul 24, 2014

Node to Node Communication for Game Server Hosting

NodeCraft Hosting uses PubNub for node to node communication for online game server hosting and to power their interactive control console.
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Getting a List of Online Users in a Chatroom
GamingJul 17, 2014

Getting a List of Online Users in a Chatroom

We'll show you how to get a list of online users in an online chatroom, creating a buddy list that updates as users join and leave the chatroom.
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Michael Carroll
Adding Users and Usernames to a Chatroom | PubNub
GamingJul 10, 2014

Adding Users and Usernames to a Chatroom | PubNub

How to automatically add unique users and usernames to a multiplayer game lobby chatroom
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Michael Carroll
Build a Multiplayer Game Lobby with PubNub
GamingJul 2, 2014

Build a Multiplayer Game Lobby with PubNub

How to develop a multiplayer game lobby with chat functionality using PubNub
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Michael Carroll