Overview

Create a fully working multiplayer game from scratch using TypeScript, Socket.IO, and the community edition of Phaser.js. You will achieve amazing feats in the browser without having to install any software. This book teaches you how to use the Phaser game engine APIs to tap into physics, and how to utilize HUD information and fire lasers. Let’s Build a Multiplayer Phaser Game dives into the details to show you how to create a multiplayer game from beginning to end. Once you have finished this book, you will be well versed in creating not only a game, but also an application that you can extend with new functionality to enjoy with your friends. What You'll Learn Discover the ins and outs of Socket.IO for real-time web communication Use TypeScript to allow your project to be typed and self-documenting See how gaming mechanics work to make a game entertaining Get a deeper understanding of how to structure your working directory and your code Scale what you have created Who This Book Is For Developers who want to know how to create and structure a complex online game

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Author:   Oscar Lodriguez
Publisher:   APress
Imprint:   APress
Edition:   1st ed.
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781484242483

ISBN 10:   1484242483
Pages:   151
Publication Date:   06 December 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1:  Introduction Chapter Goal: How to approach this book  Chapter 2: Setting Up Our Development Environment Chapter Goal: Getting started • Checking out Github and switching to the start branch • A simple hello world inside of our setup Sub - Topics:       1.   Where to start 1.   Setting up Node.js and Git 2.   The main ingredient 3.   Our Frontend architecture 4.   Our general architecture Chapter 3: Orchastrating Our Domain Model Chapter Goal: Have a concise model to work with. Sub - Topics: 1.  The building blocks 2.  Creating our first model 3.  The player model 4.  The Keyboard model 5. Putting it all together 6. Creating our directories 7. Directories construction tactics Chapter 4: Implementing Our Game Domain Models Chapter Goal: Introduction to phaser and implementing our models Sub - Topics: 1.       About Phaser 2.       Talking about Phaser… 3.       The Player model 4.       Phaser Arcade Physics 5.       The Game Model 6.       The Keyboard model Chapter 5: Seeing It in Action! Chapter Goal: Alpha version of the game Sub - Topics: 1.       Hooking it all up together Chapter 6: Projectiles! Chapter Goal: Allow the gunships to fire! Sub - Topics: 1.       Making it to the big screen 2.       Overlap 3.       Gimme the gun! 4.       More on Overlap 5.       Updating the keyboard with fire! 6.       The HUD Chapter 7: Hooking Up Our Server Chapter Goal: The backend of things Sub - Topics: 1.       On to the server side of things 2.       Models and events 3.       Setting up our static file server 4.       Socket connection 5.       Back to the client 6.       Marvellous explosions! Chapter 8: The World Should Remember Your Name Chapter Goal: Authentication Sub - Topics: 1.       Login Chapter 9: Bonus! Chapter Goal: Cleaning up Sub - Topics: 1.       Refactoring & Asteroids 2.       Adding more features 3.       Some more refactoring 4.       Asteroids! Chapter 10: Further reading and discovery Chapter Goal: Where to go from here Sub - Topics: Other Phaser resources

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Oscar Lodriguez has been developing software as a freelancer for close to 13 years. During this time, he has worked with software giants such as Adyen, BNP Paribas, Ebay, Bol.com, Schiphol, and Backbase. He has a bachelor's degree in computer science and is a motivated and avid learner who stays up to date with web industry standards. He has written three books and speaks regularly at Golang/JavaScript meet-ups in and around Holland.

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