Questions tagged [matchmaking]
The process of connecting players in a multiplayer game, often featuring lobbies, matching by similar rank, server browsers, contact lists, and chat.
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How to provide skill ratings for many related but disjunct properties (players, decks, etc.)?
My girlfriend and I are designing a small app to track our Magic The Gathering games. We want to use our game data to rate our decks, ourselves and generate game suggestions. Elo seems like the ...
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How to generate join codes?
I'm hoping to use a four character join code so people can join a game. I was thinking of making random codes, which would be about 1.4 million different possible codes. I like the idea but I don't ...
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Please explain me about multiplayer matchmaking with new rooms process
Let's put that I'm making a moba game. Whenever there are 10 players queuing, a new game room (instance) will be created and they will be sent into that new game room just like a typical online game. ...
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Is there a reason online video games don't have "benches"?
In many physical team sports, in addition to the players deployed on the field, there are also players on the bench who the coach can sub in when the players get tired or run into unforseen ...
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What are the reasons to reset MMR and introduce seasons?
I have a game with a ranked mode that keeps track of MMR. Players have been asking me to have "seasons" so we can reset it and help people who are "stuck in ELO hell" climb better. My thought is ...
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Unity, tell matched players to go pick characters (Matchmaking)
I need to tell all the players in the match to go to some method that'd take them to character pick. The thing is that the pick happens inside the menu scene after the level get's preloaded (...
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Unity (UNET) Pass custom data when creating and joining a match in multiplayer
I've written some simple stuff to make a lobby for matchmaking. Now I want to pass some extra info besides the match name to the lobby. Something like Player's avatar and a number of players connected ...
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Limit PvP dogpiling
Browser-based strategy game where you play an empire vs other player empires. The main PvP element is battles between empires where outcome results in gaining or losing rank. Troops are also damaged/...
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