multiplayer logic

[smooth_penguin]

Hey!

 

 I'm using phaserjs and Im building a game which will involve players joining at random points in time,

I'd like to confirm if my coding approach is right,

 

As you can see below, each player is created using add_hero() instead of create()

 

 

 

 13         var add_hero =  function(name, channel, ts){
 14                 heroes[name] = {};
 15                 heroes[name]['name'] = name;
 16                 heroes[name]['id'] = hero_count;
 17                 heroes[name]['connected'] = 1;
 18                 heroes[name]['last_input_ts'] = ts;
 19
 20                 heroes[name] = games.add.sprite(0, 0, 'hero_' + hero_count );
 21
 22                 heroes[name].body.collideWorldBounds = true;
 23                 heroes[name].body.bounce.y = 0.3;
 24                 heroes[name].body.bounce.x = 0.3;
 25
 26                 heroes[name].body.velocity.x = 0;
 27                 heroes[name].body.velocity.y = 0;
 28                 heroes[name].body.angularVelocity = 0;
 29
 30         }
 31
 

 

 

if I need to check for collision detection or any other task that will involves looping through all players/items, would this be right?

 

 

 

function update() {

                     for var hero in heroes{
                         game.physics.overlap(hero, gifts, collect_gift, null, this);
                     }

....

...

 

 

Thanks for any pointers/advice/help

 

 

 

 

[STuFF]

Uou should use a "group" for all of your player. Phaser's collide method can check collisions for the while group. Then you only have to add your players to that group. (there are examples of using groups)