Unity Networking Fundamentals: Creating Multiplayer Games with Unity

di Sloan Kelly (Autore)

Khagendra Kumar (Autore)

APress, 2021

Learn the fundamentals of networking with Unity and C#. This book covers a variety of topics, including accessing data using RESTful APIs, local networked games, and creating multiplayer online games using client-server architecture. The book provides the basics of networking, sockets, TCP vs. UDP, client-server architecture, serialization, RESTful APIs, network latency, and client-side prediction. Projects are presented to illustrate the concepts, including a chat client/server overlay for your game, and a 3D maze game that allows up to four players to connect over the network. By the end of the book, you will be familiar with low-level networking concepts such as protocols and architecture as well as high-level knowledge on how to create applications that use a client/server architecture for multiplayer games. What You Will Learn Know the difference between TCP and UDP, and the pros and cons ofthese protocols Create client-server multiplayer games in Unity using C# Receive and process data from a remote server using RESTful APIs Understand latency and how to mitigate its impact Who This Book Is For Readers familiar with Unity and C# development who want to create multiplayer games

• Autore: Sloan Kelly, Khagendra Kumar
• Editore: APress
• Anno: 2021
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 266 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm
• EAN: 9781484273579

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