T5C

Building a basic multiplayer 3d top down rpg using babylon.js and colyseus

Current progress:

fully authorative movement with client side prediction and server reconciliation (server is king)
Simple scene management & switching
animated characters (multiplayer works too)
zoning system (ability to teleport to different locations)
global chat (works accross zones)
server controlled collisions
persistence with mysql lite
4 abilities ( basic attack, fireball, dot, heal )
roaming monsters (with basic ai & attacks)
selecting characters and monsters
monsters have a loottable and can drop items
ability to pick up items
standard UI (experience bar, abilities bar, panels, etc...)
and more...

Roadmap

You can follow the progress here: FORUM POST

Requirements

Download and install Node.js LTS
Clone or download this repository.
Run yarn install

Technology

Babylon.js 6 (3d rendering engine)
Colyseus 0.15 (networking)
SQLite (database)

How to run client

Run yarn client-dev

How to run server

Run yarn server-dev

The client should be accessible at http://localhost:8080. The WebSocket server should be available locally at ws://localhost:3000, and http://localhost:3000 should be accessible.

Load testing

Run npx tsx ./loadtest/test.ts --room game_room --numClients 1 --endpoint ws://localhost:3000

License

Everything under ./src is licensed under the GNU license except for the yuka library who is MIT license. All models under the ./public/models folder does not fall under the GNU license and cannot be used commercially.

hpx7/t5c

T5C