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This demo project, first in a series of three, implements the basic structure of a lobby in a multiplayer game, showing how to launch and join games in SmartFoxServer, and also add an in-game chat.
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SmartFoxServer 2X is a comprehensive platform for rapidly developing multi-user applications and games with Unity, HTML5, iOS, Android, Java and more.

It comes with an extremely rich set of features, an impressive documentation set, tens of examples with their source, powerful administration tools, an included free 100 CCU license and a very active support forum.


Born in 2004, and evolving continuously since then, today SmartFoxServer is the leading middleware to create large scale multiplayer games, MMOs and virtual communities, thanks to its simplicity of use, versatility and performance. It powers hundreds of projects all over the world, from small chats and turn-based games to massive virtual worlds and realtime games. Learn more on the SmartFoxServer website.


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This demo project is the first one in a series of three in which you will learn how to lay the foundations for a lobby application to be used as a template in multiplayer game development. A lobby is a staging area which players access before joining the actual game. In a lobby, users can usually customize their profile, chat with friends, search for a game to join or launch a new game, invite friends to play and more.


This first project in the series implements the basic structure of a multiplayer game, divided into three scenes: Login, Lobby and Game. The Login scene is where the connection to SmartFoxServer is established and login performed. The Lobby scene is the core of the example, where active games can be joined as either player or spectator, or a new game can be launched. Finally, the Game scene acts as a placeholder for an actual game, but it also shows how to implement an in-game chat.


For more information, check our in-depth tutorial on the SmartFoxServer 2X documentation website.


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Technical details

Main SmartFoxServer features:

  • High performance network engine
  • Binary protocol with dynamic compression
  • Secure encrypted login system
  • UDP support
  • HRC system for transparent reconnection of unstable clients
  • BlueBox add-on for firewall and proxy traversal
  • Send and receive complex data objects
  • Internal event dispatching system
  • User profiles and permissions system
  • Game spectators
  • Public and private chat messaging
  • Server-side variables
  • Flooding filter with auto-kick / auto-ban functions
  • IP filtering
  • Customizable bad words filter with auto-kick / auto-ban functions
  • Administrator messages
  • Moderator support (kick / ban)
  • Advanced security settings per application
  • Room creation capabilities with user auto-match
  • Advanced Room features (renaming, locking, resizing, etc)
  • Game API for match-making
  • Advanced Buddy List system with black-list, permissions, offline buddy variables, etc.
  • Invitations and challenges system
  • Special MMO API for "Area of Interest"-based users proximity notification
  • Server-side Extensions (Java / JavaScript)
  • Web-based administration tool
  • Embedded web server
  • Direct database connectivity, allows connections to all major RDBMS
  • Analytics module for business statistics

Supported platforms:

  • All platforms supported by Unity

Supported OS:

  • Windows
  • Linux/Unix
  • macOS (10.8+)

Documentation:

SmartFoxServer 2X | Lobby Basics

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