Have you ever wanted to build a game in your favorite development framework? Maybe a 2D side scroller like Donkey Kong Country? Or an RPG type game similar to Pokemon?
Building these games on the front end might not pose much of a challenge with frameworks like Flame and Bonfire available, but what about the backend? How would you manage the data for building and scaling your game?
# Command for building container.
docker-compose -f nakama docker-compose.yml up
This is where Nakama comes in. This robust platform paves the way for game developers to build engaging online multiplayer games across a wide range of game development engines.
Notably, Nakama supports a diverse array of engines including, but not limited to, Godot, Unity, Unreal Engine, MonoGame, LibGDX, Defold, Cocos2d, Phaser, and Macroquad.
I figured this could be useful when creating my own games in the near future.
/// Create client.
final client = getNakamaClient(
host: '127.0.0.1',
ssl: false,
serverKey: 'defaultkey',
);
/// Sign in via email/password.
final session = await client.authenticateEmail(
email: 'trey.a.hope@gmail.com',
password: '123password',
)
debug Print (session.userId);
// flutter: 5e1f571d-e604-46cb-beb2-9076c21c4fbb
For now, the Gift-Grab game is going to be the test dummy for this new application, so I'll be seeing if I can setup some online capabilities for it.
To install Nakama, I'm using Docker to build the container where the project will live.
