Colyseus

Colyseus: Open-Source Multiplayer Game Server for Node.js

Colyseus is an open-source multiplayer game server for Node.js focused on scalability and real-time communication, suitable for 2D and 3D games.

What is Colyseus?

Colyseus is an open-source multiplayer game server for Node.js focused on scalability and real-time communication. It provides a framework and set of tools to help developers build multiplayer games and manage clients and game state across large numbers of concurrent players.

Some key features of Colyseus include:

• Built-in matchmaking, lobbies and presence features
• Client-server and room abstractions to manage state synchronization
• Multiple options for room locking/unlocking and seat reservations
• Flexible game loop with delta-compression for efficient state management
• Automatic load balancing across processes/machines

Colyseus is designed for both real-time and turn-based games. The server architecture scales smoothly across CPU cores and multiple machines to accommodate an increasing player base. It integrates well with major cloud hosts like AWS, Azure and GCP for auto-scaling.

Overall, Colyseus aims to provide a complete open-source dedicated game server to build and synchronize state for multiplayer games with global, scalable room abstractions for Node.js. With its focus on real-time data and synchronization, it's especially suited for fast-paced 2D and 3D multiplayer game genres.

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