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Multiplayer Game

A real-time Agar.io style arena showing a matchmaker coordinator and GameRoom data actors.

Multiplayer Game

Features

  • Coordinator pattern: Matchmaker Rivet Actor that indexes and assigns GameRoom actors
  • Real-time events: Player joins, movement, and collisions broadcast to connected clients
  • Stateful gameplay: Persistent room state with player growth and collision resolution
  • Typed React client: @rivetkit/react hooks for actions and event subscriptions

Implementation

  • Matchmaker and GameRoom actors (src/actors.ts): Coordinator actor for room discovery plus GameRoom state and physics
  • Server routing (src/server.ts): Hono server exposing the Rivet Actor handler
  • Canvas frontend (frontend/App.tsx): Canvas rendering, input handling, and leaderboard UI

Resources

Read more about design patterns, actions, events, and state.

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