Components
Network
- Offers basic network connection handling for server and clients.
- Defines a protocol for client-server communication.
- Implementation of protocol packet handlers.
- Connection state transitions for client & server.
Protocol
The protocol describes communication between client and server in multiple stages:
- Establish a connection.
- Exchange initial world state.
- Keep the state in sync.
Detailed documentation about the protocol can be found in
Network.Protocol.
Sync
Library to declare fields whose values are supposed to be synchronized.
- Watches for local changes to registered fields.
- Offers callbacks for local change requests.
- Offers generic interface to read & write values.
Mod
Handles everything interacting directly with game state or logic.
Issues
- Persistence should be refactored into a separate layer.