Note: This is the Vercel-optimized version of the multiplayer-game example. It uses the hono/vercel adapter and is configured for Vercel deployment.

Multiplayer Game

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

Getting Started

git clone https://github.com/rivet-dev/rivet.git
cd rivet/examples/multiplayer-game
npm install
npm run dev

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.

License

MIT