Local coop?

[Mishn2Game]

Hey just read in FAQ under suggestions it said "Add Multiplayer (yes)". Im pressuming that it was a suggestion which is accepted as something thats going to come out in the future.

so i was just wonder will this game have local coop? or even if its only multiplayer when can we roughly expect this? not expecting much btw, im fine with like 1 year later or something, just curious.

Thanks

[Gaddy Games]

what do you mean by local ? offline ? in split-screen ?
Multiplayer will always go through steam (more simple to do) and will be both pvp and coop - but no split-screen multiplayer is planned

[Lizzard]

I think it usually means Local Network... in teh classic era of gaming at least :)

[Targa]

I remember those days. Can you say "LAN party"? :)

[Mishn2Game]

I was actualy thinking along the lines of 2 people on the same screen. but thinking about controls and stuff probably playing multiplayer from 2 differnet pcs would be better.

Thanks heaps for the quick reply. just bought your game yesterday and now i have big hopes for it :)

its awesome so far! Hope the updates keep coming =D

[potatoes]

he means LAN, i think.

LAN means Local Area Network, which means anyone in your local area network (connected to ur router i think) will be able to join. Which means your computer is the host of the server, and nothing else can host it.

The main reason for this is private games. people use certain things to connect to others LAN servers, such as EVOLVE or Log Me In Hamachi.

[Gaddy Games]

ah yes Lan is what I meant by offline, wrong word. I know lan very well... so great memories, 15 years ago when we were taking our (huge) computers and went to a friend's house to spend the week-end on counter-strike or unreal tournament!

Anyway, actually i plan to get all network by Steam network methods, so unfortunately connection will require to be online.
But that's not very bad today ; the important question is when we are playing, when sending network data to each other, will the code go through internet or directly by local network. I'm actually not sure about it - I suppose Steam network are smart enough to avoid going through an internet path, but I can't be sure about it. I shall know it soon enough when I start working on it

[WillieSea]

My first LAN game was 23 years ago. Me and a bunch of friends hooked up our Atari ST computers together and played that smiley face maze game where you hunt your friends down.
It will be interesting to see how you setup the multiplayer mode.

[Gaddy Games]

It's really best not to wait to much about it. Honestly it's a very challenging point and I can only say i'll try my best. I'm already quite surprised I managed to do the solo part as it is now without too many bugs and issues ^^.
But whatever the result I'm sure i'll enjoy to work on the multi, as it's something very technical, and I love difficult technical challenges :)

And maybe if the result is very bad and poor i can focus more on the modding support than a good multiplayer lol (already trying to find a backup plan ? no!)

[Jayconius]

Local Coop normally refers to Couch Coop.
One Screen two characters.. Not split screen, kinda like Guantlet.

[Jayconius]

I think it would be awesome if this supported Couch Coop.
One screen while you're both near each other, then split screen if one of you decides to run off and do you own thing.

[Mishn2Game]

Originally posted by Jayconius:

I think it would be awesome if this supported Couch Coop.
One screen while you're both near each other, then split screen if one of you decides to run off and do you own thing.

+1 would love

(but as long as new content keeps coming out im 100% happy with this game)

[Gaddy Games]

Thanks for the suggestions
Although as I said it's not really planned - I don't think it would be that much needed on PC, and it's a lot lot of work. Although if one day the game is ported to Xbox/PS4 with proper controller support it would be very nice for sure

[Jayconius]

Don't underestimate the power of Local Coop Tag! :3 (Couch Coop)
I has many Steam Local coop games, and it annoys me so many PC games don't have it when their console counter-parts do! >:(

[Gaddy Games]

I understand - it's just that it's not an easy feature to add ^^

[killer]

all you can do is try your best