Hi guys! This will be my first time asking a question in any forum. As the topic suggests, I would like to know if I could make online multiplayer games for Facebook Messenger using Defold. The game would be as simple as a Trivia Question, Chess, or a game of Tic-Tac-Toe. Just to give you some info, I am a graphic designer by nature and I have no knowledge in coding. However, I am more than willing to learn LUA to make my passion in games come to fruition. I would be very grateful if you guys could walk me through the process in making my first online multiplayer game with Facebook. Thanks in advance!
Hello and welcome to the Defold forums! Defold can definitely be used to create online games. Online games are obviously more complex than offline games, since they include a server for which you also need to write code, not to mention the complexities of network error handling and things like that. Facebook Instant Games used to include functionality to simplify the server part of an Instant Game through a system Facebook calls Activity Store, but unfortunately Facebook has decided to at least temporarily removed that system which means that you currently have to create the server yourself. Worth noting is that there is a complete Tic Tac Toe game shipped with the Defold Instant Games extension.
Now, before we get ahead of ourselves, we need to start small. You mention that you have no experience writing code. Before you run off to create the game of your dreams you need to learn Defold and how to code in Lua. My recommendation is that you start by doing one of our tutorials. This will help you get familiar with Defold and the Lua programming language. When you’ve completed a few tutorials and made some modifications of your own to the resulting games then you’re ready to create something from scratch! Good luck! And ask as many questions as you like and we’ll try to help.
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Hi britzl, thank you for your helpful reply! I understand that making online games are complex. I also plan on going through extensive tutorials with Defold and LUA before I make my own games. I would just want to know if making online multiplayer games for Facebook is possible with Defold as I do not want to spend a lot of time for something that wouldn’t actually lead me to my main goal.
So, just to be clear, with proper knowledge with coding in LUA, I could make online multiplayer games for Facebook with just using Defold. Am I right?
Thanks in advance!
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Yes, you can use Defold to make online Facebook Instant Games. Defold is one of the engines recommended by Facebook.
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Thank you for your swift reply!