Defold for a multiplayer card game integrated with next.js

Hello defold community,

I am a senior developer with experience in Javascript, PHP, JAVA and Python with no experience in Game development. I want to invest my free time in building a multiplayer card game. After few weeks of researching, I decided to go for Defold for its simplicity, cross platform support and mainly bundle size as my main focus in Web and Mobile. In summary the multiplayer game I want to build is a Yogi-oh style card game where uses can acquire cards and fight to win games.

My requirement are the following:

  • I want the game to be integrated with a web platform using next.js
  • Cards can be exchanged between players in a store within the web platform as well as within the game (interconnection between next.js and the defold game).
  • Players can answer some educational quizzes to win new cards.
  • The game may show some 3D effect during the battle.

Can I achieve my goal using defold engine and can I share/load dynamic assets between the web and the game.

Also, Can you recommend any good course/book/tutorial for a beginner into game dev using defold ?

Thank you.

Sure. You can use http requests and WebSockets.

I don’t see a problem with this in Defold.

Sure, you can use 3D in Defold.

You can load images at runtime if needed. You can also load additional content using our LiveUpdate system.

I think a good starting point is Introduction to Defold

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