Realtime game with convex...?
So for the last few days ive been using socket.io (in rust) to build a simple 2d realtime game in react. I didnt want to use raw ws api but I also wanted control over how my data is sent. But then it made me think, could I use convex as a point of truth for my game since all clients can connect to the same query and mutate data?
In my rust backend server I have the server create a room id, and spawn threads for players for each room. However in convex I could just have tables and when a game is created just add the userId to an active_game table or something. But another problem I thought about is player movements. The only way to make things seem realtime is to have updates to all player actions brodcasted to other players as well. This feels very expensive as players can trigger thoughsands of mutations per minute when playing the game... Maybe I could get away with coding a complex backend myself If I self host convex?
Anyways, I really just want the community's opinion on this idea. Convex is great as a database and its selling point is realtime connections. If I was building a chess clone, this would be easier but I want a realtime game were players can move and control there 2d character and other players connected to the same game can see there movements. Which might be were my limitation is reached with convex... Either way, If I dont use convex as my core backend and write my own..I will still use convex for authenication and other site features later on for the game.
In my rust backend server I have the server create a room id, and spawn threads for players for each room. However in convex I could just have tables and when a game is created just add the userId to an active_game table or something. But another problem I thought about is player movements. The only way to make things seem realtime is to have updates to all player actions brodcasted to other players as well. This feels very expensive as players can trigger thoughsands of mutations per minute when playing the game... Maybe I could get away with coding a complex backend myself If I self host convex?
Anyways, I really just want the community's opinion on this idea. Convex is great as a database and its selling point is realtime connections. If I was building a chess clone, this would be easier but I want a realtime game were players can move and control there 2d character and other players connected to the same game can see there movements. Which might be were my limitation is reached with convex... Either way, If I dont use convex as my core backend and write my own..I will still use convex for authenication and other site features later on for the game.
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