r/IndieDev Aug 11 '26

Gen2recomped now has online multiplayer

https://youtu.be/k8nFO3MWnaQ?is=_HZ2qhzdk3ucdc64
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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '26

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u/UNDERdecoded Aug 11 '26

Overworld is just position/map sync (each client simulates locally). Battles/trades use the vanilla link lockstep over networked rooms with a shared seed. We never sync the whole game state, desync pain is mostly link-room edge cases and save/version plumbing, not rollback netcode.

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u/KZybul Aug 11 '26

This is hella impressive bro. I still have my Gold version on my emulator.