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Ask HN: Game engine for multiplayer JavaScript games like agar.io?

2 points by stealthcat ↗ HN
Or else, where is the best way to start writing one? Need to able to handle online real-time multiplayer without much lag.

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davelnewton
I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "game engine" here.
stealthcat
Maybe I meant both back end and front end? - High performance server code handling continuous multiple requests - Rendering engine and game logic
davelnewton
Those are very different things; on the client side I wouldn't write my own considering how many are already out there, and they're battle-tested and good. On the back end I'd caution against making a premature choice based on what you think will happen: there are many options, most of which will handle most of what people write. Only real advice is to go for something that scales horizontally.