Turn any A-Frame world into networked multiplayer using the power of p2p networking. The ultimate goal is to host all assets/js on CDN or on IPFS and use p2p js libraries to distribute player metadata.
Simply put: a serverless internet where anybody can create virtual worlds accessible to the world.
NOTE Works 5% of the time if running on the same machine. I think this is a problem to do with IPFS PubSub library trying to network.
Currently this uses IPFS PubSub https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-pubsub-room-demo. I am compiling a version I did for this that is centralized architecture running on a central Node server and uses a central Socket.io server to distribute client data. I have found that IPFS PubSub, as I implement it in this example to date, is not designed for real time packet spam like I am creating.
Alternatives that I am considering:
- Socket.io p2p https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-p2p
The clients sub/pub to rooms determined by the string of the last path slug in the current url.
npm installYou may need some dependencies I don't remember for the IPFS security libs, but it should be apparent in installnpm start- Connect to http://localhost:12345 in two different browser windows. Usually this would be over an HTTPS connection so you have to allow non-secure connection
- You should be able to see interactions visible in both windows
- Pepe Frog button: indicates whether or not connected to PubNub WebRTC phone session. Used for VOIP
- A-Frame: sometimes the JS takes a while to load in the objects and everything, so your player may fall through the ground plane. If that happens just refresh until it loads in time. I had to find an odd way of simulating gravity/ flying mechanic