Dominayt! - Multi-Player Socket Game

Overview

Dominayt is a real-time multi-player game that blends territory control with "bullet-hell" dodging mechanics. The project serves as a practical exploration of low-level network programming, requiring high-frequency state synchronization between a server and multiple clients to ensure a fair and responsive gameplay experience.

Gameplay Mechanics

The objective is twofold:

1. Domination: Players must reach and stay within the center of the game grid to accumulate points.
2. Evasion: A central cannon fires bullets at players; getting hit resets your progress or position, forcing a balance between aggressive point-scoring and defensive movement.

Technical Implementation

• Socket Programming: Implemented a custom communication protocol using Python's
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  library. The server acts as the "source of truth," managing player coordinates, bullet trajectories, and collision logic.
• Concurrency: Used multi-threading on the server side to handle multiple simultaneous client connections without blocking the main game loop.
• State Synchronization: Developed a serialized data exchange format to broadcast the positions of all players and projectiles across the network at 60 frames per second.
• Client-Side Rendering: Built the visual interface using PyGame, transforming raw coordinate data from the server into a smooth graphical experience.

Project Structure

| File | Responsibility | | --- | --- | |

| Coordinates game logic, handles client connections, and broadcasts state updates. | |

client.py

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| Renders the UI, captures user input, and communicates with the server. | |

my_classes.py

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| Contains OOP definitions for Players, Bullets, and Game Grids. |

Key Challenges

One of the primary hurdles was managing network latency. To prevent players from "teleporting" due to lag, I implemented basic client-side interpolation and optimized the data pickles to be as lightweight as possible, ensuring that the game felt "snappy" even with multiple players on the grid.

Repo Link

Repo : here