Re:How to play board games online with your friends
by polishdude20 on Friday April 24, 2020 @11:51AM
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How are you guys managing the video? Is it peer to peer or is it being routed and encoded in a server first?
Codenames needs at least four players to start, if it's p2p, have you noticed any lag or bandwidth problems?
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Re:How to play board games online with your friends
by mariusz331 on Friday April 24, 2020 @12:15PM
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Hey nice to meet another Polish dude! We use Twilio's Video SDK and their P2P rooms. This works fine for most users on desktops and good internet. When I play with friends in CA (I'm in NY), I don't experience any serious issues. Sometimes there's feedback when a user has their speakers blasting. Many of our users experience problems on mobile when there are a lot of players in the room. We're thinking about switching video providers to one with an affordable server option to improve the larger game rooms experience though.
Re:How to play board games online with your friends
by polishdude20 on Friday April 24, 2020 @02:11PM
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How much do you guys spend per month on the Twilio API if you don't mind me asking? We are currently running our site on an ovh server for $5 a month with no problems since we don't have a crazy amount of users.
Re:How to play board games online with your friends
by mariusz331 on Friday April 24, 2020 @02:53PM
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Haha definitely not the cheapest project I've built. Happy to share specific with you over email: mariusz at cyberspaces dot app