T5C - The 5th Continent

Building a basic multiplayer 3d top down rpg using babylon.js and colyseus

Current progress:

vat animations and instances
fully player authorative movement with client side prediction and server reconciliation
- diablo like movement using the mouse with the ability to click to move
scene management (login, register, character selection, etc...)
map management (ability to teleport to a different map (ex: a dungeon) )
multiplayer animated characters
global chat (works accross zones)
uses a navmesh for collision detection
player data can be saved with mysql lite / mysql
basic enemies with simple AI behaviour (IDLE, PATROL, CHASE, ATTACK, DEAD)
enemies can drop items (based on a loot table)
4 basic abilities ( sword attack, fireball, dot, heal )
ability to target players and enemies
ability to pick up items and see them in your inventory
ability to equip items and see them on your character
basic player levelling with experience and ability points
fully functional UI (experience bar, abilities bar, draggable panels, etc...)
simple quest system
simple trainer system (learn abilities)
simple vendor system (buy and sell)

Check out my devlogs on https://dev.to/orion3d

Babylon.js 6.x.x https://www.babylonjs.com/
Colyseus 0.15.x https://colyseus.io/
SQLite 3.x.x https://www.sqlite.org/
- Optionally, you can use MYSQL instead by updating the setting in src/shared/Config.ts

The client should be accessible at http://localhost:8080

The server should be available locally at http://localhost:3000

The Colyseus monitor should be available at [http://localhost:3000/monitor

Run npx tsx ./loadtest/test.ts --room game_room --numClients 1 --endpoint ws://localhost:3000