Re-match logic

Game Design
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What’s the best way to add re-match logic?

My thinking is something like:

  1. Match players with matchmaking.
  2. Start match.
  3. Once the match ends, server allows clients to request a rematch.
  4. When a client requests a rematch, the request is sent to all other players to display a “player a wants to play again” message.
  5. If all clients request a rematch, the server creates a match and sends the match IDs to all clients.
  6. Clients join match, goto 2.

The thing I’m unsure about is how to send data to players outside a match context. Maybe the players can join a stream or group, and the server sends the message to the members?

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Hello @totebo,

Do you need to end the match and create a new one? Maybe it would be better to let the match open, give players the rematch option, and only then create another or terminate if no one is interested.

I think you could even do some clean up and reuse the match.

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I was considering this, but laziness got the better of me. :sweat_smile:

I allow player that dropped out to rejoin a match if it’s still active, so I’d have to refactor that part to allow for matches to have an active, but finished, state, which makes things a bit muddy. Might be the best option though, thinking about it.

Thanks for the suggestion, it helped me rethink to find a better solution!