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CLOUD ARENA
Build your robot. Enter the arena. Climb the ladder.
Real-time multiplayer game. Build custom robots, battle opponents, climb the ladder. WebGL rendering, Alibaba Cloud backend. Won a dev challenge for the design and execution.
- Role
- Solo Developer
- Recognition
- DEV CHALLENGE WINNER
ARCHIVED
- 1st
- Dev challenge winner
- Real-time
- Multiplayer battles
- WebGL
- In-browser 3D
The Challenge
Real-time multiplayer is unforgiving: every player must see the same battle at the same moment, in a browser, with no installs. Add a custom robot builder and a persistent ranking ladder, and the state-synchronization problem gets sharp enough that most solo devs don't attempt it.
The Solution
Designed the whole loop solo: a React front end with a WebGL battle renderer, a parts-based robot builder where loadout genuinely changes combat behavior, and an Alibaba Cloud backend synchronizing battle state and the ladder in real time.
The Outcome
The project won its dev challenge on design and execution. It's archived now, but it remains the reference answer when a client asks whether real-time multiplayer can live in the browser.
Highlights
- Full multiplayer battle loop — build, matchmake, fight, rank — running in the browser
- Custom robot builder with parts that meaningfully change combat behavior
- WebGL rendering pipeline tuned for smooth combat on modest hardware
- Alibaba Cloud backend handled matchmaking, state sync, and the persistent ladder
Technology
ReactWebGLAlibaba Cloud
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