title: Programming Multiplayer Games (Wordware Game Developer's Library)
author:  Andrew Mulholland 
description: Andrew Mulholland has a BSc (Hons) in Computer Games Technology and is a director in a game development company based in Scotland called Hunted Cow Studios Ltd. The companys current project is an online gaming web site that offers free multiplayer games. <P>Teijo Hakala is a software engineer from Jyvskyl, Finland, who specializes in network programming, game programming, and optimization. He also has wide work experience with computer technology.
zlib_text: © Oscar Lodriguez 2019
  
  Oscar LodriguezLet’s Build a Multiplayer Phaser
  Game[https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4249-0_1](A475310_1_En_1_Chapter.html)
  
  # 1\. Introduction
  
  Oscar Lodriguez1
  
  (1)
  
  NIEUW-VENNEP, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
  
  First of all, I would like to thank you for purchasing this book. Writing this
  book has been a great experience for me, and I am excited to make this a
  valuable resource upon release. Planning, effort, as well as time have been
  injected into this project to make it as consumable as possible for developers
  with various skill levels. The goal is to provide technical know-how that
  instructs on what approaches may be taken when building a multiplayer game
  using Phaser, without losing too much quality in the process. The focus is
  currently on cleaning up the project and refactoring where need be.
  
  ## Who This Book Is For
  
  Some knowledge of programming is required, as I won’t cover all of the
  language features that JavaScript offers. I will ultimately des