https://blog.photonengine.com Photon Engine: Multiplayer Made Simple Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:47:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://blog.photonengine.com/wp-content/uploads/favicon-150x150.png https://blog.photonengine.com 32 32 https://blog.photonengine.com/simple-brawler-part-2-photon-quantum-tutorial/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:17:36 +0000 https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=8904 Part 2 of the Simple Brawler series adds a camera that follows the local player, animation driven by simulation velocity, and a PlayerConfig Data Asset, and explains why Quantum keeps simulation and view apart.]]> https://blog.photonengine.com/godotfest-2026-fireside-chat/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 07:36:30 +0000 https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=8942 Our CEO/CTO Christof Wegmann sat down with GodotFest co-founder Johannes Ebner to talk about Godot's growth, why we built Fusion for Godot, and what to expect in Munich on November 3 & 4.]]> https://blog.photonengine.com/simple-brawler-part-1-photon-quantum-tutorial/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:41:26 +0000 https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=8900 The new Simple Brawler video series starts from a blank Unity 6 project. In 12 minutes, Part 1 gets a character moving and jumping in an online Photon Quantum 3.1 session without writing any netcode.]]> https://blog.photonengine.com/riptide-interactive-tidal-nexus-online-photon-fusion-mmo/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:08:09 +0000 https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=7437 Three-person studio Riptide Interactive built the persistent submarine MMO Tidal Nexus Online on Photon Fusion 2.1, using a custom Area of Interest system to hold 264 real players fighting in one combat zone.]]> https://blog.photonengine.com/4-penny-coffins-hidden-role-multiplayer-photon-fusion/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 01:00:00 +0000 https://dev-blog.photonengine.com/?p=8635 Other Ocean built the hidden-role mystery 4 Penny Coffins on Photon Fusion's Shared topology, giving only the Ripper state authority over Ripper-specific data while the FSM add-on handled phases, roles, and rejoin support.]]> https://blog.photonengine.com/photon-meta-connect-2026-recap-vr-glasses-ray-ban/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:57:55 +0000 https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=8826 From Meta Connect 2026: Photon's take on the VR Glasses' comfort-versus-FOV trade-off, why hand tracking now needs to be the default, and how Photon's Video and Voice SDKs already stream from Ray-Ban smart glasses.]]> https://blog.photonengine.com/900lbs-royal-caribbean-safety-command-center-photon/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:34:32 +0000 https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=7366 900lbs used Photon and Unity to build a real-time Safety Command Center for Royal Caribbean, deployed on 10 ships, syncing deck maps, annotations, overlays, and checklists across bridge and shipboard devices.]]> https://blog.photonengine.com/building-a-seamless-mmo-backend-across-machines/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:23:21 +0000 https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=7372 Photon CTO Christof Wegmann breaks down 7 years of building a distributed, server-authoritative MMO backend in Go, where players cross machine boundaries with no loading screens, no portals, and no visible seams.]]> https://blog.photonengine.com/fusion-2-1-stable-release/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 10:16:06 +0000 https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=7342 Fusion 2.1 Stable is out for Unity, with Forecast Physics for lower-cost networked physics, Object Priority for bandwidth control, configurable Shared Mode tickrates, Input Delay, Large Data RPCs, and reconnect improvements.]]> https://blog.photonengine.com/bandit-trap-photon-quantum-physics-multiplayer/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:13:20 +0000 https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=7318 See how Picomy, a small indie team, used Photon Quantum to build Bandit Trap's asymmetric 3v1 multiplayer, including destructible rooms, deterministic replays, and cross-platform consistency without desync.]]>