Photon Engine: Multiplayer Made Simple 2026-10-21T08:47:35Z https://blog.photonengine.com/feed/atom/ WordPress https://blog.photonengine.com/wp-content/uploads/favicon-150x150.png Dennis Heinrichs https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=8904 2026-10-21T07:19:17Z 2026-10-21T07:17:36Z

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.]]>

Dennis Heinrichs https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=8942 2026-10-19T07:38:23Z 2026-10-19T07:36:30Z

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.]]>

Dennis Heinrichs https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=8900 2026-10-21T08:47:35Z 2026-10-15T08:41:26Z

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.]]>

Matthias Lüdtke https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=7437 2026-10-19T07:37:24Z 2026-10-13T08:08:09Z

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.]]>

Dennis Heinrichs https://dev-blog.photonengine.com/?p=8635 2026-10-13T08:08:00Z 2026-10-06T01:00:00Z

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.]]>

Dennis Heinrichs https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=8826 2026-10-12T09:19:15Z 2026-10-01T13:57:55Z

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.]]>

Matthias Lüdtke https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=7366 2026-10-12T09:19:26Z 2026-08-04T11:34:32Z

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.]]>

Matthias Lüdtke https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=7372 2026-10-12T09:19:32Z 2026-07-14T12:23:21Z

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.]]>

Matthias Lüdtke https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=7342 2026-10-12T09:19:38Z 2026-07-06T10:16:06Z

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.]]>

Matthias Lüdtke https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=7318 2026-10-12T09:19:42Z 2026-06-29T06:13:20Z

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.]]>