Voidgun

Devlog

• Shipping a Java Game Server Without the Java
  March 12, 2026 by voidgun#graal, #graalvm, #graal-vm, #native-image, #native image, #binary

  Voidgun's dedicated server is a Java application. It runs libGDX in headless mode, simulates Box2D physics at 45 ticks per second, manages WebRTC peer connections, and handles up to 32 players per mat... Continue reading

  
• How the need for spatial sound with TeaVM led to gdx-webaudio
  March 08, 2026 by voidgun#audio, #sound, #music, #webaudio, #gdx-webaudio

  Voidgun is a multiplayer arena shooter where sound is strategic information. Bullets whizz past from the left. A flag grab echoes from across the map. A ship collides with a wall behind you. You need... Continue reading

  
• A seamless loading screen for gdx-TeaVM
  March 08, 2026 by voidgun#gdx-teavm, #libgdx, #teavm, #loading, #preload

  A SEAMLESS LOADING SCREEN FOR GDX-TEAVM How to bridge the gap between your HTML preload page and the framework's canvas loading screen. When you ship a libGDX game to the browser via gdx-teavm , the f... Continue reading

  
• How bringing a UDP game to the browser led me to build a cross-platform WebRTC library for libGDX
  March 04, 2026 by voidgun#libGDX, #webRTC, #WebSockets, #UDP, #TCP

  Voidgun is based on SpacedOut, a multiplayer arena shooter I originally wrote in 2016 as a desktop-only game. It used raw UDP sockets: fast, fire-and-forget packets for world snapshots, with a separat... Continue reading
• How I built the AI bots in Voidgun
  March 03, 2026 by voidgun#ai, #bot, #bots, #pathfinding, #navigation

  When you're playtesting a multiplayer arena shooter alone at 2 AM, you start to wish the game could fight back. That's how Voidgun's bot system started — and it ended up becoming one of the most sat... Continue reading