Can LiveCode handle multiplayer games

[ekscom]

Hello,

I'm shopping for a toolset and LiveCode looks amazing.
There is only one thing that can change my mind about getting it: Can it handle multiplayer games?

To be specific, can it make a 2d Street Fighter-like game?
There will be two players who should be able to connect to each other through their phones (or computers) and play some Street Fighter. That means when one player throws a punch the other player will see it happen on his phone... etc...

A few of the other "promising" toolsets couldn't do that, so i would like to know if this is possible and hard would it be to accomplish it?

Thank you.

[Mark]

Hi,

Yes, this is possible with sockets. You'll need a server (on a desktop machine in the local network or on an web server) and a client app on the phones/tablets. The client app might use simple put/get URL commands to communicate with the server and the server needs to keep a socket open for listening.

Kind regards,

Mark