kasdeyaFeb 20

reminder that Archipelago exists and is absolutely incredible:

https://archipelago.gg/

it lets you create “multiplayer games” where you and your friend play two completely different singleplayer games and find items for each other in your games

for example I could be playing Doom ‘93 and instead of getting the super-shotgun and a soulsphere, I might find the PokeFlute and some rare candies for my friend playing Pokemon

and then they might be exploring a cave and find the BFG and the red key for E1M4

I can’t believe that something like this can exist. and there are a surprising number of supported games too

Archipelago

Show threademberquill 
@kasdeya Wait, what? How? This sounds awesome! I'll have to check it out.
Mar 9 at 12:26amWeb
Show threadkasdeyaMar 9

@emberquill I hope you like it! I think it’s such a cool idea

the way that it works is basically:

  • you start with an existing game randomizer mod
  • you modify it to talk to Archipelago’s servers
  • Archipelago tells the mod which items are where, and it also tells the mod when to give the player an item, and which player sent that item from their own game
  • the mod tells Archipelago whenever the player gets an item in their own game, which the server sends off to the other player