A 2D game · Intermediate to Advanced

Co-op Multiplayer

Build a two-to-four-player desktop ENet survival shooter in Godot 4.7.2, with server authority, prediction, repeat rounds and dedicated hosting.

This is the game you make.

69 lessons8 quests1 finished game

About 45-70 hours in all.

Start the first quest free See membership See the map

Start free in your browser, no account needed. Guild Hall membership unlocks the whole map. Membership is US$25 per month or US$200 per year. Eligible new members start with 7 days free. Card required.

Or start with a playable copy of the game and design it

The road to your Co-op Multiplayer

Tap any stop to walk there and see what it builds. Each stop is a quest.

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Start here
Guild Hall

The trailhead

Week 1

Two Windows Talking

Week 2

A World Everyone Shares

Week 3

Make It Feel Good

Week 4

Ship It

Two ways to start

Both lead to the same design lessons. Pick the one that fits the evening you have.

Build the multiplayer game from scratch

Start at Two Windows Talking and build Signal Lost through the capstone: connections, authority, prediction, combat and waves. Then bring your own project to the design lessons.

8 quests, 69 lessons, in order.
Free: lessons 1 to 20 in a row, in your browser.
Membership: everything after that.
When you finish, bring your own project to the design lessons.

Start lesson 1 free

Start with a working co-op shooter

Download Signal Lost with networking, combat and waves already working. Start by redesigning one encounter so two players have a reason to help each other.

1.Give Two Players a Reason to Work TogetherFree
2.Make a Rescue Worth AttemptingMembership
3.Design a Wave That Changes the Team's PlanMembership

The download is free with a free account (no card): a Godot 4.7 project you open and play straight away.

The browser demo on this page is solo. The download is the two-player desktop game, and two windows on one computer are enough to start.

Start with a working co-op shooter

Starting with the playable copy does not mark any build lesson as done. Every design lesson links to the build lesson behind it, for whenever you want to see how a system works.

Before you start

Best for

developers ready to wire full systems, combat, and polish into one game.

You should already know

comfort with Godot scenes, nodes, scripts, signals, input, and basic movement.

Recommended first: 2D Top-Down Character Movement

You will learn

a two-to-four-player desktop ENet survival shooter with prediction, repeat rounds and dedicated hosting; internet play requires a reachable UDP endpoint

After this campaign

Finish the game and share it. Then choose what comes next.

Browse campaigns Submit a build to the Showcase Back to your dashboard

Pick your own next goal

You don't have to start another long campaign. Any of these counts as progress.

Make your own variation of this gameAdd one puzzle that needs both players at once, like a door that only opens while both stand on a switch.Open your finished project and change it. Get a playtestShare your version in the Tavern. Say what you changed and ask one question. Omar usually replies within a day or two.Private unless you choose to show it publicly. Take a breakTaking a break is fine. Your progress stays saved.Back to your dashboard.

Two ways to start

Both lead to the same design lessons. Pick the one that fits the evening you have.

Build the multiplayer game from scratch

Start at Two Windows Talking and build Signal Lost through the capstone: connections, authority, prediction, combat and waves. Then bring your own project to the design lessons.

8 quests, 69 lessons, in order.
Free: lessons 1 to 20 in a row, in your browser.
Membership: everything after that.
When you finish, bring your own project to the design lessons.

Start lesson 1 free

Start with a working co-op shooter

Download Signal Lost with networking, combat and waves already working. Start by redesigning one encounter so two players have a reason to help each other.

1.Give Two Players a Reason to Work TogetherFree
2.Make a Rescue Worth AttemptingMembership
3.Design a Wave That Changes the Team's PlanMembership

The download is free with a free account (no card): a Godot 4.7 project you open and play straight away.

The browser demo on this page is solo. The download is the two-player desktop game, and two windows on one computer are enough to start.

Start with a working co-op shooter

Starting with the playable copy does not mark any build lesson as done. Every design lesson links to the build lesson behind it, for whenever you want to see how a system works.