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GamingJun 29, 2013

GenCar.co: Multiplayer Genetic Algorithm 2D Cars

We’ve updated our SDKs, and this code is now deprecated. Good news is we’ve written a comprehensive guide to building a multiplayer game. Check it out! Around the PubNub office, we’re always sharing our gaming high scores with each other, whether it’s TrackPad Destroyer, Lightweight...
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
BuildJun 27, 2013

WebRTC File Transfer in the Browser: PubShare

The generally “go-to” app for real-time interaction is some form of messaging, be it text chat, video or audio. However, we all know there must be more applications of real-time communication out there. File transfer is one of those applications that developers seem to have forgotten about, probably...
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
News Jun 26, 2013

WebRTC SDK Now Available on PubNub for Video/Voice

With PubNub’s new WebRTC SDK, WebRTC applications can now leverage the PubNub Data Stream Network. The API expands our ever-growing list of PubNub supported SDKs, and WebRTC developers can now integrate the PubNub Data Stream Network to produce fully-featured collaborative applications. The PubNub...
Developer Relations Team
Developer Relations Team
ChatJun 5, 2013

Building Responsive UI for Web and Mobile Apps

Good News! We’ve launched an all new Chat Resource Center. We recommend checking out our new Chat Resource Center, which includes overviews, tutorials, and design patterns for building and deploying mobile and web chat. Take me to the Chat Resource Center → We’ve updated our SDKs, and this...
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
GamingMay 31, 2013

Real-time Stats for Candy Box

We like games here at PubNub, but not as much as we like real-time. Combine the two, and you’ve got pure mega-awesome. During the PubNub Hackathon, I took a popular text adventure game called Candy Box, and updated its stats page to provide a real-time overview of the global game real-time stats....
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
ChatMay 30, 2013

Chat Features: User Detection, Persistence, Multiple Rooms

Good News! We’ve launched an all new Chat Resource Center. We recommend checking out our new Chat Resource Center, which includes overviews, tutorials, and design patterns for building and deploying mobile and web chat. Take me to the Chat Resource Center → In this tutorial, we’re going to...
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
ChatMay 24, 2013

How to Build a JavaScript Simple Chat App with No Backend

Good News! We’ve launched an all new Chat Resource Center. We recommend checking out our new Chat Resource Center, which includes overviews, tutorials, and design patterns for building and deploying mobile and web chat. Take me to the Chat Resource Center → Trying to plan out and begin building...
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
ChatMay 17, 2013

Build a JavaScript Group Chat App with No Backend

This tutorial (broken into 4 parts) shows you how to build a fully-featured web and mobile group chat app with JavaScript.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
GamingMay 10, 2013

Lightweight Multiplayer HTML5 Games with PubNub and melonJS

We’ve updated our SDKs, and this code is now deprecated. Good news is we’ve written a comprehensive guide to building a multiplayer game. Check it out! In my quest to change the world, I’ve been experimenting with an HTML5 game engine to push the limits of the browser as a platform...
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll