# lance-gg > A Node.js based real-time multiplayer game server Latest version **5.0.2** (published 2024-05-11) · Apache-2.0 license · 0 weekly downloads ## Install ```sh npm install lance-gg pnpm add lance-gg yarn add lance-gg bun add lance-gg ``` ## Health **Score 30/100 (F)** — status: abandoned. Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; high quality score. Warnings: low downloads. Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score. ## Facts | | | |---|---| | Version | 5.0.2 | | Published | 2024-05-11 | | First published | 2017-03-15 | | Weekly downloads | 0 | | License | Apache-2.0 | | TypeScript types | bundled | | Module format | ESM + CommonJS | | Dependencies | 15 | | Unpacked size | 2.1 MB | | Known vulnerabilities | 0 | | Install scripts | no | | GitHub stars | 1716 | | Author | Opher Vishnia | | Maintainers | namel | | Keywords | pixijs, pixi, socket, canvas, WebGL, HTML5, AFrame, physics, engine, game, realtime, multiplayer | ## Links - npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/lance-gg - Repository: https://github.com/lance-gg/lance - Homepage: https://github.com/lance-gg/lance#readme - Issues: https://github.com/lance-gg/lance/issues - npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/lance-gg ## Dependencies (15) - [p2](https://npm.io/package/p2.md) ^0.7.1 - [jsdoc](https://npm.io/package/jsdoc.md) ^4.0.2 - [tslib](https://npm.io/package/tslib.md) ^2.6.2 - [cannon](https://npm.io/package/cannon.md) ^0.6.2 - [mkdirp](https://npm.io/package/mkdirp.md) ^0.5.1 - [@types/p2](https://npm.io/package/@types/p2.md) ^0.7.44 - [socket.io](https://npm.io/package/socket.io.md) ^4.7.5 - [bufferutil](https://npm.io/package/bufferutil.md) ^4.0.1 - [typescript](https://npm.io/package/typescript.md) next - [@types/three](https://npm.io/package/@types/three.md) ^0.163.0 - [@types/cannon](https://npm.io/package/@types/cannon.md) ^0.1.12 - [event-emitter](https://npm.io/package/event-emitter.md) ^0.3.5 - [utf-8-validate](https://npm.io/package/utf-8-validate.md) ^5.0.2 - [socket.io-client](https://npm.io/package/socket.io-client.md) ^4.7.5 - [@types/event-emitter](https://npm.io/package/@types/event-emitter.md) ^0.3.5 ## Alternatives - [@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin](https://npm.io/package/@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin.md) — 14.8M weekly downloads - [pusher-js](https://npm.io/package/pusher-js.md) — 2.0M weekly downloads - [browserify](https://npm.io/package/browserify.md) — 1.7M weekly downloads - [sqs-consumer](https://npm.io/package/sqs-consumer.md) — 1.7M weekly downloads - [@sanity/eventsource](https://npm.io/package/@sanity/eventsource.md) — 930.8K weekly downloads ## Recent versions - 5.0.2 (latest) — 2024-05-11 - 5.0.1 — 2024-05-06 - 5.0.0 — 2024-05-04 - 4.0.9 — 2021-05-03 - 4.0.8 — 2019-07-04 - 4.0.6 — 2019-05-07 - 4.0.5 — 2019-04-22 - 4.0.4 — 2019-04-22 - 4.0.3 — 2019-04-09 - 4.0.2 — 2019-03-16 - 4.0.0 — 2019-03-15 - 3.1.1 — 2019-02-23 - 3.1.0 — 2019-02-22 - 3.0.14 — 2019-02-09 - 3.0.13 — 2019-01-15 - … 32 more at https://npm.io/package/lance-gg/versions ## README Lance logo # [Lance](https://lance-gg.github.io/) is a real-time multiplayer game server It provides an extendible Node.JS based server, on which game logic runs, as well as a client-side library which synchronizes the client's game state with the server game state. In order to provide a smooth visual experience for each connected client, Lance implements efficient networking methods, position interpolation and extrapolation, user input coordination, shadow objects, physics and pseudo-physical movement, automatic handling of network spikes. Lance aims to optimize the player's visual experience, while providing a simple development model which is highly configurable and easy to analyze and debug. ## Features: * Focus on writing your game. Lance takes care of the netcode * Can support any type of game or genre * Optimized networking * TCP via websockets * Communication is packed and serialized into binary * Automatic handling of network spikes with step correction * Intelligent sync strategies for lag handling * Extrapolation (client side prediction) with step re-enactment or: * Interpolation for optimal object motion * Tools for debugging and tracing More features in the pipeline: * UDP via WebRTC * Full-stack testing suite * Replay saving * More physics engines ## That's so neat! Where do I start? The official [Lance documentation](https://lance-gg.github.io/docs_out/index.html) contains articles on theory and rationale, as well as the structure and architecture of the project. ## Something went wrong! I need help! If you're not exactly sure how to do something, [Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/lance) is your friend. If you've encountered a bug and it's not already in the [issues page](https://github.com/lance-gg/lance/issues), open a new issue. --- _Source: https://npm.io/package/lance-gg · Machine-readable twin of the npm.io package page. Health data is recomputed on every publish._