Red Corona Game Client

Red Corona Game Client

The Game Client is a general purpose multiplayer gaming client, which is designed to connect to the Red Corona Game Server and allow you to play multiplayer games. Each game you wish to play comes as a plugin, which contains the features of that game, and should come with its own documentation or companion website.

The game client implements a lobby system, whereby games can be started and joined by multiple players who are in a room together. It has a relatively complex interface:

Game client screenshot

Game Types

The game client itself does not include any games. It includes all the infrastructure necessary to coordinate, start and manage players and games, but to play any games you will need to obtain game type plugins. The default download includes a copy of the game type Bridge.

If you attempt to join a game for which you do not have the game type installed, or if you have an older version, you will be prompted to download the new version directly from the server. If the server has the appropriate clientside plugin available, it will be downloaded and loaded immediately; you will just be able to rejoin the game normally once it has finished. For the live.redcorona.com server, any game types which come from Red Corona should be available for download through this mechanism.

If the game type is not available for download directly from the server, you should go to the provider's website to find a download link. Game type plugins should be placed in the GameTypes folder under where your game client is installed. Remember that you should only download and run software from providers you trust, and Red Corona isn't responsible for the content of any third party game types. (We can't totally guarantee our own, but we can guarantee good intentions on those!) You will need to close and restart the game client after downloading the new game type in order for it to be loaded.

Some game types, such as Abaria, will not allow you to start a game, because they are designed to connect to a serverside game. When you connect to a game, it will tell you if it is serverside or who the owner is; remember that the game owner completely controls the game, and while it is against the Terms of Service could be using a modified plugin to cheat. It is harder to cheat on a serverside game.

If you are interested in writing your own game types, please read this page.

Download

You can obtain the current version of the client here. The download also includes a plugin for the game type Bridge, a clientside game that replicates the card game of contract bridge.

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