Making Games With React and Redux

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Argues that real-time local multiplayer games are viable with React and Redux and shows a working prototype called Word Temple — a real‑time collaborative Scrabble‑style dungeon where a Node reducer acts as authoritative state. Uses WebSockets for networking, considers WebRTC but flags iOS support and complexity, and measures latency showing Heroku beats local Wi‑Fi while Firebase cloud functions suffer cold starts. Mentions CRDTs as the correct but heavy fix, and that the live demo overloads the venue Wi‑Fi and ends up janky but functional.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 2:34Design within constraints
3. 3:29Computational Flâneur
4. 19:21hacker voice THE GRID
5. 22:16Designing for Constraints

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