Impostor

Overview

The Fusion Impostor demonstrates an approach on how to develop the coreloop of a social deduction game for up to 10 players, as well as how to integrate and handle communication with the Photon Voice SDK with a Fusion project. Fore more information on Photon Voice please see the Voice page in the manual.

This sample implements a networked state machine to facilitate the synchronization and handling of game states

Some of the highlights of this sample are:

• Voice communication in the pre-grame lobby and in-game
• Fully networked game state machine and system encompassing pre-game, play, meetings, and post-game outcomes
• Shared interaction points such as task stations and crewmate bodies
• Customizable game settings (number of impostors, movement speed, player collision, etc)
• Synchronized state of objects in the world like doors
• A variety of crewmate tasks built upon a modular interaction system
• Using Photon Voice to provide handle a variety of voice communication types
• Setting up rooms as a host using codes for clients to join
• Region settings, nickname, and microphone selection

Technical Info

• Unity 2021.3

Before You Start

To run the sample

• Create a Fusion AppId in the PhotonEngine Dashboard and paste it into the App Id Fusion field in Real Time Settings (reachable from the Fusion menu).
• Create a Voice AppId in the PhotonEngine Dashboard and paste it into the App Id Voice field in Real Time Settings
• Then load the Launch scene and press Play.

Download

Version	Release Date	Download
	1.1.3	Oct 21, 2022	Fusion Impostor 1.1.3 Build 5

Folder Structure

The main Scripts folder /Scripts has a subfolder called Networkingwhich encompasses the main networking implementations in the sample, as well as the Networked State Machine. The other subfolders such as Player and Managers contain the logic for gameplay behaviours and management respectively.

PlayerRegistry

The PlayerRegistry stores a reference to each player in the room, and provides utility methods for selecting and performing actions on one or many players.

GameState

The flow and behaviour of the game logic is controlled by the GameState NetworkBehaviour. The GameState defines an enum for the phases of the game, which the networked StateMachine uses as its states.
StateMachine<T> defines a StateHooks class with 3 fields: onEnter, onExit, and onUpdate. When using the StateMachine class, each enum state may have StateHooks defining what happens upon entering, exiting, and while actively staying in the state.

Getting Into a Game

Users can either join or host a room using a room code. Entering a room code is optional if the user chooses to host. Once in a room, the code to join will be displayed at the bottom of the screen.

The NetworkStartBridge serves as an intermediary to NetworkDebugStart. StartHost() will get a random 4 character string from RoomCode if a specific code is not specified.

Pre-Game

During the pre-game phase, players can choose to set their color from the table in the center of the lobby area, select their preferred microphone device from the settings. The host can customize the game settings and is responsible for starting the game.

Handling Input

Networked inputs are polled in the PlayerInputBehaviour.cs script. It is also here that input blocking is done. Additionally, server-side checks are done in PlayerMovement.cs before carrying out inputs.
Local input polling is done using the FixedInput.cs class.

Keyboard

• WASD to walk
• E to interact
• Keypad Enter to start game (as host, during pre-game only)

Mouse

• Left click to walk
• Click the buttons in the UI to interact

The Player

The Players's behaviour is defined by three different components:

• PlayerObject: holds a reference to the PlayerRef this object is associated with, and contains the player's index in the room, their nickname, and selected color. The PlayerObject is also the entry point to call the Rpc_Kill method.
• PlayerMovement: responsible for player locomotion and input. It also holds gameplay-essential data and methods - notably the IsDead, IsSuspect, and EmergencyMeetingUses properties.
• PlayerData: the visual component of the player. It primarily handles the materials, sets animator properties and instantiates the nickname UI.

Interactables

• Color Kiosk : Located on the center table in the Pre-Game room. Players can select from any of 12 preset colors which have not been taken by another player.
• Settings Kiosk : Located at the top of the Pre-Game room, the host can select the game settings and start the game from here
• Emergency Button : the emergency button can be pressed a limited amount of times per round to call a meeting
• Tasks : 14 task stations featuring 5 unique task minigames are placed throughout the map for crewmates to complete
• Bodies : the body of a murdered player can be reported to call a meeting for free by crewmates, or impostors who are trying to cover their tracks

Tasks

Task stations can be found throughout the map. Crewmates can interact with these when they are within range.

• Thermostat (TemperatureTask.cs) : Make the two numbers equal by pushing the up and down arrows
• Sliders (SlidersTask.cs) : Drag each slider to align with the red outline. They will become locked when positioned correctly.
• Pattern Match (PatternMatchTask.cs) : Push buttons on the right panel matching the sequence of lights that flash on the left panel.
• Number Sequence (NumberSequenceTask.cs) : Push each number in ascending numerical order (1-10)
• Download Files (DownloadTask.cs) : Push the Download button and wait for the bar to fill in order to complete it.

Voice

For Voice 2 integration in Fusion Impostor the two scripts provided by Photon Voice 2 are used:

• FusionVoiceNetwork is added to PrototypeRunner prefab.
• VoiceNetworkObject is used on the Player prefab, with a Speaker as a child of the given prefab too.

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