coherence

30/05/2025

coherence 1.7 is out!

Introducing advanced simulator authority features (like restricting entity creation, client connection validation, secure payloads, ...), support for Linux ARM64 replication server, and more.

https://coherence.io/blog/news/coherence-1.7-advanced-simulator-authority

06/02/2024

"coherence is technically complicated. Really complicated. And yet, like so many things, it is paradoxically simple to use. Tech that has taken the better part of five years to think about, build, design, and test by a collection of very smart people. "

Read Senta's full blog post:
https://go.coherence.io/48ZnBIr

Two former Triple-A Development Directors briefly discuss life before and after coherence.

22/12/2023

We’ve released coherence 1.1!

And just in time for the (happy) holidays. There’s no better time to get back into multiplayer, and there’s something for everyone.
Beginners will have an easy time getting started, while pros will appreciate all the in-depth possibilities.

Without further ado, here are some of the highlights from this release.

Support for Nested Prefabs
This allows for setups where the networked entity is made up of other networkable entities.

Support for byte, sbyte, short, ushort and char
Enough said

Improved Performance
We’re always looking into ways to reduce the amount of resources it takes for coherence to run. In short: Same results, with fewer resources.

Interpolation reworked
More stable and more correct.

Support for Unity 2021 LTS
Roslyn is out, more APIs are in

You’ll find much more detail in our blog: https://coherence.io/blog/news/coherence-1.1

Spaceships with fully networked crews at your disposal.

22/12/2023

Hi everyone. We've teamed up with Gamedev Camp for their Season 4 Boot Camp.

Gamedev Camp is a learn-by-practice online boot camp for devs, artists, and game designers to make a game, improve their skills, learn something new, implement a new game mechanic, or explore a game idea. Think game jam but with mentors, a supportive community, helpful feedback, and the possibility to win cash and prizes.

The next season starts on January 15th, but early applications improve your chances of getting accepted.

Apply now! gamedev.camp/apply

07/12/2023

Hello, good folks. You'll be happy to know we just released coherence 1.1!

Some highlights:
• Support for nested prefabs and hierarchies via PrefabSyncGroup component.
• Overall improved stability (always nice)
• Game Objects stay selected after adding CoherenceSync

Check out our Release Notes for much more yummy goodness
docs.coherence.io/overview/release-notes

03/11/2023

Get Your Multiplayer Game in the Spotlight!

At coherence, we’re dedicated to helping game developers make games.

Every day, indie developers push the boundaries of multiplayer creativity, and we want to help them succeed. That’s why we created Spotlight.

The Spotlight program provides free, hands-on development support to standout multiplayer games created by indie developers, hobbyists and small game studios. You will also enjoy additional exposure - on our blog, our website and across social media; we may even feature your game in the many talks we give at industry conferences.

Benefits include, but are definitely not limited to:
• Direct access to the coherence development team through a private Discord channel
• One-on-one workshops
• Project assessment and code samples
• Marketing Exposure

Some of the things coherence offers include a network engine, a powerful toolkit and SDK for Unity, a hosting & scaling platform and more.

Interested? Everything you need to know is here:
https://coherence.io/blog/news/spotlight-program

Applications for this round of Spotlight close on November 30.

Apply, get noticed, and get help from pro game devs!

03/11/2023

Let's talk about Client-hosting, a.k.a. Running a Game for Free, Without Servers

Over the years, many of us at coherence have gathered a lot of knowledge about game development, networking and multiplayer technology, so we know the hurdles when it comes to making a game.
In addition to the many necessary technical skills, one question will inevitably pop up pretty quickly: “How much will it cost to keep it running?”
Calculating costs for a live game can be difficult before starting development and might lead to shifting your business model entirely.

Luckily, there is an option that can help you keep costs down, effectively making coherence completely free to use:
Client-hosting.

https://coherence.io/blog/tech/running-a-game-for-free-without-servers

Cloud engineers don't want you to know about this one trick.

27/10/2023

Our latest blog post is live! Happy Friday, everyone 🎉

coherence.io/blog/news/coherence-named-game-changer-of-2024

coherence gets recognized by an impressive panel of industry leaders. Also, our logo was on the Nasdaq Tower billboard on Times Square!

12/10/2023

We're very excited to announce that we've been working with Bossa Games on their new game, Lost Skies!
Bossa Games already have many things under their belt; a BAFTA for the best online browser game (Monstermind) and large commercial success with their multi-platform Surgeon Simulator series, which went from a simple game jam project to over 2 million copies sold.

Bossa Games present a compelling vision of a survival adventure game with online co-op for up to 6 players.

https://go.coherence.io/BossaNews

26/09/2023

Enjoying this week? You don't want to miss tomorrow's fireside chat with Christopher Sundberg of Liquid Swords and Dino Patti at DICE Europe.

It could be !

25/09/2023

Server load balancing, big game worlds, flexible authority, deer and a cute fox; surely something in that list calls to you..
go.coherence.io/biggameworld

21/09/2023

We'll be at DICE Europe in next week! Join captivating fireside chats, including Dino Patti and find out how easy can be.

You'll find the full schedule here: https://diceeurope.org/dice_schedules/2023_schedule.asp