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Part 1:Handshaking and Networking

Throughout this part of the book, we take our first steps into the realm of networking. We start by making a handshake using Godot Engine’s high-level EnetMultiplayerPeer class. We also learn how to use the UDP protocol to exchange data and end up by learning how to use Remote Procedure Call (RPC).

This part contains the following chapters:

Chapter 1, Setting up a Server
Chapter 2, Sending and Receiving Data
chapter 3, Making a Lobby to Gather Players Together
Chapter 4, Creating an Online Chat

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