The Altruist Blog

Start small, ship one system at a time, and build confidence as you go.

Your First

Part 1

Your First Spaceship Multiplayer Portal

Your First Spaceship Multiplayer Portal

Build your first real-time multiplayer portal with Altruist using GameSessionPortal, spawned player entities, and sync patches.

Published on Apr 15, 2026

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Part 2

Your First Authentication

Your First Authentication

Take the multiplayer portal from the first post and lock it down with JWT login, a built-in auth controller, and JwtShield.

Published on Apr 17, 2026

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Part 3

Your First Vault

Your First Vault

Persist your first real player profile with VaultModel, IVault<T>, and a small profile service that fits directly into the series portal.

Published on Apr 18, 2026

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Part 4

Your First Auto Save

Your First Auto Save

Keep your first persisted player profile fast at runtime with IAutosaveService<T>, dirty tracking, and disconnect flushes.

Published on Apr 19, 2026

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Part 5

Your First Regen System

Your First Regen System

Add synced HP, SP, and MP values to your player prefab and regenerate them over time with an Altruist engine cycle.

Published on Apr 20, 2026

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Part 6

Your First AI

Your First AI

Add your first state-driven NPC behavior to the multiplayer project with AIBehavior, AIState, and a simple patrol-to-chase loop.

Published on Apr 21, 2026

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Part 7

Your First Visibility

Your First Visibility

Add interest management to the series project so players only receive nearby entities, with clean spawn and remove packet hooks.

Published on Apr 22, 2026

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Part 8

Your First Combat

Your First Combat

Add your first authoritative hits with ICombatEntity, ICombatService, and a small attack gate that broadcasts damage back to the world.

Published on Apr 24, 2026

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Part 9

Your First Quest

Your First Quest

Build your first working quest with QuestRuntime<TContext>, a vault-backed state store, requirement evaluation, and combat kill hooks.

Published on Apr 25, 2026

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