🎮 Gaming · State Machine
Multiplayer Game Session States
The states of an online match on a game server: lobby, loading, in progress, pauses, reconnects and results.
Drawing diagram…
What this diagram shows
- Match starts only when all players have loaded
- Disconnected players get a window to reconnect
- Results are submitted before the server shuts down
Prompt used
State machine for a multiplayer game session: Allocated, Lobby waiting for players, Loading, Countdown, In Progress. A disconnected player causes Waiting For Reconnect (90 seconds); if they return the match resumes, otherwise a bot replaces them. Match end moves to Results, Submitting Results to the backend, then Shutdown. If too few players load the match is Cancelled.
Mermaid code
stateDiagram-v2 [*] --> Allocated Allocated --> Lobby Lobby --> Loading: All players joined Lobby --> Cancelled: Timeout, too few players Loading --> Countdown: All loaded Countdown --> InProgress InProgress --> WaitingForReconnect: Player disconnected WaitingForReconnect --> InProgress: Reconnected WaitingForReconnect --> InProgress: 90s passed, bot replaces InProgress --> Results: Match ends Results --> SubmittingResults SubmittingResults --> Shutdown Cancelled --> Shutdown Shutdown --> [*]
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