Short Description:
Developed a robust multiplayer pause system and an in-game voting system to enhance player control and social interaction.

What I Did / How I Did It:

• Implemented a global game state manager in Unity with C# to pause all player and AI actions.

• Created a server-client voting system: players vote on decisions; server calculates results and broadcasts to all clients.

• Designed gameplay logic to integrate voting results, including pausing rounds and syncing states.

Why I Did It This Way:

• Global pause ensures no desync between clients, better than pausing individual player scripts.

• Server-side vote calculation prevents cheating and ensures fairness.

• Using C# + Unity networking was the most stable approach for real-time updates.

Challenges / Lessons Learned:

• Initially, only individual player data was tracked locally, causing inconsistencies between players.

• Solved the issue by properly syncing all relevant player states across clients.

• Learned to manage global game states in multiplayer to ensure consistent gameplay.

• Future improvements: implement round preparation timer and optional in-game chat for coordination.