Multiplayer
Multiplayer, along with single player, comprise the two modes that The Blockheads can be played in. Multiplayer allows players to play with other players on worlds. On iOS, there are two ways to play with others: Local Network and Online Server. On Android, only Online Server is available.
Local Network
In version 1.3 and later, Local Network can be used to allow up to five other players to play with other players on single-player worlds on the same network connection. It also allows devices to join locally hosted server worlds. It does not support voice chat, but does support text chat. The devices may use the same Game Center account, but must specify different nicknames when hosting and joining. Local network multiplayer is not available on Android, but locally-hosted worlds may be joined on an Android device using Online Server.
Online Server
- See also: Server
In version 1.3 and later, Online Server can be used to connect to any Blockheads server. It allows up to 32 players (16 on cloud servers and most Blockserver servers) to play at once. It requires the server's IP or domain and server port to connect. Nicknames and avatars can be chosen at the server connect menu. The connection option may be used to connect to locally-hosted worlds as well. Starting in version 1.5, cloud servers can also be created from a device and are hosted in the cloud.
Servers can be hosted using the Mac server app.
Trivia
- Before version 1.5, a third-party service known as BlockServer could also be used to allow players to host servers.
- BlockServer was discontinued after version 1.6, and all existing worlds were either deleted or manually migrated to the cloud by the owner.
- Android devices with the same version of The Blockheads as an iOS device could join a locally hosted world run by iOS by using the local IP of the iOS device and the default port. They could connect to the server by using the IP/Port section in the Advanced... section of the Multiplayer menu.