Custom Round Logic Using Verse

In racing games, it's common for players to have a different start position based on how well they performed in a previous round. It encourages players to finish the race quickly even when they aren’t in first place so they start ahead of the other players.

To accomplish this, the game needs to know what round the players are currently in and the racer finish order must persist across all the rounds – but not across all game sessions. A session weak map variable in Verse resets its data every round, so this round information has to be stored with each player, using a player weak map variable, and reset after the game ends.

Currently, a project can only have up to two player weak map variables. If your project already has a player weak map variable, it’s a good idea to have the second one record the round information to differentiate the data that should always persist from the data that you’ll reset after the game ends or a player leaves the session.

It's also important to know what round the players are currently on to apply round-specific logic and reset the round info on the last round. There’s currently no API for getting the current round, so this information needs to be recorded in the persistable data for each player as well.