chatterbox VS steamworks.gml

If chatterbox is not what you want, then https://cactus.chat/ could easily be modified to do the same

You can host chatterbox yourself too - it’s apache licensed FOSS (https://github.com/vector-im/chatterbox).

Basically what the title says. I know that there is YALs dll, but it doesn't work anymore with the newer versions of gamemaker. [1] [2]

To add to that: When Yoyo releases the Steamworks extension and it is still missing some features (like networking, lobbies, matchmaking) then I recommend YellowAfterLife's Steamworks Extension and the accompanying example project.

Choose your platform. I chose to use YellowAfterlife's Steamworks.gml wrapper. It locks me into the Steam platform and porting the game to another console or platform would require a ton of work. On the plus side, Steam handles a lot of the networking (inviting friends, creating lobbies, etc) for me, and it requires minimal effort from the player. You can, of course, choose a more universal approach that uses sockets and IP addresses, but that often requires the player making modifications to their router's firewall, trusting apps from unknown developers, exchanging IP addresses, etc. Steam uses UDP hole punching, so as long as you're playing with other Steam players, there's way less friction.

Thank you! The online works with YAL's marvelous steamworks extension :) (and with a lot of sweat and pain, but that's another story) https://github.com/YAL-GameMaker/steamworks.gml