My girlfriend and I have connected onto the same lobby, but when we try to start a game, neither of us succeed. We both get the same result, we select ourselves as players and try to start game but neither screen shows the game.
*Update*
My girlfriend hosted the game and selected block new game, preventing us from starting a new game.
Re: Network Game Problems
Network support was rather primitive, as I was learning while coding. The "block new game" feature was added as a simple way to prevent people from joining your game and resetting it (accidentally or on purpose), since the server does not distinguish among clients.