[Arianne-general] About Section for RPManager

[Brian R. <bri...@ya...>]

Here's my About section for the RPManger.  I wrote it
in plain text so that the web site guys can make it
look pretty however they want :-)

Start About section here:

               The RPManger (Role Playing Manager)

Overveiw

The RPManager is the portion of the server that
handles any action that a character or NPC does.  It
will look at all the involved objects in the Arianne
world and decide on the result of that action.

Goals

The RPManger needs to be as flexible as possible. 
This is because many people who play Arianne may want
to submit new rules, or objects, or spells, maps, etc.
 If we make it so anyone can add to the richness of
Arianne then we will all have a much better time
playing in the Arianne world!

Technical Aspects

Actions:  Actions can be done by anthing in Arianne. 
They can be done by Characters, NPCs, dogs, birds,
etc.  An Action is a encoded by Arianne like this:

	<Action> 
	   <source> me </source> 
	   <type> attack </type>
	   <destination> you </destination>
	   <params> Really, really, hard </params>
	</Action>

Something like that would be sent to the server if you
tried to attack me in the game.

Rules:  Rules in the Arianne system are coded in
scripting languages.  For now we only support Python,
but we hope to expand that to new languages in the
future.  So if you know Python, and have an idea for a
cool rule please talk to us.  We'd love to see your
rule in the game!

Perceptions: Arianne will support a wide variety of
perceptions.  We will support smell, magical auras,
clairvoyance, etc.  This system is ground breaking in
the world of RPGs!

Notes:

The artificial intellegence (AI) system in Arianne
ties in closely to the RPManager.  We plan on having
highly advanced AI.  Our NPCs will be able to make
plans and carry them out, even contract you to help
them accomplish their goals!  See the AI section for
more details.

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"Teach a man to make fire, and he will be warm for a day
Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life."
        - John Hrastar

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