Re: [NewIO-developers] Hello

[Jason R. <ja...@ne...>]

Ill write some docs
Guve me a few weeks
Busy with personal stuff lately

On 11/3/08, Olli Aalto <oa...@gm...> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Chris Nystrom <cny...@gm...> wrote:
>> I think the big advantage of using NewIO with games is that you would
>> only have to write the game once, and then it would be compatible on
>> all of the major platforms (linux, OSX, and windows).
>>
>
> Yes, plus updating the game would be a simple matter.
>
>> There also might be some advantages in a client/server type setup
>> since NewIO basically handles all of the client/server part for you.
>>
>
> It would be perfect for network-aware games and features, everything
> from scoreboards to fullblown deathmatch games.
>
>>> Something like that might interest me. Would make a nice little
>>> problem to tackle.
>>
>> I have not done a lot of OpenGL programming but it looks like it might
>> be as simple copy the OpenGL api, and then just send the calls over
>> the net to the NewIO client. That is more or less how it is currently
>> done, except that SDL is used instead of OpenGL.
>>
>
> I'll need lots of information for this. For example:
> How does the client know which function to call? How does the protocol work?
>
> So before starting to do anything about it, more work should be done
> on the documentation front.
>
>>> But first I'd like to see a definite plan for the
>>> future. How the project can be made to interest other people. Polish
>>> the website and documentation as well as the code. And I'm willing to
>>> help on that too. Fo example I could write about what I feel a areas
>>> that need attention and fixing.
>>
>> That would be great. I agree that pretty much everything needs some
>> polish. I would be interested to hear what you think needs to be done,
>> and what the priorities are for those tasks.
>>
>
> Documentation is king. No question about it. Examples are good to have
> too, but you can have fewer of them because you can cover more stuff
> in just one example.
>
> Also I would split the nio_lib.h header into smaller pieces, for example.
>
>>> Actually I could start now with one
>>> thing; the irc server wasn't responding. :) You could think switching
>>> to freenode.org, if hosting the irc server is something that you don't
>>> have time and/or interest. E-mail is all well and good but it's easier
>>> to converse in irc.
>>
>> Jason set that up. I went on the server, but I was unable to locate
>> the startup script. It is apparently not in /etc/init.d. I could
>> probably install a new server if that is a priority, or we could go
>> with freenode.org.
>>
>> Probably just instant messaging with gtalk will work for now, but
>> having an IRC channel might help with the publicity angle. Now that I
>> think about it, maybe freenode.org is the way to go as that might be
>> the best way from a publicity angle.
>>
>
> A lot of projects use freenode, so that's a quite a safe bet.
>
>>> Let me know what you think.
>>
>> Good idea. I think the first thing I am going to do is use the above
>> book to come up with a todo list.
>>
>
> That's a good start. Let me know when you have a list, I'll give more
> feedback then. Also we can check if there is something I can do also.
>
> O.
>
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