Re: [Plib-devel] Re: KobayashiMaru & plib

[Alexander R. <a_r...@in...>]

Hi,

Sam Stickland wrote:
> 
> I'm working on a similar game to KobayashiMaru myself, but I understand the technical challenges involved and I don't expect to ever
> fully complete the project.

I'd really would like to see more of your project - but I have to get it
running first on my system before I can start contributing :-)

> I'm tackling it in stages, creating the neccessary technology at each stage to

Like me.

> complete those goals.  So to begin with I have a
> straight up space-shooter (and this has taken me long enough! :).

Like me.

> I'm currently in the process of taking the network code from this and rewriting it into a separate generic library (something I
> should had done from the start, but hey, we live and learn).  The network library (to my surprise), is turning out to be quite
> 
> The network library shields all the nasty dead-reckoning, time-sync, latency and path extropolation problems at it's highest level.

My game is designed - in the back of my head - to be net/multiplayer.
At present, you won't find anything in the code, but it can be easily
put in.

But I have never opened a socket myself, so I'd really like not to use
the
libc-functions directly, but rather use a network library that does all
the stuff I don't know about (yet).

> This isn't fantasy.  I have this code base working, and I'll have small programs to demonstrate the library ready in the coming
> months (starting with network Pong! and getting more complex).

So, I'd really probably like to use your network-code, or ACE, or
whatever, as
long as it's easy-to-use.
Just gimme.

> Now, this is only a very tiny part of what a game like KobayashiMaru would need to achieve - and this has taken me 18 months to get
> this far. :)

EEEK!

> When the network library is fully debugged, I plan on adding a basic trading mechanism to SpaceThing - and the amount of spare time

This is something I wouldn't want to do for KobayashiMaru, cause I don't
like
that trading stuff, but I wouldn't mind if someone else would program it
(optionally).

Even better - keep the trading stuff separated from the space
fight/flight stuff,
and maybe I could simply put that in my game, too.

> I have at the moment (maybe I'll have to stay in more), this will be a while.  After that I need to add a persistant database to the
> server-side of the network library.  God knows how long that will take!
> 
> >From my point of view it's a bit of fun, and I get nice side programs at every stage - even it is shitty Pong! :)

Show me!


Alex


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