Re: [sfbol-planning] Continuing with Research

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On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Devlyn Davis wrote:

> I've been continuing to research other games to find
> out what I like/don't like about the way they've
> implemented the various parts of their systems.  I've
> listed a few in previous posts that I felt warranted
> looking at, because for some reason or another I was
> impressed with something they did.

This is a great idea.  It's always a good idea to not work in a vacuum.

> 
> The next phase of my research will be to find an
> online game that I can run on my own server.  A few
> examples of the games I've been looking at are Empire,
> Stars! and World Conquest.  There are others, and some
> allow you to run your own server and others do not. 
> I'll find one I like and set it up within the next few
> weeks or so.  Most of these games are not really
> analogous to SFB because they are not wargames, per
> se.  They are more like on-going strategy games. 
> However, I want to get a feel for how to set up the
> software and maintain the games.  I think this will
> enable to to gain some insight into what works/doesn't
> work with a client/server game.

FreeCiv comes with most Linux distros.  It is a client server game where you can run your own server.  Quake III Arena also let's you run your own server.  IIRC, FreeCiv is a strategy game, but I can't remember if it's turn-based or RTS.  Quake, of course, is a FPS.

> 
> By listing the games I've been looking into, I'm not
> trying to push the development of SBOL in any
> particular direction, I'm just trying to develop an
> idea of what has already been done so I can discuss
> /evaluate designs for SBOL more intelligently.  

I think this is terrific.  Definitely a worthwhile pursuit.  I tend to get caught up in the technical details.
> 
> -Dev
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