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Great! It's html5/ canvas/ JavaScript/ ImpactJS/ websockets, on server nodejs and mongodb.

by j_philipp 12y ago

Sosh101 12y ago
[Other dev here] - Also redis, haproxy.
daddykotex 12y ago
Really good job guys. How many hours have you spent on this? Is this an open-source project?
- Donzo 12y ago
  ImpactJS is not open source, but it is awesome. It's also not closed in the sense that you cannot hack the hell out of it once you buy a license. The closed part is just so that Dom gets his 99$ license fees (IMO a steal).
- j_philipp 12y ago
  Thanks! We worked on this for 2 years by now. One thing we pondered might be cool for the future is some kind of iframe-sandboxed JavaScript to add object functionality, but already you can add to the functionality using behavior scripts called Interactings. http://manyland.com/info-interacting http://manyland.com/info-interacting This is the way you can currently extend the logic, and we're setting most of our Interactings for tutorial purposes and such to 'clonable', meaning you can collect the object and adjust and copy its graphic & code. Take a look at some of the videos on the Interacting help page to get an idea, and please contact us if you have any questions or suggestions!
A_COMPUTER 12y ago
Would love to see a blog post about the server design.
MichaelGG 12y ago
How many lines of code of each, how many people, how much work on which parts? I dunno why, because I'm certain I've seen games like this somewhere, but this just seems really cool and sorta inspiring, along the lines of "hey, you can just write code and toss it in a browser and go". (Not to be rude; I'm sure it took a lot of effort.) This is one of the first times I've ever felt this way. Ever since '95, I've never been impressed with a web version of something, because usually it's a weak imitation of a native program. But this just feels like something different.
- j_philipp 12y ago
  We're a great community and 2 developers. A lot of work goes into the details (we must have spent over a day just tuning the jump, or the way chat words are floating and such, not to mention the whole architecture Scott has set up), as well as to adjust to what the community is asking for, and new needs we see. It won't surprise you that a lot of the work goes into making things mmo-compatible. JavaScript/ html5 has pros and cons but one thing that is fun is to be able to quickly release updates, sometimes several times over the course of a day, which will then instantly be visible to everyone in the world (and since we're using a browser wrapper for e.g. the iPad version, it will also be updated across devices).

Great! It's html5/ canvas/ JavaScript/ ImpactJS/ websockets, on server nodejs and mongodb.

Sosh101 12y ago

[Other dev here] - Also redis, haproxy.

daddykotex 12y ago

Really good job guys. How many hours have you spent on this? Is this an open-source project?

Donzo 12y ago
ImpactJS is not open source, but it is awesome. It's also not closed in the sense that you cannot hack the hell out of it once you buy a license. The closed part is just so that Dom gets his 99$ license fees (IMO a steal).
j_philipp 12y ago
Thanks! We worked on this for 2 years by now. One thing we pondered might be cool for the future is some kind of iframe-sandboxed JavaScript to add object functionality, but already you can add to the functionality using behavior scripts called Interactings. http://manyland.com/info-interacting http://manyland.com/info-interacting This is the way you can currently extend the logic, and we're setting most of our Interactings for tutorial purposes and such to 'clonable', meaning you can collect the object and adjust and copy its graphic & code. Take a look at some of the videos on the Interacting help page to get an idea, and please contact us if you have any questions or suggestions!

A_COMPUTER 12y ago

Would love to see a blog post about the server design.

MichaelGG 12y ago

How many lines of code of each, how many people, how much work on which parts? I dunno why, because I'm certain I've seen games like this somewhere, but this just seems really cool and sorta inspiring, along the lines of "hey, you can just write code and toss it in a browser and go". (Not to be rude; I'm sure it took a lot of effort.) This is one of the first times I've ever felt this way. Ever since '95, I've never been impressed with a web version of something, because usually it's a weak imitation of a native program. But this just feels like something different.

j_philipp 12y ago
We're a great community and 2 developers. A lot of work goes into the details (we must have spent over a day just tuning the jump, or the way chat words are floating and such, not to mention the whole architecture Scott has set up), as well as to adjust to what the community is asking for, and new needs we see. It won't surprise you that a lot of the work goes into making things mmo-compatible. JavaScript/ html5 has pros and cons but one thing that is fun is to be able to quickly release updates, sometimes several times over the course of a day, which will then instantly be visible to everyone in the world (and since we're using a browser wrapper for e.g. the iPad version, it will also be updated across devices).