write "5 alien species" on the box, and then let the others be a surprise.
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 12:02 AM, Stephan Bruny <the.deathg...@googlemail.com> wrote: > As far as we know we are the only intelligent (whatever this means) species > in our galaxy, that is much bigger than 8000 lightyears (it's 100,000ly to > 120,000ly according to my astronomy book). > So I think 5 species in one little dwarf-galaxy is a lot! > > Am Sonntag, 29. Juli 2012 19:02:51 UTC+2 schrieb Dominic: >> >> the only thing crazy about this idea is the low number of alien >> species, I mean, >> only 5 across 8000 light years? >> >> On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 6:52 AM, Robert L <blk.rab2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hi, everybody >> > >> > I'm developing a NodeJS addon which is target as a high concurrency tcp >> > ipv4/v6 server. >> > I use pthread and epoll to implement the framework, and the performance >> > seens very good. >> > Maybe I will announce it in days, and its already months of work. >> > I want to add support of client connection ability to it before the >> > announce. >> > >> > After that, I plan to add a serviceHandler method(in c/c++ addon way), >> > for >> > people using it, to implement their protocol/service of their usage. >> > And it can run on pthread, although performance gain by pthread is not >> > very >> > good, but it still works. >> > >> > I would like to know how many concurrency connections and requests per >> > second do people expect? and for a mmo server? >> > There is people claim to achieve 140k requests/sec, is it good enough? >> > >> > Thanks >> > >> > *This is my first post here :) >> > >> > >> > Stephan Bruny於 2012年7月27日星期五UTC+8下午3時38分49秒寫道： >> >> >> >> Lua is as capable as any other language ;) >> >> And yes, it is faster when it comes to matrices because of its well >> >> designed table-approach. >> >> But it suffers from the same limitations as all dynamic languages do. >> >> Doing all the calculations within Redis wouldn't speed up the system. >> >> BUt >> >> it's a nice idea for another project, to make a completely data-driven >> >> game >> >> that is calculated on the database... >> >> >> >> My idea so far is NodeJS doing all I/O-Stuff from/to the clients. This >> >> will be fast as hell. >> >> The procedural algorithm that calculates the galaxys geometry and >> >> physics >> >> will be running in another C-Process that can emit events. >> >> So Node will contain Networking-Routines and Game Logic. >> >> >> >> In an MVC (that I might choose for architecture) context Node would >> >> represent models and controllers. >> >> The C-Process would be a special model bound to the workflows within >> >> the >> >> Node-Application, and the client contains views only. >> >> >> >> I'm not sure about the design of the C-Process - wether it's a library >> >> running it's own thread or and independent program communicating via >> >> binary >> >> protocoll or even another server? >> >> I like to keep things as simple as possible and as small as possible. >> >> So a >> >> simple (threaded) C-Library would be my favourite choice. >> >> >> >> The next problem is the galaxy-algorithm itself. It will include >> >> techniques like Octrees, Level Of Detail, Cellurar Noise and Perlin >> >> Noise. >> >> Alltogether mixed up with phyical, chemical and other parameters. >> >> >> >> So I guess my math teacher was right when he said, I will regret >> >> quitting >> >> so many math-classes :-D >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Friday, July 27, 2012 4:24:03 AM UTC+2, Johnny Honestly wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Is Lua capable of this? If so you can stream between Node.js and >> >>> Redis, >> >>> which has Lua scripting built in, and run your scripts right on your >> >>> data. >> >>> >> >>> Curiously, the site says your scripts shouldn't be functions tho >> >>> http://redis.io/commands/eval >> >>> >> >>> Is this your side project? >> >>> >> >>> On Wednesday, July 25, 2012 12:26:56 PM UTC-7, Stephan Bruny wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> If you don't call me crazy then you are! >> >>>> Some years ago I've been a game developer (NDS, PC, XBOX 360) but now >> >>>> I >> >>>> earn my bucks with web development like most of us I guess? >> >>>> I used NodeJS for middleware, small websites and applications within >> >>>> service-environments and it always proofed to be blazing fast. >> >>>> >> >>>> But now comes the time to make a game again. A real huge thing. An I >> >>>> mean huge ;) >> >>>> Maybe some of you know what I mean when I say "Shores of Hazeron". >> >>>> It's a mixture between (MMO)RPG, simulation and strategy within a >> >>>> whole >> >>>> galaxy that is simulated on the server side. >> >>>> >> >>>> To make a short version of my idea: >> >>>> The game simulates an entire dwarf-galaxy (about 8000 light years) >> >>>> where >> >>>> we put like 5 alien races. >> >>>> The player has a lot of crafting abilities, can build houses, invent >> >>>> technology, etc. to finally build a rocket flying to the moon(s) >> >>>> orbiting >> >>>> his home world. >> >>>> The player's race might colonize it's solar system and head for >> >>>> intergalactic travelling and maybe meet one of the other races...and >> >>>> then...phew phew phew. ;) >> >>>> >> >>>> You might expect a game design document, but I'm working as a product >> >>>> manager within an agile team, and I'd say, as long as I don't need to >> >>>> sell >> >>>> something to a publisher, I can keep it agile from the idea to the >> >>>> implementation. >> >>>> >> >>>> Technically there are some hard rocks to break. >> >>>> Rendering a galaxy from the thousands of lightyears down to the >> >>>> insects >> >>>> on a little plant is a very tough task. >> >>>> Using procedural algorithms is the way to go (using a highly modified >> >>>> version of a noise algorithm). And this technique is pretty much 1984 >> >>>> - >> >>>> implemented in the game Elite. >> >>>> But procedural algorithms might also be a problem within NodeJS >> >>>> because >> >>>> of blocking? >> >>>> It would also be very interesting to have a RESTful interface for the >> >>>> client side. >> >>>> A blazing fast storage system is also needed. I wanted to use Redis >> >>>> for >> >>>> this. But maybe there is something more JS-Like? >> >>>> >> >>>> I know there are some demos around there with similar ideas (like the >> >>>> infinity space game). But it's not exactly what I want, because I >> >>>> really >> >>>> never care about graphics, but about game play. >> >>>> And I want to make a game where the player is pretty free, never >> >>>> bored >> >>>> and where the game changes according to the actions of its players. >> >>>> >> >>>> I'd like to hear your suggestions. (But please don't tell me that it >> >>>> will be hard or impossible - it never is impossible, but always hard, >> >>>> I know >> >>>> that :-D) >> >>>> Maybe you might even like to join me and support the game with your >> >>>> ideas and/or your coding abilities. >> >>>> We'd open up a forum or something for communication and project >> >>>> management maybe. >> > >> > -- >> > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> > Posting guidelines: >> > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "nodejs" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. 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