Rumpetroll

[Chris]

I'm pretty sure a few of you guys would have already come across this, it shows how much faster WebSockets are going to make everything.
Can't wait till the Christmas holiday. I'm going to get my hands dirty with some of this stuff.

http://rumpetroll.com/

You get to chat and swim about as what's supposed to be a tadpole, looks more like sperm to me. It's really exciting to see proper use being made of canvas, CSS 3 and JavaScript. They use WebSockets to keep a continuous connection to the server, allowing up to 5 updates per second. The future of browser games is on its way. I just don't want to know their hosting bill at the end of the year

PS. I recommend you download Opera 11.

[Jackolantern]

Very neat! I think Flash is in some trouble as far as web games go. And I can't wait to tear into some web sockets myself. It could make nearly real-time MMOs a reality.

[kaos78414]

God this is awesome. I should dive head in on this. By the time I have a good RC for my PBBG, this will be standard in all browsers except IE.

So it's making use of canvas, CSS3 and Javascript huh? I need to get to work on learning HTML5, I feel like I'm lagging behind.

[Chris]

God this is awesome. I should dive head in on this. By the time I have a good RC for my PBBG, this will be standard in all browsers except IE.

So it's making use of canvas, CSS3 and Javascript huh? I need to get to work on learning HTML5, I feel like I'm lagging behind.

IE9 are going to support the lot of this they say. And it's much more than just some simple JavaScript. It's got a whole back-end in Ruby which makes the servers fast enough to have smooth multilayer game play.

[kaos78414]

I've been sort of wanting to delve into Ruby. If nothing else I just need to expand my horizons as a programmer. I wonder if I'll like it better as a bare language or with Rails to support it. Do you know of anything similar to XAMPP to get Ruby running on my local server?

[Jackolantern]

I tried to take a look into Ruby, but the syntax makes me want to cry Why, ruby, why?!

[sdevaney]

I tried to take a look into Ruby, but the syntax makes me want to cry Why, ruby, why?!

hahahaha I had that exact experience just a few days ago.

[Jackolantern]

I am just not a Perl fan, and Ruby seems very Perl-like. But then again, I am biased towards C-style languages such as C++, PHP, Javascript, Java, C#, etc. It is very difficult and disorienting for me to try to code in a different syntactic style.

[kaos78414]

Anyone willing to help me write a websockets server that works with codeigniter?