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I am sure most have you have played Mozilla's open source Browser Quest.
http://browserquest.mozilla.org/

I downloaded the source and got the server and client running on my localhost. Was excited but then came to the map. Oh god it is setup so stupid..why oh why would you use tile editor then create a in house exporter to make map changes a royal pain in the arse!

I think I heard that Browser Quest also puts too much trust in the client, but I am not positive about that, though. I have had interest in looking at it.

I have played it a couple times, but hadn't looked at the source yet. If nothing else, it could serve as a good starting point for a game.

Maybe someone should do a video tutorial on setting up a good stripped-down version of it and getting it ready for use...

There is no stripping it down. It is like trying to strip down a parachute. Snip once strip and the whole thing goes down. At least what I have seen so far, I have not delved into it much. I stopped as I got a strange offer to build some Android tablet apps and get showcased. Looking into details then will get back on browser quest.

hallsofvallhalla wrote:I got a strange offer to build some Android tablet apps and get showcased.

Wow, nice! Good luck with that!!

Yeah, very cool offer!

And I hear you about the BQ thing. The little bit I looked at it (trying to solve my problem here), it looked highly coupled. It almost seems like it would be hard to even extend.

Got to digging back into this again and realized by the time I learn the source enough to make serious modifications I could just build my own server. The server is actually much like what I already have as well. So going leave this alone and work on my own creation.

hallsofvallhalla wrote:Got to digging back into this again and realized by the time I learn the source enough to make serious modifications I could just build my own server. The server is actually much like what I already have as well. So going leave this alone and work on my own creation.

Isn't that always the case Halls? Once you end up looking through enough of the stuff out there, the time it would take to figure out the source would be better spent on coding.

Funny how that is.

Yep, I put together the multiplayer on Planetary wars in 2 hours. Would have took me days to convert the browser quest stuff.

But, looking at other code definitely can help you out. I just wish I had more time to dedicate to coding and what not. What little I have is usually towards enjoying a good game or so.