There is a project that aims to create a free Ultima Online/Everquest-like
server called World Forge (www.worldforge.org).

They have a number of clients written in a variety of languages...I think
the "goal" is to have a server that can have it's world rendered isometric
(UO style) or 3D (Everquest-style).  It might be an interesting project
to create a client in Squeak...the spec is totally open, unlike UO and
EQ.


On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 07:32:05PM +0200, Stefan Matthias Aust wrote:
> At 05:09 19.08.01 -0700, Lawson English wrote:
> >For my son's birthday I bought him a 6-month subscription to the EverQuest 
> >online adventure game. If you haven't played it, then I suggest that you 
> >obtain a copy and try it
> 
> Sounds like the father who buys his newborn child an electric model train :-)
> 
> I never played EverQuest or Ultima Online or any other graphical MUD, but I 
> know the old MUDs, am an enthusiastic fantasy role player, and can 
> therefore perhaps imaging that this kind of game as a high coolness factor.
> 
> Actually, I'm playing with the idea to create such kind of game (perhaps 
> with a much smaller scale) on my own for a long time now some of my friends 
> would love the idea to flesh out and build a fantasy world and/or play such 
> a game, but they lack the skill to program such a system.
> 
> If you were suggesting to create a EverQuest client in Squeak, that would 
> be illegal, I think, but if you think about creating a whole client/server 
> system, let's continue to talk about that :-)
> 
> I admit, for various reasons I thought about writing such an environment in 
> Java, actually, writing a Self-like language in Java which then would be 
> the language to code the world in.  But Squeak might be an alternative, at 
> least for a prototype.
> 
> >In addition to the "wow" factor of letting every kid host his/her own baby 
> >graphical MUD, a Squeak-based implementation would allow all sorts of 
> >collaboration between researchers, teachers, students, etc. Sorta a 
> >graphical realtime Swiki.
> 
> Sure, gaming is just one aspect of such a virtual universe.
> 
> Perhaps, this will also fit somewhere in the strategy of Squeakland?  I 
> don't know.
> 
> 
> bye
> --
> Stefan Matthias Aust \\ Truth Until Paradox
> 
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