on 8/19/01 1:00 PM, Kevin Fisher at kgf at golden.net wrote:

> 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.

Thanks for the pointer. It would be interesting to see if a Squeak-based
version of World Forge *server* could be made. Making such a beast work AND
making it work fast enough for a commercial-quality game would tax the
design philosophy of Squeak, Modular Squeak and the native code interface, I
think...



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