November 2008

• The Future of Quests cruise
• • The Future of Quests Siege)
  • • The Future of Quests Threshold
    • • The Future of Quests Amanda Walker
  • The Future of Quests Marc Bowden
  • • The Future of Quests cruise
  • The Future of Quests John Buehler
  • • The Future of Quests Paolo Piselli
    • • The Future of Quests cruise
      • • The Future of Quests cruise
        • • The Future of Quests John Buehler
          • The Future of Quests Tom Hudson
    • The Future of Quests Aurel
  • The Future of Quests Robert Flesch
  • The Future of Quests Nabil Maynard
  • The Future of Quests Ricky C
  • • The Future of Quests Christopher Lloyd
    • The Future of Quests cruise
    • • The Future of Quests John Buehler
      • The Future of Quests GAMES)
      • • The Future of Quests John Buehler
        • • The Future of Quests GAMES)
          • • The Future of Quests John Buehler
        • The Future of Quests Mike Sellers
        • • The Future of Quests Michael Hartman
          • • The Future of Quests Lachek Butalek
            • • The Future of Quests Threshold
              • The Future of Quests Damion Schubert
            • The Future of Quests GAMES)
            • • The Future of Quests Morris Cox
              • • The Future of Quests Threshold
                • • The Future of Quests Siege)
              • The Future of Quests Threshold
              • • The historical significance of MUDs Threshold
          • The Future of Quests Damion Schubert
          • • Players are shallow [was: The Future of Quests] Mike Rozak
            • The Future of Quests Mike Sellers
    • The Future of Quests Damion Schubert
    • • The Future of Quests Mike Sellers
  • The Future of Quests Lachek Butalek
• [Engines] A suitable 2D engine for a virtual world. Sebastian Anthony
  After putting a lot of work into the design of a game, it?s now time to look
  at implementing it.
  
  
  
  Without going into specifics, it?ll be a virtual world, with multiple large
  zones (cities).
  
  
  
  It?ll be mostly a solo project, with perhaps a few outsiders brought in to
  create resources for the game.
  
  
  
  So, I?m looking for some kind of engine or framework that allows
  network-based games to be quickly created.
  
  
  
  I am open to Flash frameworks, or something in C# or C++.
  
  
  
  Obviously something free/cheap would be desirable for such a project, but if
  there is a stand-out engine/framework that?s costly, I?d like to know about
  it.
  
  
  
  Secondary concerns ? an engine that can be scripted with something like
  Python would be nice. I don?t really want to program an entire world in
  Action Script.
  
  
  
  The world I have in mind features a lot of politics/business, with not much
  actual ?interaction? with the world. It could be implemented using some kind
  of Web/HTTP interface too, but for the time being I?d like to look at
  possible 2D engines. A lot of the player?s input would simply be through
  typing in numbers, agreeing to things in dialogue boxes... that kind of
  thing.
  
  
  
  I assume a lot of those free/cheap 2D and 2?D games use something similar to
  what I?m asking for.
  
  
  
  Cheers,
  
  -S
• • [Engines] A suitable 2D engine for a virtual world. cruise
• [Engines] A suitable 2D engine for a virtual world. Mr Seb
• • [Engines] A suitable 2D engine for a virtual world. Daniel James
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