Hi,

I'm about to start to implement a simple testable MMO but I do not have all the design nailed down, so with that said, I'm going to approach this one by writing bits-n-pieces of code that can be wrapped by test harnesses, what that means basically I can run validation and performance testing on these pieces of code.

The test environment is a side scroller, the client code is taken from MelonJS ( http://melonjs.org/ ) and the server is the one I wrote using C++, IOCP, threads.

What I have so far:

1) Client Timer: located in https://github.com/MagnusTiberius/iocphttpd/blob/master/wwwmelonJS-2.0.x/examples/platformer/js/game.js specifically, line number 110.

2) Server Code: located in file https://github.com/MagnusTiberius/iocphttpd/blob/master/melonjs/IocpHttpd.cpp line 85.

What it is currently doing:

1) The client timer fires and sends a post to the HTTP server.

2) The server returns a JSON object.

What I'd like to do:

1) Setup the client so that it is able to create the world when it gets the WorldReplicate() event.

2) For each timer tick event, the client would send a post and receive a parse tree containing all the objects within the World.

3) The parse tree is decorated in part by a decorator object whose job is to decorate the nodes that have updated attributes in there.

4) For the test, I'm going to use two seconds as a tick.

I'd like to hear about your thoughts and suggestions. I'll start writing the WorldReplicate() event soon.

Thanks!

Why aren't you using the multiplayer library WalkerRoad?

Why aren't you using the multiplayer library WalkerRoad?

WalkerRoad will require a non-browser client which I don't have right now. I'm still looking for a simple 2D/3D client that can be used as an example.

In the meantime, I will have to use MelonJS because they provided a platformer demo which I can use and modify.

I also added the gamelib project in there as well, I'll be developing on that API adding the browser game environment in there.