Show HN: We built real MMO Asteroids • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: We built real MMO Asteroids

#31

Post by forza » Tue, Apr 10, 2012, 12:52 AM UTC

God mode: "Game.ship.collision = function() {}"

Also "Game.lives = 1000;" and "Game.score = 1000; updateScore();" etc.

Re: Show HN: We built real MMO Asteroids

#32

Post by sciurus » Tue, Apr 10, 2012, 12:52 AM UTC

mayop100 wrote: post #8

joncalhoun wrote: post #7

Is there anyway to make sure you start with specific people? Awesome job on the game :)

No, it just randomly assigns them right now...

It seems to have randomly assigned me to a game with no other players. (Or maybe there really are no other players?)

Re: Show HN: We built real MMO Asteroids

#33

Post by felixchan » Tue, Apr 10, 2012, 12:59 AM UTC

Awesome! I've been using Firebase for a while now and this further proves that it has so much potential! Every day I see more and more apps being built on it.

Re: Show HN: We built real MMO Asteroids

#34

Post by minikomi » Tue, Apr 10, 2012, 1:20 AM UTC

forza wrote: post #31

God mode: "Game.ship.collision = function() {}" Also "Game.lives = 1000;" and "Game.score = 1000; updateScore();" etc.

Game.ship.scale = 10;

Re: Show HN: We built real MMO Asteroids

#35

Post by muyuu » Tue, Apr 10, 2012, 1:24 AM UTC

xianshou wrote: post #25

I discovered this one last week, and I personally prefer it: http://seb.ly/demos/MMOsteroids.html

Yep it's easy not to have any lag when there are no actual connections to other users.

All that is running locally in your browser.

Re: Show HN: We built real MMO Asteroids

#36

Post by crux_ » Tue, Apr 10, 2012, 1:34 AM UTC

justjimmy wrote: post #5

Cool job! I wish there some an MMO that's like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SubSpace_(video_game) Good times…

.... looking for http://getcontinuum.com? :)

Re: Show HN: We built real MMO Asteroids

#37

Post by mayop100 » Tue, Apr 10, 2012, 1:39 AM UTC

minikomi wrote: post #34

forza wrote: post #31

God mode: "Game.ship.collision = function() {}" Also "Game.lives = 1000;" and "Game.score = 1000; updateScore();" etc.

Game.ship.scale = 10;

hah. very nice! Figures HN'ers would find this immediately.

Re: Show HN: We built real MMO Asteroids

#38

Post by StavrosK » Tue, Apr 10, 2012, 1:49 AM UTC

jhickner wrote: post #23

jaredsohn wrote: post #12

The problem with calling this Asteroids is that there are no asteroids. :) This reminds me more of an old DOS shareware game called Spacewar ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY5qHe2VadA ), which was also multi-player although that game also allowed turning on gravity and warping (I see a comment mentioning warping in this game but I don't see it in the command list.) This was one of my (and my friends') favorite smal…

There was another one called Subspace (now Continuum) http://www.getcontinuum.com/ . I loved the early days of that game. 1997-ish.

Oh man, I remember finding the client on a CD around '97. I had no internet, but I roamed those corridors alone for hours... Those were the days.

Re: Show HN: We built real MMO Asteroids

#39

Post by asynchronous13 » Tue, Apr 10, 2012, 1:56 AM UTC

jhickner wrote: post #23

jaredsohn wrote: post #12

The problem with calling this Asteroids is that there are no asteroids. :) This reminds me more of an old DOS shareware game called Spacewar ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY5qHe2VadA ), which was also multi-player although that game also allowed turning on gravity and warping (I see a comment mentioning warping in this game but I don't see it in the command list.) This was one of my (and my friends') favorite smal…

There was another one called Subspace (now Continuum) http://www.getcontinuum.com/ . I loved the early days of that game. 1997-ish.

I thought you meant the 1987-ish mac game called Continuum.

http://www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/various/continuum/index.h...

http://www.ski-epic.com/continuum_downloads/index.html

Re: Show HN: We built real MMO Asteroids

#40

Post by epicureanideal » Tue, Apr 10, 2012, 2:00 AM UTC

Seems like I keep getting destroyed without even seeing anyone collide with me or shoot me. Maybe due to some hack?