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Screeps – An MMO strategy open world game for programmers

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Post by oneloop » Fri, Aug 07, 2015, 1:41 PM UTC

Screeps – An MMO strategy open world game for programmers
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Re: Screeps – An MMO strategy open world game for programmers

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Post by dan_blanchard » Fri, Aug 07, 2015, 2:14 PM UTC

This is a cool idea, but I can't imagine why you'd want to login via GitHub. They get read/write access to all your public and private repos.

Re: Screeps – An MMO strategy open world game for programmers

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Post by fortytw2 » Fri, Aug 07, 2015, 2:19 PM UTC

dan_blanchard wrote: post #2

This is a cool idea, but I can't imagine why you'd want to login via GitHub. They get read/write access to all your public and private repos.

And all your organizations public/private repos? Not sure why it needs that.

Anyways, the game looks awesome, I've been playing with a similar idea for a while on and off.

Re: Screeps – An MMO strategy open world game for programmers

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Post by sctb » Fri, Aug 07, 2015, 2:32 PM UTC

Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8599640

Re: Screeps – An MMO strategy open world game for programmers

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Post by deutronium » Fri, Aug 07, 2015, 2:35 PM UTC

Although not really similar this reminded me of Core War - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_War

Re: Screeps – An MMO strategy open world game for programmers

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Post by Anderkent » Fri, Aug 07, 2015, 2:36 PM UTC

Really needs tab completion in the editor :P

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Post by vyrotek » Fri, Aug 07, 2015, 2:38 PM UTC

Finally! It only took 5 years for someone to finally make it. - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1538171

Re: Screeps – An MMO strategy open world game for programmers

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Post by RadioactiveMan » Fri, Aug 07, 2015, 2:58 PM UTC

fortytw2 wrote: post #3

dan_blanchard wrote: post #2

This is a cool idea, but I can't imagine why you'd want to login via GitHub. They get read/write access to all your public and private repos.

And all your organizations public/private repos? Not sure why it needs that. Anyways, the game looks awesome, I've been playing with a similar idea for a while on and off.

It looks like you can commit code to the game by pointing it at a GitHub repository or other methods[1]. I couldn't find documentation on the GitHub integration but here's some people talking about it[2].

[1] http://support.screeps.com/hc/en-us/articles/203022512-Commi...

[2] http://support.screeps.com/hc/communities/public/questions/2...

Re: Screeps – An MMO strategy open world game for programmers

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Post by fortytw2 » Fri, Aug 07, 2015, 3:08 PM UTC

RadioactiveMan wrote: post #8

fortytw2 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And all your organizations public/private repos? Not sure why it needs that. Anyways, the game looks awesome, I've been playing with a similar idea for a while on and off.

It looks like you can commit code to the game by pointing it at a GitHub repository or other methods[1]. I couldn't find documentation on the GitHub integration but here's some people talking about it[2]. [1] http://support.screeps.com/hc/en-us/articles/203022512-Commi... [2] http://support.screeps.com/hc/communities/public/questions/2...

Ahh. Makes sense then - I wonder if GitHub allows granular permissions from OAuth requests?

Looks like they don't, unfortunately - https://developer.github.com/v3/oauth/#scopes

Re: Screeps – An MMO strategy open world game for programmers

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Post by thefreeman » Fri, Aug 07, 2015, 3:09 PM UTC

Pretty fun. I did experience an EXTREMELY frustrating issue though. I tried multiple times to complete the simulation. However, you really need to hijack the back button or at least the backspace key. Hitting the backspace key without selecting the code editing window immediately navigates you away from the simulation and forces you to start the entire thing over. Extremely frustrating to say the least, and it prevented me from finishing it.