SpaceTraders: A multiplayer game built on a free web API

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Post by akpa1 » Sun, May 07, 2023, 10:00 PM UTC

SpaceTraders: A multiplayer game built on a free web API
spacetraders.io

Re: SpaceTraders: A multiplayer game built on a free web API

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Post by goda90 » Mon, May 08, 2023, 4:18 AM UTC

Something that isn't clear to me is whether game state changes on its own between requests. Would taking a few minutes to hand craft a command have different results than if a script generated the same command instantly based on the last response?

Re: SpaceTraders: A multiplayer game built on a free web API

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Post by yawnxyz » Mon, May 08, 2023, 4:18 AM UTC

Wow this is so cool. Really stupid question but... is there a self-hosted single player we can just noodle around with?

Re: SpaceTraders: A multiplayer game built on a free web API

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Post by yawnxyz » Mon, May 08, 2023, 4:21 AM UTC

goda90 wrote: post #2

Something that isn't clear to me is whether game state changes on its own between requests. Would taking a few minutes to hand craft a command have different results than if a script generated the same command instantly based on the last response?

I had the same question about how to handle game time / game ticks. My guess is the game runs on a universal game time in some turn-based manner like Civ, but how that's handled really affects how the game is played. Couldn't find any documentation on that

Re: SpaceTraders: A multiplayer game built on a free web API

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Post by memalign » Mon, May 08, 2023, 4:30 AM UTC

Not to be confused with Space Trader (the old Palm OS game) which can be played here:

https://archive.org/details/palm3_SpaceTrader

Re: SpaceTraders: A multiplayer game built on a free web API

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Post by EamonnMR » Mon, May 08, 2023, 4:51 AM UTC

memalign wrote: post #5

Not to be confused with Space Trader (the old Palm OS game) which can be played here: https://archive.org/details/palm3_SpaceTrader

Neat little Elite, shame it has no arcade bits.

Re: SpaceTraders: A multiplayer game built on a free web API

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Post by sdenton4 » Mon, May 08, 2023, 5:42 AM UTC

memalign wrote: post #5

Not to be confused with Space Trader (the old Palm OS game) which can be played here: https://archive.org/details/palm3_SpaceTrader

Also not to be confused with TradeWars 2002, the classic BBS game: http://www.tradewars.com/default.html

Re: SpaceTraders: A multiplayer game built on a free web API

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Post by itake » Mon, May 08, 2023, 5:45 AM UTC

memalign wrote: post #5

Not to be confused with Space Trader (the old Palm OS game) which can be played here: https://archive.org/details/palm3_SpaceTrader

Thanks for sharing! I totally forgot about that game, despite playing it for hours.

Re: SpaceTraders: A multiplayer game built on a free web API

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Post by Sakos » Mon, May 08, 2023, 6:07 AM UTC

I was imagining a game where you gather and trade resources (abstracted from data) from public APIs across the internet. This is cool too.

Re: SpaceTraders: A multiplayer game built on a free web API

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Post by asdfman123 » Mon, May 08, 2023, 6:14 AM UTC

itake wrote: post #8

memalign wrote: post #5

Not to be confused with Space Trader (the old Palm OS game) which can be played here: https://archive.org/details/palm3_SpaceTrader

Thanks for sharing! I totally forgot about that game, despite playing it for hours.

Me too. Weird deja vu.