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Re: MMO Asteroids

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Post by tansey » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 9:46 PM UTC

randall wrote: post #28

jbellis wrote: post #26

Too bad it's fake. I wouldn't mind an xpilot revival at all. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XPilot

Or subspace! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SubSpace_(video_game)

Subspace is exactly what I had in mind when I saw the OP. It even has a bot API, though unfortunately no one has made a fully-playable one yet.

Re: MMO Asteroids

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Post by ck2 » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 9:46 PM UTC

Some good April 1st jokes become real eventually though.

Re: MMO Asteroids

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Post by excerionsforte » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 9:51 PM UTC

Fun, but crowded.

Re: MMO Asteroids

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Post by mkramlich » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 10:00 PM UTC

I once saw pretty much all 20 enemy ships nearest me suddenly turn towards me in near unison. Those were bots, not real people. I like the idea of the game. I feel a little disappointed that he appears to have lied about it actually being MMO.

I'll grant him one "get out of jail free card": perhaps it can be MMO, but if not enough human players are playing at any time he fills the world with bots. That's about the nicest guess I can make.

Re: MMO Asteroids

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Post by reason » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 10:02 PM UTC

Add me, guys. My username is 'reason'. I'm up over in the top left corner.

Re: MMO Asteroids

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Post by tkahn6 » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 10:04 PM UTC

As others have said, this is fake but I give it one day until someone does a 'Show HN' with a real version.

Re: MMO Asteroids

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Post by cr4zy » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 10:24 PM UTC

Check chrome://net-internals/#events and include actual bytes under "capture". The data being sent through seb.ly is not enough to for the game:

    .#{"type":"leave","id":1333318871470}

It does look like he's updating the players coming in and out though.

Re: MMO Asteroids

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Post by andrew_null » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 10:26 PM UTC

randall wrote: post #28

jbellis wrote: post #26

Too bad it's fake. I wouldn't mind an xpilot revival at all. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XPilot

Or subspace! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SubSpace_(video_game)

this is one of my all-time favorite games.

Re: MMO Asteroids

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 10:48 PM UTC

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Re: MMO Asteroids

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Post by stcredzero » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 10:52 PM UTC

unimpressive wrote: post #29

joshes wrote: post #9

Could this be an April Fools gag? I wish I had screencapped it, but at one point I found myself in the middle of the screen, watching four swarm-like quadrants of fellow ships (top-left, top-right, bottom-left and bottom-right) all moving in relative unison. Anytime a swarm started to get close to me, I would inch away for a few seconds before the swarm turned back. I was able to stay in this middle, peaceful area fo…

A quick removal of your network cable proves it a hoax. I almost want to learn JS and Node to build a real one. Just to spite the OP.

I do want to build a real one. However, I was going to build in command lag as part of the game. Weapons would be player "aimed," but they would be beam weapons that would activate if there were a weapons "lock" and if the ship were pointed in the right direction. There would also be missiles and area effect weapons. The point is to design a game based on dodging and positional tactics.