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Re: 2009scape

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Post by koryk »

I would love if someone forks this and turns it into an AI competition. Like that social network only for bots, this would be a runescape server only for bots.

Re: 2009scape

#3

Post by hoten »

koryk wrote: post #2

I would love if someone forks this and turns it into an AI competition. Like that social network only for bots, this would be a runescape server only for bots.

With or without random events? :)

Re: 2009scape

#5

Post by 72736379 »

Private servers like this (though for a different game) were my first exposure to programming, free and open source software, and eventually, computer science as a whole- when I eventually went off to college I majored in computer science and had a great head start in many of the practical/application courses.

I learned about versioning with SVN, OOP with Java, hacking together websites and forums with PHP while in middle school. Really fun times on the Internet.

Re: 2009scape

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Post by themodelplumber »

Oh fun, I love discovering new game projects like that.

I'm curious, let's say I've only played like Crawl down to level 7, and some Torchlight II. What's the daily routine / grind / goal look like in this kind of game? It seems to include some social or community aspects? Are those part of the game itself or?

(And, just as a veteran web designer, can I say that I _love_ seeing that good old textured website style again. Obvious Voronoi mathematics included. :-) Smoking hot stuff right there in historical context, but also even in broader design-principles terms...not even joking. Crucify me on those wrought-iron headers if you wish)

(There's a 2011scape too...? What is this?)

Re: 2009scape

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Post by dkdbejwi383 »

72736379 wrote: post #5

Private servers like this (though for a different game) were my first exposure to programming, free and open source software, and eventually, computer science as a whole- when I eventually went off to college I majored in computer science and had a great head start in many of the practical/application courses. I learned about versioning with SVN, OOP with Java, hacking together websites and forums with PHP while in m…

Ultima Online?

Re: 2009scape

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Post by 72736379 »

themodelplumber wrote: post #6

Oh fun, I love discovering new game projects like that. I'm curious, let's say I've only played like Crawl down to level 7, and some Torchlight II. What's the daily routine / grind / goal look like in this kind of game? It seems to include some social or community aspects? Are those part of the game itself or? (And, just as a veteran web designer, can I say that I _love_ seeing that good old textured website style ag…

This is a "private server" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_server#Private_Servers...) for a version of RuneScape from 2009.
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