This kills the game engine devs dreams.
Reflect – Multiplayer web app framework with game-style synchronization
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Re: Reflect – Multiplayer web app framework with game-style synchronization
#112One consequence of this approach is that your mutators will need to be versioned, and you can pretty much never delete or change them once they're live. (Please correct me if I'm wrong).
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#113Don’t call it multiplayer, call it multiuser or concurrent user. Player assumes it’s a game. It’s not a game. It’s very very real. We are the agents. Cool project. Collaboration is hard. Synchronicity even harder. This makes steel become butter.
I like multiplayer because it connotes games and games have worked so hard at this and done so well. Our goal is to be as good as games. But I get your argument too. Naming is hard.
Two hardest things, Naming and Time synchronization. Thanks for building this.
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#114The demo at the top of the homepage ( https://reflect.net/ ) is a lot of fun. While I was watching, every time the puzzle got completed, people would shake their cursor in excitement, like saying, "yay we did it!!"
There's a visual bug where you can hide pieces of the 'e' behind the completed portions of the 'e' - it doesn't work for other letters because they still show the outline.
Enjoy this for the next 10 minutes, because it's about to be gone. Thanks for the bug report!
Re: Reflect – Multiplayer web app framework with game-style synchronization
#115The demo at the top of the homepage ( https://reflect.net/ ) is a lot of fun. While I was watching, every time the puzzle got completed, people would shake their cursor in excitement, like saying, "yay we did it!!"
Man, they nailed it with this page!
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#116I mean…how many things we gonna call Reflect? Signed, the former founder of reflect.io.
Re: Reflect – Multiplayer web app framework with game-style synchronization
#117Figma uses a similar solution for their realtime feature. They have a famous article that explains why CRDTs aren’t necessary when you have a central server authority. https://www.figma.com/blog/how-figmas-multiplayer-technology...
I implemented the same solution with Redux actions and Cloudflare Durable Workers. https://emojis.cadell.dev
Re: Reflect – Multiplayer web app framework with game-style synchronization
#118The demo at the top of the homepage ( https://reflect.net/ ) is a lot of fun. While I was watching, every time the puzzle got completed, people would shake their cursor in excitement, like saying, "yay we did it!!"
I don't think this demo is a good demonstration of the features this library can offer. Once you grab a piece, you seem to lock it for only you to use? This means there are no conflicts to resolve, the only conflict is when two people pick a piece at the same time, from which the only resolution is to give it to the user that picked the piece first.
I'd want a demo that shows a much better example of conflicts occuring.
Re: Reflect – Multiplayer web app framework with game-style synchronization
#119Don’t call it multiplayer, call it multiuser or concurrent user. Player assumes it’s a game. It’s not a game. It’s very very real. We are the agents. Cool project. Collaboration is hard. Synchronicity even harder. This makes steel become butter.
I like multiplayer because it connotes games and games have worked so hard at this and done so well. Our goal is to be as good as games. But I get your argument too. Naming is hard.
I think multiplayer is a good name for a different reason. I think it’s a clear and accessible metaphor for how people will interact, i.e. by concurrently working toward a shared goal with a coherent shared state.
I don’t think it trivializes the goal or the work being done, it just distinguishes it from parallel non-coordinated use.
Also, players are not just for games; the Bard had some thoughts on that. ;)
Re: Reflect – Multiplayer web app framework with game-style synchronization
#120The demo at the top of the homepage ( https://reflect.net/ ) is a lot of fun. While I was watching, every time the puzzle got completed, people would shake their cursor in excitement, like saying, "yay we did it!!"
The first thing I did was start making the word 'FUCK' with the pieces. As soon as others cottoned on and joined in, it was a very heart warming experience.
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