ZZT online!

458 · Post by **458** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 6:47 pm

A few programmer friends of mine and I were talking, and I thought, what if we tried to create something the world had never seen before:
a massively multiplayer online game creation system! (MMOGCS)

it would be called... ZZT ONLINE!

There would basically be a few main servers that would contain the boards for "cities" which could be made up of buisnesses, company headquarters, chat rooms (literally), adventures, and minigames.

It would probably be a loose similarity to zzt, with a mostly compatible language, ASCII graphics, and 2D board-based gameplay.

I plan to add a few new features, too like chat capability, a second character set for more detailed graphics, and anything else I can think of.

There is no development timetable as of yet, but my team and I should have a runnable test version operating by late next summer. If anyone has suggestions, comments, or wants to help in some way (compatability tips, programming, webspace...) Just post it here. I will keep you all informed. Hopefully, this project won't die....

Mooseka · Post by **Mooseka** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 7:33 pm

I support it. If you need any help in things I can provide, I'd be happy to help.

26 · Post by 26 » Tue Oct 21, 2003 9:13 pm

Wow, an online version of ZZT.

THIS HAD BETTER NOT SUCK

Post by **clecky** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 11:03 pm

If you actually make this i promise you sexual favours. from mooseka

Mooseka · Post by **Mooseka** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 11:25 pm

CLECKY IS RIGHT.

Anyway, if you made it like a mix of ZZT and IRC i'd love you forever.

458 · Post by **458** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 11:51 pm

Trust me, I AM trying to make this NOT suck.

Mooseka, what kind of stuff would you want from IRC? For chat, what I'm planning is something like, if you walk up to within 3 or 4 spaces of someone, you can use a key combo or something to pull up a chat window that would be kind of like a simplified version of AIM. I might also try to implement "cell phones" that you can call someone with to open a two-person chat.

of course, you will also be able to yell so anyone on the board can hear you.

To let the cities grow, People will be able to submit boards to the admins, and then they will be appended to the world everyone can access.

Once I have the file format figured out, I'll let you know so that anyone who wants to make an editor can get started. The built-in one may be a little- so to speak- minimalist at first.

Mooseka · Post by **Mooseka** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 12:14 am

CAN I BE AN ADMIN

463 · Post by **463** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 12:16 am

Maybe you can add ways for people to make "add-ons" or something, so we can create our own worlds that other can connect to? Maybe even make some weird games out of it. Could be some really interesting stuff.

DarkShadow.

Mooseka · Post by **Mooseka** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 12:25 am

You could have a feature where users hosted private games to do that..

Post by **clecky** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 12:29 am

So, this is like habbo hotel, except NOT GAY! I LIKE

136 · Post by **136** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 1:33 am

Dus it use telnet?

Post by **Dr. Dos** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 10:38 am

Now, I like this idea.

BUT I'VE BEEN HEARING THINGS LIKE THIS SINCE 1998.

Post by **Zenith Nadir** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 11:23 am

Yeah, what Dos said. This is hardly a new idea, but it's always a cool one.

(See also; Scribbit's #UGLI in ZZTV 6, it has something like this)

SaxxonPike · Post by **SaxxonPike** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 12:22 pm

if you want to know something interesting, someone's actually already DONE this. I was part of the test project, not sure who it was done by. I was just there to log onto his server and play and walk around. Nothing special. Someone tell me who did this, I forgot :\

83 · Post by 83 » Wed Oct 22, 2003 1:39 pm

Uh... I like the idea, but did you say that you must send the boards to an admin?
That would ruin 80% of the fun! The funny part isn´t to chat, but to earn money and build stuff and buy TVs or stuff, and THEN to invite friends and chat... In other words: The player must be able to edit the board anytime and see the result directly.