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Odin.js - Node.js Game Engine

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My summer project

Where does the Node part come into this? It looks like client side javascript game engine to me?

A brief look at the code seems to suggest the game engine is running on the server and the client is simply a renderer, must like how multiplayer games work. I could be wrong though.

since i dont wont to pay for a server you will have to download the code and set it up locally, the demos are just test with the physics engine ive been trying to write

I know it is boring to write documentation, but sometimes I wish authers would write just 2 lines, what is actually is they have made. It would make it way easier to understand, and thereby be exited about it! :-)

Is it for quantum mechanical games, or why are there objects tunneling out of the "lots of objects" container all the time?

Collision detection is a bit ropey, I guess. Some of them don't escape but start bouncing back and forth. Also, the whole lot should reach equilibrium before long, but it doesn't seem to. It all seems a bit overly bouncy - kind of like Angry Birds physics, but turned up to 11.

Interesting idea. Could be useful for some turn based games. Demos are cool. However, if developers really want people to pay attention, writing some docs is a must.

I'm currently developing a 2D HTML5 Canvas strategy game using EaselJS, and I can't count how many times I visited their online docs. Probably 50+ times. Look at the level of detail:

http://www.createjs.com/Docs/EaselJS/modules/EaselJS.html

And I would call this bare minimum you need to get your library to be used by someone else. I still had to Google and ask the developers some specific stuff, but it's enough to get you going.

Slightly OT: Can someone explain to me, why in every physics simulation demo everything seems to be moving in slowmotion? (This demo is not an exception.)

Just wondering...

Look great, i hope you extend the webpage with a detailed documentation... step by step. There are many engines, but the success depend on how easy it can be used and how good the docs are. Thats the part moste developer dont like to do ;-)

None of the examples are working for me, sorry. FF 23.0.

Weird. It works on mine. FF22 on Linux, although rather slow.

ive only tested in chrome and im using the webgl renderer on the examples, ill need to write a fallback to the canvas renderer

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