Michael Bayne
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extensions to the distributed environment provided by Narya. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://src.earth.threerings.net/vilya/trunk@1 c613c5cb-e716-0410-b11b-feb51c14d237
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The Vilya library
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The Vilya library provides various facilities for making networked multiplayer
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games. It's various packages include:
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* whirled - builds on the crowd framework and defines a scene graph with
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portals to move between scenes and provides hooks for distributing and
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updating scene data (for example isometric rendering information) over
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the network
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* parlor - builds upon the crowd framework to create the notion of a
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game with players and provides tools for making turn based games
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* puzzle - builds on the parlor and media frameworks to provide tools
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for implementing puzzle games in a networked environment
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* micasa - builds on the parlor framework to provide lobbies and
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matchmaking for multiplayer games
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Documentation is somewhat sparse at the moment, but inspection of the code in
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the tests/ directory shows examples of use of many features of the library.
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Building
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Building the library is very simple. First ensure that the necessary third
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party jar files are available in the lib/ directory. See lib/README for a list
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of the necessary third party jar files and how to get them.
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The library is built using Ant, a modern build tool written in and for Java. If
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you aren't already using Ant for other projects, it can be found here:
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http://ant.apache.org/
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Invoke ant with any of the following targets:
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all: builds the distribution files and javadoc documentation
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compile: builds only the class files (dist/classes)
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javadoc: builds only the javadoc documentation (dist/docs)
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dist: builds the distribution jar files (dist/*.jar)
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Distribution
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The Vilya library is released under the LGPL. The most recent version of the
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library is available here:
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http://www.threerings.net/code/vilya/
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Contribution
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Contributions to Vilya are welcome. Read-only access to the subversion
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repository is available at:
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svn://code.threerings.net/vilya/trunk
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Patches can be mailed to Michael Bayne <mdb@threerings.net>.
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Contact Information
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Vilya is actively developed by the scurvy dogs at Three Rings Design, Inc.
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Contact Michael Bayne <mdb@threerings.net> with questions, comments and other
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wordly endeavors.
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