My New Project
I’ve been looking for a way to play BattleTech with Jeff for some time. For various reasons, I’ve limited my search to play-by-e-mail (PBEM) solutions. There aren’t really any specific for BattleTech, but there’s Cyberboard, which is a good “electronic cardboard” tool. We would still have to keep track of everything manually, plus check each other’s calculations by hand. And with the way the turn sequence works in BT, it’s just way more work than it’s worth. So I’ve decided to write one on my own. Wesley’s friend Andrew has generously offered to help on the server side. I’ve been doing a lot of background work lately, laying out a strategy and whatnot. I will have to learn some new languages (Javascript, PHP, and a little MySQL basically), but I already understand the programming concepts involved. I wrote a decent little n-tier app when I was still doing IT stuff, and this isn’t too different. It’s just that implementing all the game rules will be a little tricky. I’m looking forward to it, and most of all, to finally whooping Jeff’s ass good.
Tags: BattleTech, Programming, projects, videogames
April 29th, 2004 at 1:40 pm
Bring it on, little man.
You’ve destroyed some of my best mechs, but I’m always the last one standing.
I WILL MEET YOU ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
… We could just call it “The Battlefield”, but I still like “Steel Legion: The Leviathan Campaign.”
May 18th, 2004 at 4:25 pm
This is cool… I’d like to play, once you get the system working. I’ll likely get my ass kicked, but as long as I have a beer (or Dr. Pepper, like the days of old…) I’ll be happy…
May 19th, 2004 at 9:50 am
Yeah, I think drinking and gaming would only lead to bad things. Like Jeff getting killed a lot quicker.