Secret Nemesis

A simple framework for HTML5/JS games and apps. Uses Node.js on the server, and communicates with Socket.io

Design

• Phat server, skinny client

  While the client should be busy making things look nice, we won't trust him, and in fact, running the game on the server makes sense.

• Focus on simplifying the client-server conversation

  Provide a set of primitives useful for app creation, and let the framework deal with them

  Write a single codeset that plays both in the client and on the server

Client

• Loader

  Provide the loader with a list of files, and they will be loaded before the app begins.

• Gamestate Manager

  Use a 'switch()' function to switch to a new gamestate.

• Require

  Simple mechanism to include other JS files as libaries

• Loading screen

  A bar should be displayed on the screen

• Input manager

  Input events should be accessible via a simple interface. Like:

  input.assign( 'w', 'jump' );
  input.on( 'jump',
  	function(){
  		do.stuff();
  	}
  );
  

• Sound and image manager

  Sounds and images should be pants to load and use. Use in combination with the Loader plox

• Client-side prediction

  Implementation of a posvec object which supports tweening and prediction

Server

• Fat server

  The server will run all the simulation and send periodic updates to all connected clients

• Bitchy server

  The server never replies instantly, it buffers up answers for one tick then sends them in a block. This is to avoid ping spam, and also so we can detect duplicate info