I'm going to be using this thread to post projects as I come across them. I don't know exactly what I have in store - most of my projects were short-term and didn't make it to a full game so aren't worth sharing - but you can expect my biggest projects to end up here.
Parts of my posts will be separated by dividers.
The first project I'm going to share is console. This is a very old game written by Exadv1, who also wrote the game Space Station 13, which is currently the most popular game on BYOND.
console is not much of a game, but it may be interesting for the idea behind it to appear in other games in the future. It's sort-of like Garry's Mod's Wiremod: you can hook devices up to other devices and have them do stuff. The object of the game seems to be to create a large computer network. What happens once you've created it is anyone's guess -- but the game can be used as a platform for any game that involves computers in any way. Some even have had the notion of implementing it into Space Station 13.
I received my copy of the source-code directly from Exadv1 along with the base SS13 source-code (the non-decompiled version) and Nanotrasen vs. Syndicate. I decided to work on console because I wanted to take things slow, and I was in an "off" period with SS13 at the time.
Adding a bunch of useless sci-fi devices (such as a device that uploads your consciousness into a computer and allows you to live as a computer program) was easy. But I never found a good use for the game.
But maybe there is someone who can find a good use for the game. Or maybe you just want to see what the fuzz was all about. Either way, you can download the project below.
Download (via Sendspace)
Includes:
- assignments: A list of assignments I made up for the people that were on my server. I don't know what happened to them, but the original map was lost so it probably wasn't saved anyway.
- excode: A few snippets of ExCode, the language in the game.
- md5 hash generator: Generates a MD5 hash with a salt to be used to encrypt doors.
The third item I'm going to share is the Hostserver Manual for the Hostserver system I once wrote for Farawayhost, a hosting company set up by me and another member of this community. Although we had some clients we never made enough to pay off the server costs, so we decided to end the company.
I wrote a custom Hostserver system which operated completely through the BYOND program. I'm prepared to give the source-code for the right price, though I'm not sure if anybody even wants the thing at this point in time.
The manual contains an instruction for users on how to use the system. The administrator interface isn't shown, but it's fairly trivial: you can add users by BYOND key, and specify how much RAM they're allowed to use.
Download (via Sendspace)
All of the above files and any files I'm going to give out in the future are considered by me to be under public domain, unless otherwise stated. Feel free to do what you want with them; I'm just glad I don't have to drag them around anymore.
I apologize in advance if I broke any rules while making this post. Any opinions made in this post are from my POV and as such may be subjective to how I perceived things at the time; please don't start the flame war.
