But, I do believe this is very much worth your time to check out, I am not aware of anything else very much like it.
I won’t repeat what is already written on the github README here, but some info:
I am a successful semi-retired solo game developer, I have been making my own bespoke game engines since 2003 for all of my games across a number of platforms and languages. Last year, I ripped out the engine of my latest game, and stripped it back with the goal to start a new project, as I have done a number of times before.
But this time, I decided to ditch lua and make my own programming language, and that was sort of the tipping point. Once I thought about multiplayer, and realized I wanted a general purpose network that didn't exist, I was on my way down this extremely deep rabbit hole.
I want to just make a few things clear, then I hope that some of you might have some questions or feedback.
- I'm disillusioned by capitalism and the AI transition, and that influences my motives
- I have made all of this open source and free not because I am overly altruistic, but because it is the only way something like this can succeed
- I don’t think it can or should replace the internet, I see it as a cycleway alternative to the internet highway, they have different purposes
- I have no real desire to run an open source project or lead anyone, I mostly just want software that works for me and my family and friends. I love coding and I like to make nice things and share them.
- There is still a lot to do, I'm very excited about messaging and the whole client-side data thing in particular, but for now there are only a few weeks of work to go until a bare bones browser will be functional enough to release and ship.
You can have a play and build it all yourself though right now, host sites, and build apps.
andsoitis•1h ago
Congratulations! Awesome that you're taking this on. An idea that most dismiss will, almost definition, be a revolution if it becomes successful.
Will try it out.
majicDave•1h ago