Hey all, Net_ here.
Virtual worlds are really important to me. They've helped me through a lot of tough times, and I think they're a necessary part of our future. Unfortunately, they've largely been stagnant for the past 15 years. This is my attempt to push the needle forward by providing developers with an open-source engine to easily make their own.
This is a sprite-based, isometric-only, single-server, non-instanced engine. I'm keeping it very focused so that we can make the workflow as streamlined and joyful as possible. The full project will eventually also include a chat server and user account management.
A simple demo world is available to play around with, just download and run the client: https://github.com/Net5F/Amalgam/releases/latest
It's still very early, but the netcode and engine architecture are in a pretty good place. I have two network load test scenarios that I'm benchmarking against: 150 clients in 1 area (video link in repo readme), and 1000 in groups of 10. Even on modest hardware, there's plenty of headroom available for adding more features. Still to come: NPCs, items, interactions.
Load test results (Linode server, $30/mo, 2 - 2.6GHz):
Scenario | Bandwidth usage | Average CPU usage (200% max)
150 in 1 | 1.66MB/s | 25%
1000 in 10 | 1.31MB/s | 76%
I welcome all feedback. The project has a long way to go before it's really useful to developers, but I figured I should get over my nerves and start showing it.
Virtual worlds are really important to me. They've helped me through a lot of tough times, and I think they're a necessary part of our future. Unfortunately, they've largely been stagnant for the past 15 years. This is my attempt to push the needle forward by providing developers with an open-source engine to easily make their own.
This is a sprite-based, isometric-only, single-server, non-instanced engine. I'm keeping it very focused so that we can make the workflow as streamlined and joyful as possible. The full project will eventually also include a chat server and user account management.
A simple demo world is available to play around with, just download and run the client: https://github.com/Net5F/Amalgam/releases/latest
It's still very early, but the netcode and engine architecture are in a pretty good place. I have two network load test scenarios that I'm benchmarking against: 150 clients in 1 area (video link in repo readme), and 1000 in groups of 10. Even on modest hardware, there's plenty of headroom available for adding more features. Still to come: NPCs, items, interactions.
Load test results (Linode server, $30/mo, 2 - 2.6GHz):
Scenario | Bandwidth usage | Average CPU usage (200% max)
150 in 1 | 1.66MB/s | 25%
1000 in 10 | 1.31MB/s | 76%
I welcome all feedback. The project has a long way to go before it's really useful to developers, but I figured I should get over my nerves and start showing it.