I've started working on a new textmode RPG that I've been wanting to do for a while. I have a ton of notes, sketeches, etc., and a basic framework I'm hacking together based on the Ranvier MUD engine (https://ranviermud.com/). MUD
engines (including Ranvier) are often not BBS terminal friendly so one of the first things I've done is replace the Ranvier telnet and basic terminal handling with my own. Some of this work will also trickle into ENiGMA 1/2 - for
example, I've created a new socket-telnet Node.js module that can be found at https://github.com/nuskooler/telnet-socket. This is a much more thought out Telnet implementation than enig's current telnet.js, so once it has a tad more time to bake it will replace it. Next is probably a ansi-bbs-utils module that will better handle and abstract stuff like low level terminal input, SAUCE utils, so on.

...more info on the game will come as I make more progress. Don't want to let out too much info until then :)



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I've started working on a new textmode RPG that I've been wanting to do for a while. I have a ton of notes, sketeches, etc., and a basic
framework I'm hacking together based on the Ranvier MUD engine (https://ranviermud.com/). MUD engines (including Ranvier) are often not BBS terminal friendly so one of the first things I've done is replace
the Ranvier telnet and basic terminal handling with my own. Some of this work will also trickle into ENiGMA 1/2 - for example, I've created a new socket-telnet Node.js module that can be found at https://github.com/nuskooler/telnet-socket. This is a much more thought out Telnet implementation than enig's current telnet.js, so once it has
a tad more time to bake it will replace it. Next is probably a ansi-bbs-utils module that will better handle and abstract stuff like
low level terminal input, SAUCE utils, so on.

Splendid news. Did I tell you that enigma is what piqued my interest in node? I've been crushing through some online courses and have you to thank. So...thanks! And can't wait to see the door you're writing.

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NuSkooler wrote to All <=-

...more info on the game will come as I make more progress. Don't want
to let out too much info until then :)

Something for us to look forward to, thanks! :)


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On Tuesday, December 17th ryan was heard saying...

Splendid news. Did I tell you that enigma is what piqued my interest in node? I've been crushing through some online courses and have you to thank. So...thanks! And can't wait to see the door you're writing.

Hah, I did not know that! Actually, enig was my first Node.js project as well -
I wanted an excuse to learn Node and why not make a BBS software :) You can certainly tell from the earlier code especially. One of the things I'm hoping to clean up over time is everything ES6+ (e.g. classes vs foo.prototype), and start chopping out a lot of the async.each() and similar in favor of async/await.



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Re: Re: New Door/Textmode game
By: NuSkooler to ryan on Tue Dec 17 2019 17:57:23

certainly tell from the earlier code especially. One of the things I'm

hoping

to clean up over time is everything ES6+ (e.g. classes vs foo.prototype),

and

This can actually be a fun and productive exercise with old JS projects. You'll likely find lots of ways to tidy things up, be more efficient, and even introduce some new features.

start chopping out a lot of the async.each() and similar in favor of async/await.

Took me a while to get used to async/await but I quite like it now. The old 'async' module was super useful back in the day though.

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Twas Tuesday, December 17th when echicken said...

This can actually be a fun and productive exercise with old JS projects. You'll likely find lots of ways to tidy things up, be more efficient, and even introduce some new features.

Yeah, I've done it for other projects professionally and the like, but there is
just so much code to convert that I'll probably just do it targetted and take my time. Ends up reading a lot nicer though.


Twas Tuesday, December 17th when echicken said...

Took me a while to get used to async/await but I quite like it now. The old 'async' module was super useful back in the day though.

I really like the async module. I hate raw promises (e.g. Promises prior to async await sugar) - they were ugly as hell, so I'd generally just keep using the older style. With the sugar though, it's quite sweet :)



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Re: Re: New Door/Textmode game
By: NuSkooler to echicken on Wed Dec 18 2019 11:16:20

Yeah, I've done it for other projects professionally and the like, but

there is

just so much code to convert that I'll probably just do it targetted and

take

my time. Ends up reading a lot nicer though.

When there's a *lot* of code, I usually just wait until I need to go in and fix
a bug or something, then revise a bunch of stuff while I'm in there. It may look nicer when you're done, but usually isn't hurting anything by just staying
as-is.

I really like the async module. I hate raw promises (e.g. Promises prior

to

async await sugar) - they were ugly as hell, so I'd generally just keep

using

the older style. With the sugar though, it's quite sweet :)

I found Promises annoying when they first came around. There was so much hype about making code "more readable" and I didn't see it as much of an improvement. I never found callbacks to be confusing, except maybe when I first
started out. Once I got used to Promises I stopped seeing them as clunky and ugly and learned to like the resolve/reject paradigm and catch(). It took me a
while to get there, though. async/await was easy to adjust to, and I think they really bring that structure/readability improvement.

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