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<h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2> |
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Back in my childhood I used to play quite the amount of MMORPGs(mostly because they were free, but also because they were online).<br> |
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Back in my childhood I used to play quite the amount of MMORPGs (mostly because they were free, but also because they were online).<br> |
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The more time passed, the less MMORPGs I got to play, most of the good options were either shut down |
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or got SUCH a power creep I lost interest in them(like MapleStory when they started adding a lot of overpowered classes). |
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or got SUCH a power creep I lost interest in them (like MapleStory when they started adding a lot of overpowered classes). |
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As an aspiring game developer, I hope to one day attempt making my own MMORPG, and something which is (sort of) important to me |
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<h2 id="why make a decentralized mmo tho?">Why make a decentralized MMO tho?</h2> |
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Well, you see, whenever I look for alternatives to big centralized services(like Github or social medias), |
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Well, you see, whenever I look for alternatives to big centralized services (like Github or social medias), |
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it always seems to me that the best choice is to decentralize and federate it.<br> That way, anyone can create their own instance |
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and not miss out on everyone else, allowing both greater control to the individual, while also sharing the costs between those |
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who host their own(and those who decide to donate them).<br> |
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who host their own (and those who decide to donate them).<br> |
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Besides, there are some useful advantages to federating a bunch of servers in an MMO which will hopefully become clearer later on. |
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Mainly, there will be 2 different types of servers: |
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<li><a href="#hubs">Hubs(or Home servers)</a> - Home servers you can register on and play with everyone else</li> |
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<li><a href="#dungeons">Dungeons(or Nodes)</a></li> |
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<li><a href="#hubs">Hubs (or Home servers)</a> - Home servers you can register on and play with everyone else</li> |
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<li><a href="#dungeons">Dungeons (or Nodes)</a></li> |
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</ul> |
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<h2 id="a note going forward">A note going forward</h2> |
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My idea of decentralized/federated MMO involves quite the amount of trust, |
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trust between federating servers(federation will be opt in to allow greater control over gameplay), |
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and trusting clients to not lie when they go into a dungeon. |
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trust between federating servers (federation will be opt in to allow greater control over gameplay), |
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and trusting clients to not lie when they go into a dungeon. |
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Another thing is, while I do wish I could implement this idea into an actual MMORPG, this is merely an idea right now, |
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if you want to implement this idea into your game, feel free to do so (and maybe link here as well). |
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<h2 id="hubs">Hubs</h2> |
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Hubs(or Home servers) are the main servers of the network, they are the main authority over your account. |
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Hubs (or Home servers) are the main servers of the network, they are the main authority over your account. |
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Hubs have an overworld with stuff to do(or maybe not), and where you meet other players and can make parties, |
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communicate with others, trade and all the usual stuff people do in MMOs(like a dance party). |
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Hubs have an overworld with stuff to do (or maybe not), and where you meet other players and can make parties, |
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communicate with others, trade and all the usual stuff people do in MMOs (like a dance party). |
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Federation between hubs is a 2 way opt in federation, which means both servers need to accept the federation for the federation to exist |
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<h2 id="dungeons">Dungeons</h2> |
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Dungeons(or Nodes/Edges) are sub-servers, they are simply a dungeon/map for a party to explore/play in, |
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and should be where most of the game content occur. |
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Dungeons (or Nodes/Edges) are sub-servers, they are simply a dungeon/map for a party to explore/play in, |
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and should be where most of the game content occur, |
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they are hosted by whoever wants to and are technically simply a level (plus some game data in addition, though they are part of the level) |
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with an end condition (or fail condition) and a reward. |
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Dungeons dont federate with each other(and technically dont federate at all), but hubs can link/federate(one way) to them and allow their |
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players to go into a dungeon and get the rewards from it(or optionally, modify the rewards to better fit the server). |
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Dungeons dont federate with each other (and technically dont federate at all), but hubs can link/federate (one way) to them and allow their |
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players to go into a dungeon and get the rewards from it (or optionally, modify the rewards to better fit the server). |
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Dungeons occur in private instances available only to the exploring party. |
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<h3 id="quick note on dungeons">Quick note on dungeons</h3> |
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Although dungeons usually get linked to from hub servers, it is also possible to allow dungeons to be played even if they are not linked, |
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thus allowing players to play all dungeons, but it means non-linked dungeons will give no actual reward(or anything at all). |
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thus allowing players to play all dungeons, but it means non-linked dungeons will give no actual reward (or anything at all). |
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