Space Trader Web Game Archives

Ideas: Revisiting the Market Again

Scopique March 11, 2022

I’ve looked through previous posts and unless I mis-filed it, I cannot find anywhere where I’ve talked about my original thoughts on a dynamic market for this on again, off again space trader game. The original idea was based on supply and…

React and Colyseus – Custom React Hooks

Scopique June 27, 2021

I will start by giving props to the site useHooks.com, which has afforded me the absolute best breakthrough I have yet to receive in my journey into the world of React. First, what is a hook? In React terms, a hook is…

Win Some, Lose Some, Win Some More

Scopique June 24, 2021

OK so back when I started learning React, I was facing an up hill battle. Despite having done front end work for neigh on 25 years or so now (almost 30 if you count doing it when the Web was still in…

Project Galaxy – A New Dawn

Scopique June 2, 2021

I have no idea what to call these projects. I’ve spent over a decade working under the title “Project Universe”, which means I have at least 30 different ZIP packages, GitHub repos, and random files lying around with some variation of that…

React and Colyseus – A Simple Client

Scopique May 16, 2021

Behold! My new game! If only it were that easy. What you see above is a simple test client which allows me to enter a sector ID, click ENTER, and enter the associated Colyseus Room on the server. The act of joining…

React and Colyseus – State

Scopique May 16, 2021

State is what the server knows about your game world at any given time. In Colyseus terms, state is per-room, so it’s more apt to say that “state is what the server knows about the game room at any given time”. There…

React and Colyseus – Setting Up A Server

Scopique May 16, 2021

When I say “setting up a server”, I’m overreaching here; I’m not an expert on any of this, and these articles are mainly my way of leaving notes to my future self as well as for anyone like me who might be…

React and Colyseus – Node-Mans Land

Scopique May 16, 2021

I suck at puns. Node is a Javascript server. Out of the box it does nothing, instead relying on the developer to write onboarding code to give the server functionality. Many Discord bots are written using Node, and it can be used…

React and Colysus – The Journey Begins

Scopique May 12, 2021

Once more, into the breach. My other project has been put “on hold”, which is to say that it’s source has been squirreled away safely and I am now moving on to something else. Something similar, mind you, but something else entirely.…

The Satisfyingly Unsatisfactory Approach of Planning It All Out First

Scopique August 9, 2020

I don’t know why, but I was struck with a bit of inspiration while kicking back and doing absolutely nothing yesterday afternoon (literally: I was at my desk, feet up, contemplating a nap). As you might know, I have been semi-obsessed (semi…