secret commands – Naked on Pluto http://pluto.kuri.mu “ Share your way to a better world ” Mon, 23 Sep 2013 09:34:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.2 Golden Medallions and in-game programming http://pluto.kuri.mu/2011/07/12/golden-medallions-and-in-game-programming/ http://pluto.kuri.mu/2011/07/12/golden-medallions-and-in-game-programming/#respond Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:47:12 +0000 http://pluto.kuri.mu/?p=792 Once the low level code for a Naked on Pluto bot is written in Scheme, it’s added by the game using secret commands which program the game inside itself, while it’s running. This means the game can be changed while people are playing it – which makes it much easier to add new things without worrying about the disruption caused by restarting the server. We can also work on the game collaboratively, at the same time this way.


(Programming a spybot with it’s behaviour)

Eventually the plan is to be able to program the bots fully within the game client – this is still a long term goal, but there are of course some fairly complex security problems with this idea.


(dressing a AudienceBot with another object)

Not all players have the ability to use these secret commands right now, in order to access them a player has to be carrying a special object (also known as a “Golden Medallion”). This allows you access to all areas of the game, including an “administration room” and various other secret powers.

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