Category Archives: Game Development

Happy New Year 2018!

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Eric DeBrosse

Well, it’s a new year already!  I look forward to continue working on the Orion Engine SDK and the Been There Game software.  I feel this is going to be a great, productive year! I logged into the game servers … Continue reading →

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Network Code Refactoring

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Eric DeBrosse

Something that has bugged me for a while is the current implementation of the network driver.  It was never meant to be production code, rather just a foundation to test and work from. The new implementation will use Windows Overlapped … Continue reading →

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Asset Manager Application

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Eric DeBrosse

Finally just about finished with the Asset Manager.  It’s been partially complete for a while now.  Just enough to allow clients to self update from the server when they login. Now I have an application that can be used for … Continue reading →

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Bootstrap and the Self Extractor

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Eric DeBrosse

The old setup bootstrap used to implement a fairly old Visual C Runtime.  This allowed it to run without any dependencies on the platforms that we were targeting.  The new bootstrap is compiled using Visual C++ 2017.  However, I’ve completely … Continue reading →

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Entering the ‘Been There’ World Again

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Eric DeBrosse

I reached a major milestone today!  The game server software suite is working again (now it’s all native 64-bit code) and successfully installed on the new server hardware.  Today, I was finally able to login to the game world again … Continue reading →

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Updated Game Server

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Eric DeBrosse

I updated the game server for Been There this week.  It now supports chat commands from an administrator account to kick and/or ban users from the game.  If you kick a user, it immediately logs them out of the game … Continue reading →

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Fixed Game Client Bugs

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Eric DeBrosse

I finally fixed a nagging bug in the Been There Game client that has been around for a while now.  On rare occasions, the client would crash and you couldn’t see the error message unless you used Alt+Tab first.  Well, … Continue reading →

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Searching For Game Bugs

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Eric DeBrosse

I decided to work on the game for a little bit, for a change of pace.  I added a few new beta testers the other day.  While watching the logs, I noticed some issues with the chat server that were kind of … Continue reading →

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Game Servers Finally Online Again

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Eric DeBrosse

I kept finding bugs in the effect system; they were keeping me from getting the game servers back online.  I wanted to at least have something new to show, before introducing a new patch.  With the latest fixes, the new skydome looks … Continue reading →

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Making an MMO on a Shoestring

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Eric DeBrosse

It sure is hard trying to make an indie MMO (massively multiplayer online) game on a shoestring budget.  I still need to find people interested in helping; like an artist, a tool developer, or a web developer.  If you are … Continue reading →

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