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+ <h1>Sgold interviews Daniel Perano</h1>
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+ <img src="https://jme-hub-cdn-jmonkeyengineor.netdna-ssl.com/user_avatar/hub.jmonkeyengine.org/sgold/45/1430_2.png" height="45px" />
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+</figure>
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+Sgold:</p>
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+<p>Thank you for agreeing to be interviewed.</p>
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+<p>First question: Do you remember when you first encountered JMonkeyEngine?
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+What was your first impression?</p>
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+</figure>
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+Daniel Perano:</p>
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+<p>I started learning jME back in the 3.0 days, as I recall,
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+and I was impressed with the features it offered.
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+The scene-graph control and appstate design made a lot of sense to me —
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+at the time both were novel concepts.</p>
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+<p>Not long after that, I adopted jME for a project called “OpenWorld.”</p>
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+</figure>
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+Sgold:</p>
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+<p>What sort of project was it?</p>
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+</figure>
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+Daniel Perano:</p>
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+<p>OpenWorld was the precursor to MyWorld —
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+a platform for real-time, 3-D social virtual worlds and MMO games.</p>
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+</figure>
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+Sgold:</p>
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+<p>What got you interested in social virtual worlds?</p>
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+</figure>
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+Daniel Perano:</p>
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+<p>I first heard of them from
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+a magazine article about Second Life, over a decade ago.
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+I was fascinated, and despite being underage
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+(accounts were restricted to users 18 and over), I created an account.</p>
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+<p>Since I was underage my adventures there did not last long, but
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+I was hooked from the start.
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+It was like a game, but there were so many things to do and places to explore,
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+and the built-in creation system blew my mind.</p>
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+
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+<p>A couple years later, I discovered OpenSimulator,
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+an open-source server that’s compatible with Second Life clients (viewers).
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+Since then, I’ve been a member of various OpenSimulator virtual worlds (or grids, as they’re called).</p>
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+<p>During my second year in OpenSimulator, I began to keenly notice
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+some limitations that OpenSimulator inherited from Second Life.
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+Compared to multi-player games, virtual worlds always felt slow and bloated,
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+and the architecture was fundamentally limiting.</p>
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+
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+<p>At that point I had the idea that grew into MyWorld:
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+apply multiplayer game technology to social virtual worlds.
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+Later on, I realized that a social virtual-world platform
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+could also be a powerful MMO gaming platform, and
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+since then I’ve worked towards the dual goal of supporting
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+social virtual worlds and MMO games as first-class citizens on MyWorld.</p>
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+ <img src="https://jme-hub-cdn-jmonkeyengineor.netdna-ssl.com/user_avatar/hub.jmonkeyengine.org/sgold/45/1430_2.png" height="45px" />
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+</figure>
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+Sgold:</p>
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+<p>How many people are working on MyWorld?</p>
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+</figure>
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+Daniel Perano:</p>
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+<p>We have three people on the project.
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+Right now I’m the sole developer —
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+the other two handle business management,
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+social media, and aesthetics (art and design).</p>
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+</figure>
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+Sgold:</p>
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+<p>How is the project funded?</p>
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+</figure>
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+Daniel Perano:</p>
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+<p>We’re fully self-funded: no investor or venture-capital backing.
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+We see this as an advantage, for two reasons:</p>
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+<ol>
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+<li>We’re not beholden to shareholders,
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+so we’re free to make decisions that bring the best experience to our users.</li>
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+<li>Our runway is infinitely long — we have no pressure to grow rapidly to avoid bankruptcy.
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+We can grow organically and sustainably.</li>
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+</ol>
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+</figure>
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+Sgold:</p>
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+<p>When’s the next release of MyWorld due out?</p>
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+</figure>
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+Daniel Perano:</p>
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+<p>Our first alpha/preview release
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+will come out around the end of March of this year (2020).</p>
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+</figure>
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+Sgold:</p>
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+<p>What features will it provide?</p>
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+</figure>
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+Daniel Perano:</p>
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+<p>The feature set will depend on what we have time to finish.
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+Dynamic asset delivery/loading, the entity system, and scripting
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+are in pretty good shape,
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+but the user interface still needs work
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+and there are many small “detail features” that need attention.</p>
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+<p>In the long run, what will differentiate MyWorld from other virtual worlds?
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+Specifically, how would you compare it to Minecraft and Second Life?</p>
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+Daniel Perano:</p>
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+<p>Unlike Minecraft, MyWorld is not a game itself —
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+it’s a platform that supports dynamic content creation and scripting,
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+and unlike games more generally, MyWorld provides first-class support
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+for uploading 3D models, textures, audio, etcetera
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+and distributing them to clients on an as-needed basis.
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+It also has a professional-grade scripting language you can use
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+to add custom behavior to your creations.</p>
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+<p>Unlike current-generation virtual worlds,
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+MyWorld was designed from Day One to satisfy
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+the performance requirements of multiplayer action games.
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+This means that exploring a virtual world can have the same fast,
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+fluid feel as playing a well-designed multiplayer game.</p>
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+<p>Another difference is that we support scripting on both client and server,
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+allowing scripted effects and latency-elimination techniques
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+that are impossible in current virtual worlds.</p>
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+<p>In addition, our internal systems can be extended via plugins
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+that can integrate into the entity system and
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+host or call HTTP endpoints (for custom REST APIs, for example).
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+Plugins can even extend the core network protocol
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+with jME’s fast, intuitive, and efficient RMI implementation.</p>
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+Sgold:</p>
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+<p>What’s the financial model? Will the client be freely downloadable?
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+Will there be paid subscriptions? Free-to-play accounts?</p>
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+Daniel Perano:</p>
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+<p>Our vision for MyWorld has always been to release it open-source,
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+so the client will always be free to download and use, as will the core server.
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+We may eventually release some commercial plugins for professional use,
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+but these would be extensions to the core server,
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+not permanently built-in proprietary code.</p>
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+<p>In a project like MyWorld,
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+there are many opportunities to provide value to users,
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+so there are many potential revenue streams.
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+Initially we’re looking at a revenue model similar to Second Life:
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+users can rent space in the virtual world to build homes,
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+businesses, workshops, etcetera.
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+We may also introduce a subscription model that offers
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+extra benefits to heavy users.</p>
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+<p>We’re also investigating how we can monetize
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+by offering professional hosting and support services to game developers
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+and those interested in running MyWorld servers.</p>
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+Sgold:</p>
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+<p>I’ve heard that Second Life has its own currency.
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+Do you have plans in that area?</p>
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+Daniel Perano:</p>
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+<p>While MyWorld needs a virtual currency to effectively operate,
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+issuing one ourselves is not currently a viable choice for a couple of reasons:</p>
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+
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+<ol>
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+<li><p>Issuing in-house currency is a large financial liability —
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+there are many ways to destabilize an economy, virtual or otherwise,
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+that are largely or completely outside the control of the currency issuer,
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+which would present a risk both to us and our users.</p></li>
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+
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+<li><p>Governments have begun regulating virtual currencies,
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+making it expensive and difficult to issue them.</p></li>
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+</ol>
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+
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+<p>Fortunately, we’re not the only ones with this need
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+and there are several good virtual currency services,
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+some of which allow the same currency to be used across many games or virtual worlds.</p>
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+
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+<p>So yes, we will have a virtual currency,
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+but we’re not planning on issuing it ourselves.</p>
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+
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+<p>
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+<figure>
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+
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+ <img src="https://jme-hub-cdn-jmonkeyengineor.netdna-ssl.com/user_avatar/hub.jmonkeyengine.org/sgold/45/1430_2.png" height="45px" />
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+
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+
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+</figure>
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+
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+Sgold:</p>
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+
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+<p>You mentioned earlier that Second Life was age-restricted.
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+Will MyWorld have similar restrictions?</p>
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+
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+<p>
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+<figure>
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+
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+ <img src="https://jme-hub-cdn-jmonkeyengineor.netdna-ssl.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/82dd89/120.png" height="45px" />
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+
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+
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+</figure>
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+
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+Daniel Perano:</p>
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+
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+<p>Initially yes, unfortunately.
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+Allowing minors requires extra legal compliance
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+and stringent moderation of content and user interactions.</p>
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+
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+<p>I don’t see this as a notable limitation, especially early on.
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+Most of our initial user base will be developers and creators,
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+not general users,
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+so I expect the overwhelming majority of interest to be coming from adults.</p>
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+
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+<p>I want to allow minors to access at least some areas within MyWorld
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+as soon as it makes sense for us as an organization and community,
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+but for now we need to focus on the technical aspects.</p>
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+
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+<p>
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+<figure>
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+
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+ <img src="https://jme-hub-cdn-jmonkeyengineor.netdna-ssl.com/user_avatar/hub.jmonkeyengine.org/sgold/45/1430_2.png" height="45px" />
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+
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+
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+</figure>
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+
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+Sgold:</p>
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+
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+<p>Does MyWorld use JMonkeyEngine for the client, the server, or both?</p>
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+
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+<p>
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+<figure>
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+
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+ <img src="https://jme-hub-cdn-jmonkeyengineor.netdna-ssl.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/82dd89/120.png" height="45px" />
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+
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+
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+</figure>
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+
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+Daniel Perano:</p>
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+
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+<p>The client is a typical jME application —
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+AppStates tie MyWorld-specific libraries (such as our in-house entity system)
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+to other systems and the scene graph.</p>
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+
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+<p>The server uses jME’s network stack,
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+and we’re transitioning from jME’s physics to Minie, but that’s about all.
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+The server’s systems and heartbeat/event dispatch loop are all custom —
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+we don’t use jME’s application structure serverside.</p>
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+
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+<p>
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+<figure>
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+
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+ <img src="https://jme-hub-cdn-jmonkeyengineor.netdna-ssl.com/user_avatar/hub.jmonkeyengine.org/sgold/45/1430_2.png" height="45px" />
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+
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+
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+</figure>
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+
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+Sgold:</p>
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+
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+<p>What technologies does MyWorld use besides JMonkeyEngine?</p>
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+
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+<p>
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+<figure>
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+
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+ <img src="https://jme-hub-cdn-jmonkeyengineor.netdna-ssl.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/82dd89/120.png" height="45px" />
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+
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+
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+</figure>
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+
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+Daniel Perano:</p>
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+
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+<p>It uses JavaFX, Lemur, Chipmunk (our in-house scripting language),
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+Jetty (an embedded HTTP server), and CockroachDB (a distributed SQL database).</p>
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+
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+<p>
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+<figure>
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+
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+ <img src="https://jme-hub-cdn-jmonkeyengineor.netdna-ssl.com/user_avatar/hub.jmonkeyengine.org/sgold/45/1430_2.png" height="45px" />
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+
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+
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+</figure>
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+
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+Sgold:</p>
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+
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+<p>What prompted you to create Chipmunk?
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+What other scripting languages did you consider?</p>
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+
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+<p>
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+<figure>
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+
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+ <img src="https://jme-hub-cdn-jmonkeyengineor.netdna-ssl.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/82dd89/120.png" height="45px" />
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+
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+
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+</figure>
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+
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+Daniel Perano:</p>
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+
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+<p>Chipmunk was born out of necessity.</p>
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+
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+<p>Like Second Life,
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+MyWorld allows content creators to script anything they create.
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+Scripting can include physics, movement, particle/sound/animation effects,
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+HTTP calls, etcetera.</p>
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+
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+<p>The problems here are security and resource use.
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+Since anyone with creation privileges can upload scripts to a server
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+(and scripts can also run client side), sandboxing is a must.</p>
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+
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+<p>My first choice for scripting was Groovy.
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+It’s a powerful, well-known language with many features,
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+and the compiler supports AST transformations for customizing compiled code.
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+I spent a great deal of time pursuing this route,
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+but the shoe always pinched in the same spots: preemption and checkpointing.</p>
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+
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+<p>Preemption means that the script engine can stop a running script at any time.
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+This is necessary to ensure that misbehaving (or resource-intensive) scripts
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+don’t overuse CPU resources.
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+Preemption is also necessary for checkpointing:
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+freezing a script so it can be persisted to disk or sent to another server.</p>
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+
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+<p>Java was not designed for preemption.
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+Every mechanism I could think of to fit preemption support
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+into Java’s compiled bytecode came with substantial overhead and other nasty limitations.</p>
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+
|
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+<p>I also experimented with an assembly-like language for scripting,
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+but it was too difficult to read to be suitable for anything more than trivial scripts.</p>
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+
|
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+<p>I designed Chipmunk to fit a unique place in the language spectrum —
|
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+easy for a first-time programmer to pick up,
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+but powerful enough for an experienced developer to hit the ground running.
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+For example, classes declare state that’s shared between all instances
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+via the “shared” keyword,
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+which is semantically identical to Java’s “static” keyword,
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+but expresses the concept in terms that make intuitive sense
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+to inexperienced programmers.</p>
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+
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+<p>In terms of features, Chipmunk supports modules, classes, polymorphism,
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+first-class functions, anonymous (lambda) functions, exceptions,
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+and dynamic typing.</p>
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+
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+<p>
|
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+<figure>
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+
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+ <img src="https://jme-hub-cdn-jmonkeyengineor.netdna-ssl.com/user_avatar/hub.jmonkeyengine.org/sgold/45/1430_2.png" height="45px" />
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+
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+
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+</figure>
|
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+
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+Sgold:</p>
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+
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+<p>Chipmunk sounds like it might have many uses.</p>
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+
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+<p>
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+<figure>
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+
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+ <img src="https://jme-hub-cdn-jmonkeyengineor.netdna-ssl.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/82dd89/120.png" height="45px" />
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+
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+
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+</figure>
|
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+
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+Daniel Perano:</p>
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+
|
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+<p>I hope so! I’m looking forward to seeing what else it’s used for.</p>
|
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+
|
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+<p>
|
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+<figure>
|
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+
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+ <img src="https://jme-hub-cdn-jmonkeyengineor.netdna-ssl.com/user_avatar/hub.jmonkeyengine.org/sgold/45/1430_2.png" height="45px" />
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+
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+
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+</figure>
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+
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+Sgold:</p>
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+
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+<p>Is there any published documentation for it?
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+Is it open-source?</p>
|
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+
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+<p>
|
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+<figure>
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+
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+ <img src="https://jme-hub-cdn-jmonkeyengineor.netdna-ssl.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/82dd89/120.png" height="45px" />
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+
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+
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+</figure>
|
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+
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+Daniel Perano:</p>
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+
|
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+<p>Chipmunk is developed separately from MyWorld and will be released
|
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+open-source as soon as we’ve finalized the v1.0 language spec
|
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+and finished implementing the standard library.</p>
|
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+
|
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+<p>The main language features are functional, but it needs more attention
|
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+on things like string manipulation, collection operations, and libraries.</p>
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+
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+<p>
|
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+<figure>
|
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+
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+ <img src="https://jme-hub-cdn-jmonkeyengineor.netdna-ssl.com/user_avatar/hub.jmonkeyengine.org/sgold/45/1430_2.png" height="45px" />
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+
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+
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+</figure>
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+
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+Sgold:</p>
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+
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+<p>Part of the appeal of an open world, I think,
|
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+is having a place to exhibit digital creations.</p>
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+
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+<p>What skills/tools would someone need to create and upload a 3-D model?
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+Do you envision people using Blender 3D?</p>
|
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+
|
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+<p>What audio formats will MyWorld support?</p>
|
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+
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+<p>
|
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+<figure>
|
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+
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+ <img src="https://jme-hub-cdn-jmonkeyengineor.netdna-ssl.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/82dd89/120.png" height="45px" />
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+
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+
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+</figure>
|
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+
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+Daniel Perano:</p>
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+
|
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+<p>MyWorld is built around the assumption that users will create digital content.
|
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+One of the first things I wrote was the dynamic asset upload/download mechanism.</p>
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+
|
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+<p>Our initial creation pipeline is based around the GLTF format.
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+Thanks to jME’s GLTF importer, most modern GLTF files should import seamlessly.
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+Our primary interest in external tools is Blender 3D,
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+but anything that exports to GLTF should do fine.</p>
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+
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+<p>Later on, we plan to support in-world creation via constructive solid geometry
|
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+with procedural extensions, as a supplement to the GLTF pipeline.</p>
|
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+
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+<p>Any audio format supported by jME (OGG & WAV in particular)
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+can be opened by the client for upload.
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+Streaming media can be in any format supported by JavaFX’s media framework.</p>
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+
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+<p>
|
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+<figure>
|
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+
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+ <img src="https://jme-hub-cdn-jmonkeyengineor.netdna-ssl.com/user_avatar/hub.jmonkeyengine.org/sgold/45/1430_2.png" height="45px" />
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+
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+
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+</figure>
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+
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+Sgold:</p>
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+
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+<p>If someone wants to develop games for MyWorld, where should they begin?
|
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+Is there an e-mail list for announcements?
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+A website they should monitor?
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+A chatroom they should join?</p>
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+
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+<p>
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+<figure>
|
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+
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+ <img src="https://jme-hub-cdn-jmonkeyengineor.netdna-ssl.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/82dd89/120.png" height="45px" />
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+
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+
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+</figure>
|
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+
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+Daniel Perano:</p>
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+
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+<p>The best place to go is our <a href="https://discordapp.com/invite/WccnrWg">Discord server</a>.
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+We have an active community there,
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+and we often discuss planned or requested features.
|
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+It’s also the first place we share development updates
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+and news about the project.
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+For anyone wishing to participate in the alpha-test release,
|
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+this is the place to be.</p>
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+
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+<p>Our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MyWorld-LLC-228751528045088">Facebook</a>
|
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+and <a href="https://twitter.com/MyWorldLLC">Twitter</a> pages
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+cover major news items and announcements,
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+and liking/following us there helps us get the word out to more people!</p>
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+
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+<p>For general project information, blog posts, and press releases,
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+the <a href="https://myworldvw.com/">MyWorld website</a> is the place to go.
|
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+We archive the notes from our monthly “MyWorld Meetup” sessions on the blog —
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+these are a great resource for finding out details about the project.</p>
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+
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+<p>
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+<figure>
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+
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+ <img src="https://jme-hub-cdn-jmonkeyengineor.netdna-ssl.com/user_avatar/hub.jmonkeyengine.org/sgold/45/1430_2.png" height="45px" />
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+
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+
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+</figure>
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+
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+Sgold:</p>
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+
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+<p>I’ve run out of questions.
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+Unless there’s something more you’d like to discuss, let’s wrap this up.</p>
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+
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+<p>Thank you very much for your detailed answers
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+and all the time and care you put into them.</p>
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+
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+<p>
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+<figure>
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+
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+ <img src="https://jme-hub-cdn-jmonkeyengineor.netdna-ssl.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/82dd89/120.png" height="45px" />
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+
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+
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+</figure>
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+
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+Daniel Perano:</p>
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+
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+<p>Thank you! I enjoyed the interview, and I’m looking forward to seeing how jME continues to grow and improve – there’s a lot of great talent behind this project!</p>
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+
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