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+ content="jMonkeyEngine is a modern developer friendly game engine written primarily in Java. ">
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+<meta name="twitter:description" content="stephengold Thank you for agreeing to be interviewed.
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+First question: Do you remember when you first encountered JMonkeyEngine?
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+What was your first impression?
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+danielperano 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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+ <meta property="og:title" content="Sgold interviews Daniel Perano" />
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+<meta property="og:description" content="stephengold Thank you for agreeing to be interviewed.
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+First question: Do you remember when you first encountered JMonkeyEngine?
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+What was your first impression?
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+danielperano 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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+<meta itemprop="description" content="stephengold Thank you for agreeing to be interviewed.
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+First question: Do you remember when you first encountered JMonkeyEngine?
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+What was your first impression?
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+danielperano 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 —"><meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2020-02-25T18:00:00+00:00" />
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+ href="https://opencollective.com/jmonkeyengine#section-contributors"> and more...</a>
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+ Contributed by:
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+ <a rel='noopener nofollow noreferrer' target="_blank" id="contributorName">The Community</a>
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+ href="https://github.com/jMonkeyEngine/jmonkeyengine/graphs/contributors">and more...</a>
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+ Explore, customize, and build across the world of Spoxel as you fight the otherworlders who have subjugated the land and forced the grounders below the surface. Use runes to construct custom powerful …
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+Thank you for agreeing to be interviewed.</p>
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+<p>First question: Do you remember when you first encountered JMonkeyEngine?<br>
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+What was your first impression?</p>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> I started learning jME back in the 3.0 days, as I recall,<br>
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+and I was impressed with the features it offered.<br>
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+The scene-graph control and appstate design made a lot of sense to me —<br>
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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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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> OpenWorld was the precursor to MyWorld —<br>
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+a platform for real-time, 3-D social virtual worlds and MMO games.</p>
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+What got you interested in social virtual worlds?</p>
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+</figure> I first heard of them from<br>
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+I was fascinated, and despite being underage<br>
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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<br>
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+I was hooked from the start.<br>
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+It was like a game, but there were so many things to do and places to explore,<br>
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+and the built-in creation system blew my mind.</p>
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+<p>A couple years later, I discovered OpenSimulator,<br>
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+an open-source server that’s compatible with Second Life clients (viewers).<br>
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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<br>
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+some limitations that OpenSimulator inherited from Second Life.<br>
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+Compared to multi-player games, virtual worlds always felt slow and bloated,<br>
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+and the architecture was fundamentally limiting.</p>
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+<p>At that point I had the idea that grew into MyWorld:<br>
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+apply multiplayer game technology to social virtual worlds.<br>
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+Later on, I realized that a social virtual-world platform<br>
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+could also be a powerful MMO gaming platform, and<br>
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+since then I’ve worked towards the dual goal of supporting<br>
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+social virtual worlds and MMO games as first-class citizens on MyWorld.</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="danielperano">
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> We have three people on the project.<br>
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+Right now I’m the sole developer —<br>
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+the other two handle business management,<br>
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+social media, and aesthetics (art and design).</p>
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+ </div>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> <br>
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+How is the project funded?</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="danielperano">
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+ <img class="excludeSummary" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/danielperano">
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+ </div>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> We’re fully self-funded: no investor or venture-capital backing.<br>
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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,<br>
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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.<br>
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+We can grow organically and sustainably.</li>
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+ </div>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> <br>
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+When’s the next release of MyWorld due out?</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="danielperano">
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+ </div>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> Our first alpha/preview release<br>
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+will come out around the end of March of this year (2020).</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="stephengold">
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+ </div>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> <br>
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+What features will it provide?</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="danielperano">
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+ </div>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> The feature set will depend on what we have time to finish.<br>
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+Dynamic asset delivery/loading, the entity system, and scripting<br>
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+are in pretty good shape,<br>
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+but the user interface still needs work<br>
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+and there are many small “detail features” that need attention.</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="stephengold">
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+ </div>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> <br>
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+In the long run, what will differentiate MyWorld from other virtual worlds?<br>
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+Specifically, how would you compare it to Minecraft and Second Life?</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="danielperano">
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+ </div>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> Unlike Minecraft, MyWorld is not a game itself —<br>
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+it’s a platform that supports dynamic content creation and scripting,<br>
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+and unlike games more generally, MyWorld provides first-class support<br>
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+for uploading 3D models, textures, audio, etcetera<br>
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+and distributing them to clients on an as-needed basis.<br>
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+It also has a professional-grade scripting language you can use<br>
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+to add custom behavior to your creations.</p>
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+<p>Unlike current-generation virtual worlds,<br>
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+MyWorld was designed from Day One to satisfy<br>
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+the performance requirements of multiplayer action games.<br>
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+This means that exploring a virtual world can have the same fast,<br>
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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,<br>
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+allowing scripted effects and latency-elimination techniques<br>
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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<br>
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+that can integrate into the entity system and<br>
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+host or call HTTP endpoints (for custom REST APIs, for example).<br>
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+Plugins can even extend the core network protocol<br>
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+with jME’s fast, intuitive, and efficient RMI implementation.</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="stephengold">
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+ </div>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> <br>
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+What’s the financial model? Will the client be freely downloadable?<br>
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+Will there be paid subscriptions? Free-to-play accounts?</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="danielperano">
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+ </div>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> Our vision for MyWorld has always been to release it open-source,<br>
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+so the client will always be free to download and use, as will the core server.<br>
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+We may eventually release some commercial plugins for professional use,<br>
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+but these would be extensions to the core server,<br>
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+not permanently built-in proprietary code.</p>
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+<p>In a project like MyWorld,<br>
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+there are many opportunities to provide value to users,<br>
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+so there are many potential revenue streams.<br>
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+Initially we’re looking at a revenue model similar to Second Life:<br>
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+users can rent space in the virtual world to build homes,<br>
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+businesses, workshops, etcetera.<br>
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+We may also introduce a subscription model that offers<br>
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+extra benefits to heavy users.</p>
|
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+<p>We’re also investigating how we can monetize<br>
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+by offering professional hosting and support services to game developers<br>
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+and those interested in running MyWorld servers.</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="stephengold">
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+ </div>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> <br>
|
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+I’ve heard that Second Life has its own currency.<br>
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+Do you have plans in that area?</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="danielperano">
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+ </div>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> While MyWorld needs a virtual currency to effectively operate,<br>
|
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+issuing one ourselves is not currently a viable choice for a couple of reasons:</p>
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+<ol>
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+<li>
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+<p>Issuing in-house currency is a large financial liability —<br>
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+there are many ways to destabilize an economy, virtual or otherwise,<br>
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+that are largely or completely outside the control of the currency issuer,<br>
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+which would present a risk both to us and our users.</p>
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+</li>
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+<li>
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+<p>Governments have begun regulating virtual currencies,<br>
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+making it expensive and difficult to issue them.</p>
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+</li>
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+</ol>
|
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+<p>Fortunately, we’re not the only ones with this need<br>
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+and there are several good virtual currency services,<br>
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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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+<p>So yes, we will have a virtual currency,<br>
|
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+but we’re not planning on issuing it ourselves.</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="stephengold">
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> <br>
|
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+You mentioned earlier that Second Life was age-restricted.<br>
|
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+Will MyWorld have similar restrictions?</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="danielperano">
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+ </div>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> Initially yes, unfortunately.<br>
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+Allowing minors requires extra legal compliance<br>
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+and stringent moderation of content and user interactions.</p>
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+<p>I don’t see this as a notable limitation, especially early on.<br>
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+Most of our initial user base will be developers and creators,<br>
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+not general users,<br>
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+so I expect the overwhelming majority of interest to be coming from adults.</p>
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+<p>I want to allow minors to access at least some areas within MyWorld<br>
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+as soon as it makes sense for us as an organization and community,<br>
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+but for now we need to focus on the technical aspects.</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="stephengold">
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+ </div>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> <br>
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+Does MyWorld use JMonkeyEngine for the client, the server, or both?</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="danielperano">
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+ </div>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> The client is a typical jME application —<br>
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+AppStates tie MyWorld-specific libraries (such as our in-house entity system)<br>
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+to other systems and the scene graph.</p>
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+<p>The server uses jME’s network stack,<br>
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+and we’re transitioning from jME’s physics to Minie, but that’s about all.<br>
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+The server’s systems and heartbeat/event dispatch loop are all custom —<br>
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+we don’t use jME’s application structure serverside.</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="stephengold">
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> <br>
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+What technologies does MyWorld use besides JMonkeyEngine?</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="danielperano">
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+ </div>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> It uses JavaFX, Lemur, Chipmunk (our in-house scripting language),<br>
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+Jetty (an embedded HTTP server), and CockroachDB (a distributed SQL database).</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="stephengold">
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+ </div>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> <br>
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+What prompted you to create Chipmunk?<br>
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+What other scripting languages did you consider?</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="danielperano">
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+ <span ghresolve-bio="innerText" class="ghbio excludeSummary"></span>
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+ </div>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> Chipmunk was born out of necessity.</p>
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+<p>Like Second Life,<br>
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+MyWorld allows content creators to script anything they create.<br>
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+Scripting can include physics, movement, particle/sound/animation effects,<br>
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+HTTP calls, etcetera.</p>
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+<p>The problems here are security and resource use.<br>
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+Since anyone with creation privileges can upload scripts to a server<br>
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+(and scripts can also run client side), sandboxing is a must.</p>
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+<p>My first choice for scripting was Groovy.<br>
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+It’s a powerful, well-known language with many features,<br>
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+and the compiler supports AST transformations for customizing compiled code.<br>
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+I spent a great deal of time pursuing this route,<br>
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+but the shoe always pinched in the same spots: preemption and checkpointing.</p>
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+<p>Preemption means that the script engine can stop a running script at any time.<br>
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+This is necessary to ensure that misbehaving (or resource-intensive) scripts<br>
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+don’t overuse CPU resources.<br>
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+Preemption is also necessary for checkpointing:<br>
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+freezing a script so it can be persisted to disk or sent to another server.</p>
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+<p>Java was not designed for preemption.<br>
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+Every mechanism I could think of to fit preemption support<br>
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+into Java’s compiled bytecode came with substantial overhead and other nasty limitations.</p>
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+<p>I also experimented with an assembly-like language for scripting,<br>
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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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+<p>I designed Chipmunk to fit a unique place in the language spectrum —<br>
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+easy for a first-time programmer to pick up,<br>
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+but powerful enough for an experienced developer to hit the ground running.<br>
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+For example, classes declare state that’s shared between all instances<br>
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+via the “shared” keyword,<br>
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+which is semantically identical to Java’s “static” keyword,<br>
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+but expresses the concept in terms that make intuitive sense<br>
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+to inexperienced programmers.</p>
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+<p>In terms of features, Chipmunk supports modules, classes, polymorphism,<br>
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+first-class functions, anonymous (lambda) functions, exceptions,<br>
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+and dynamic typing.</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="stephengold">
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> <br>
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+Chipmunk sounds like it might have many uses.</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="danielperano">
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> I hope so! I’m looking forward to seeing what else it’s used for.</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="stephengold">
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+ <img class="excludeSummary" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/stephengold">
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+ </div>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> <br>
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+Is there any published documentation for it?<br>
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+Is it open-source?</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="danielperano">
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+ <img class="excludeSummary" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/danielperano">
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+ <a alt="website link" title="Website" ghresolve-blog="href" class="ghblog excludeSummary" href="" style="display:none"><i class="fas fa-globe"></i></a>
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+ </div>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> Chipmunk is developed separately from MyWorld and will be released<br>
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+open-source as soon as we’ve finalized the v1.0 language spec<br>
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+and finished implementing the standard library.</p>
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+<p>The main language features are functional, but it needs more attention<br>
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+on things like string manipulation, collection operations, and libraries.</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="stephengold">
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+ <img class="excludeSummary" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/stephengold">
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+ <span ghresolve-bio="innerText" class="ghbio excludeSummary"></span>
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+ <a alt="website link" title="Website" ghresolve-blog="href" class="ghblog excludeSummary" href="" style="display:none"><i class="fas fa-globe"></i></a>
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+ </div>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> <br>
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+Part of the appeal of an open world, I think,<br>
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+is having a place to exhibit digital creations.</p>
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+<p>What skills/tools would someone need to create and upload a 3-D model?<br>
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+Do you envision people using Blender 3D?</p>
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+<p>What audio formats will MyWorld support?</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="danielperano">
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+ </div>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> MyWorld is built around the assumption that users will create digital content.<br>
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+One of the first things I wrote was the dynamic asset upload/download mechanism.</p>
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+<p>Our initial creation pipeline is based around the GLTF format.<br>
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+Thanks to jME’s GLTF importer, most modern GLTF files should import seamlessly.<br>
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+Our primary interest in external tools is Blender 3D,<br>
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+but anything that exports to GLTF should do fine.</p>
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+<p>Later on, we plan to support in-world creation via constructive solid geometry<br>
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+with procedural extensions, as a supplement to the GLTF pipeline.</p>
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+<p>Any audio format supported by jME (OGG & WAV in particular)<br>
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+can be opened by the client for upload.<br>
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+Streaming media can be in any format supported by JavaFX’s media framework.</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="stephengold">
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+ <img class="excludeSummary" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/stephengold">
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+ <figcaption>
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+ </div>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> <br>
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+If someone wants to develop games for MyWorld, where should they begin?<br>
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+Is there an e-mail list for announcements?<br>
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+A website they should monitor?<br>
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+A chatroom they should join?</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="danielperano">
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+ <img class="excludeSummary" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/danielperano">
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+ <a alt="website link" title="Website" ghresolve-blog="href" class="ghblog excludeSummary" href="" style="display:none"><i class="fas fa-globe"></i></a>
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+ </div>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> The best place to go is our <a href="https://discordapp.com/invite/WccnrWg">Discord server</a>.<br>
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+We have an active community there,<br>
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+and we often discuss planned or requested features.<br>
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+It’s also the first place we share development updates<br>
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+and news about the project.<br>
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+For anyone wishing to participate in the alpha-test release,<br>
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+this is the place to be.</p>
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+<p>Our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MyWorld-LLC-228751528045088">Facebook</a><br>
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+and <a href="https://twitter.com/MyWorldLLC">Twitter</a> pages<br>
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+cover major news items and announcements,<br>
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+and liking/following us there helps us get the word out to more people!</p>
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+<p>For general project information, blog posts, and press releases,<br>
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+the <a href="https://myworldvw.com/">MyWorld website</a> is the place to go.<br>
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+We archive the notes from our monthly “MyWorld Meetup” sessions on the blog —<br>
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+these are a great resource for finding out details about the project.</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="stephengold">
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+ </div>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> <br>
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+I’ve run out of questions.<br>
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+Unless there’s something more you’d like to discuss, let’s wrap this up.</p>
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+<p>Thank you very much for your detailed answers<br>
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+and all the time and care you put into them.</p>
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+<p><figure class="githubUser inline " github-user="danielperano">
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+ </div>
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+ </figcaption>
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+</figure> 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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