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Secret Nemesis

A simple framework for HTML5/JS games and apps. Uses Node.js on the server, and communicates with Socket.io

Design

Phat server, skinny client

While the client should be busy making things look nice, we won't trust him, and in fact, running the game on the server makes sense.
Focus on simplifying the client-server conversation

Provide a set of primitives useful for app creation, and let the framework deal with them

Write a single codeset that plays both in the client and on the server

Loader

Provide the loader with a list of files, and they will be loaded before the app begins.
Gamestate Manager

Use a 'switch()' function to switch to a new gamestate.
Require

Simple mechanism to include other JS files as libaries
Loading screen

A bar should be displayed on the screen

Input manager

Input events should be accessible via a simple interface. Like:

input.assign( 'w', 'jump' );
input.on( 'jump',
	function(){
		do.stuff();
	}
);

Sound and image manager

Sounds and images should be pants to load and use. Use in combination with the Loader plox
Client-side prediction

Implementation of a posvec object which supports tweening and prediction

Fat server

The server will run all the simulation and send periodic updates to all connected clients
Bitchy server

The server never replies instantly, it buffers up answers for one tick then sends them in a block. This is to avoid ping spam, and also so we can detect duplicate info

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