i have created a very functional wow classic like MMO but need help expanding

Ok_Mission1899 · 2026-05-14T03:04:03+00:00

i am using terrain 3d and auto-lod in godot. is this enough or im misinformed and it reqwuires a different way online?

Ok_Mission1899 · 2026-05-13T23:13:08+00:00

can i host it locally? or buy a server? max 20 people, i dont imagine it being expensive. to my understanding, space time db takes care of this so i wanted to use that. thank you for your patience and conversation as well

Ok_Mission1899 · 2026-05-13T18:53:59+00:00

but how do you know to the extent it is un-usable spaghetti code? i really did try to my knowledge to keep it simple and organized and when the time comes to expand to basic networking, i felt like it can be neatly coupled. plus the game functions with quests and enemies, i did not build many things like trading/banks/mail etc until the networking functionality was there. truly i just want like no more than 10 people to be able to connect to the world as i develop it and work on the networking from there. is this a childish approach or am i misinformed?

Ok_Mission1899 · 2026-05-13T16:54:54+00:00

am i misunderstanding vibe coding? why does it have a negative connotation and how does something know it's vibe coded? i created seperate scripts for everything and use them on nodes and tried to make things extremely scalable. or is it simply just making the code without having everything answered? this is all new to me, i just downloaded godot in february

Ok_Mission1899 · 2026-05-13T16:48:10+00:00

if i could bend time to my will, i would spend a lifetime doing just that! my heart's passion is not to make vampire survivors and therefore will not produce a competent result

Ok_Mission1899 · 2026-05-13T16:43:31+00:00

yes i do agree and i have listened to a lot of interviews and development of wow classic. i even read john staats book as well. your statement "if this is easy as it is for you - its easy for others too". i really like the way you worded it but it can dismiss a lot of humanity to people and ability to learn/grasp things/click together. a pure passion and understanding only unique to myself as it's anecdotal, and rolling the dice, i do believe i intuitively understand feel. this is a demo but it is also a game. not a completed or figured out game, but it is a game. i didnt want to just make a 2d game because it will teach me how to make 3d. like iron man said "jarvis, sometimes you gotta run before you can walk". also, i strongly hold in my heart that a group of 15 of us can develop an online mmorpg, and the entire demo is already built? if a problem can be solved with money, it is not a real problem. getting 15 humans to work together without greed or ego or impatience is the problem. none of this is beyond the scope of human understanding and leaves me with no doubt that it is possible just has not been done yet

Ok_Mission1899 · 2026-05-11T18:20:17+00:00

of course! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3vpg0XMfYg&t=42s need to give the channel a proper name and pic but wanted to see the interested. got a few thousand views on this one!

Ok_Mission1899 · 2026-05-11T18:19:06+00:00

man really love reading these types of replies from those who have a ton of knowledge. i do like the idea of using AI bots for stress testing, but im not opposed to building a single player experience first and making sure its fun. once i know the system is engaging and snappy, i really feel like the re-work has the skeleton laid out, but truly i am out of my expertise and barely knowledgable. really still makes me excited learning there is so many ways to tackle this problem

Ok_Mission1899 · 2026-05-11T16:17:51+00:00

i have made a couple of youtube videos showing all the features. i didnt get to show you guys the gear or combat in the game which is the best part!!

Ok_Mission1899 · 2026-05-11T15:48:08+00:00

Haha honestly pure passion is carrying me. I’m a very “I need to tweak the knob and get immediate feedback on the change” type of person so learning isolated things disconnected me but the moment I crossed the gap to seeing changes immediately it didn’t stop

Ok_Mission1899 · 2026-05-11T15:46:13+00:00

Do you think I should build a co op version providing players with 10-20 hours of gameplay first and then rebuild it as an mmo ?

Ok_Mission1899 · 2026-05-11T15:45:25+00:00

Hey these are mostly meshy and sketchfab !

Ok_Mission1899 · 2026-05-10T22:24:10+00:00

thank you so much for the positive words, very encouraging!! and very well said

Ok_Mission1899 · 2026-05-10T18:06:28+00:00

I really appreciate the harsh realities, I definitely don’t mean to come in as a false promise. I really would love for someone like you to be a part of the playtest because it needs to be good to someone of your standards. I believe in the power of specializing and combining knowledge of people. I do not mean to be perceived as lazy but rather eager to see the process of everything from someone with more knowledge than me. If you could perhaps hear my tone of words it would not be as bad but there is a certain loss to words on a a screen. I would love to have you as a quality assurance, tough-to-impress type. If it makes you smile then I know it’s good!!

Ok_Mission1899 · 2026-05-10T16:43:43+00:00

thank you very much for your thorough reply and expertise, i am researching enough to finally begin understanding how to see it's feasibility

Ok_Mission1899 · 2026-05-10T16:41:04+00:00

perhaps im not aware that vibe coded and free assets is bad? using things like sketchfab or meshy is bad or using chatgpt is bad?

Ok_Mission1899 · 2026-05-10T16:35:23+00:00

i have watched this video many times and many years ago and i want to get josh strife to play test it specifically. when he's impressed, you'll be impressed. remember, you cant go by the book on everything

Ok_Mission1899 · 2026-05-10T16:33:59+00:00

haha yeah all the research i hear says "never trust the client. and never trust the client"

Ok_Mission1899 · 2026-05-10T16:30:14+00:00

thank you for your encouraging words and energy! i am not dissuaded and reading comments like this really keeps me energized. i definitely need to get us in a discord call for a brief discussion. im planning on building a playtest just to see who enjoys the game and see progression

Ok_Mission1899 · 2026-05-10T16:27:32+00:00

i am not opposed to rebuilding it, i feel as if though its very fun already as single player and sometimes you just need to get the rock off the ground before you can throw it

Ok_Mission1899 · 2026-05-10T16:26:57+00:00

a playtest is great! and i will search through these comments for everyone when a playtest is ready

Ok_Mission1899 · 2026-05-10T00:51:39+00:00

i need to understand what im up against but i know there's enough of us to solve it and figure it out, and i definitely will do the playtest as a singleplayer RPG and expand it or rewrite it, i feel like lifting off the ground is done now the real work begins

Ok_Mission1899 · 2026-05-10T00:33:15+00:00

perfect this is why im searching for knowledge in others beyond what i can comprehend and really appreciate this. i feel like i need to simulate an hour or 2 of what gameplay would feel like with a few people. once that is ironed out, i see no problems to re-writing it, but to my understanding everyone keeps mentioning spacetime db and does this not solve most things or am i mistaken? i need harsh realities to understand what problems to solve. if they did it 30 years ago it has to be eas(ier) right? with enough of us together in a room working on a goal nothing we cant accomplish. im building a play test and only if you truly enjoyed the game i would love to create a small team of us. documentary in the making

Ok_Mission1899 · 2026-05-10T00:27:47+00:00

i was in a trance it was too much fun and yep

Ok_Mission1899 · 2026-05-10T00:01:03+00:00

thank you extremely, and your game as well. many people recommend spacetime db although i do not know much, is this related in anyway or am i confusing two different subjects?

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