MistFyre development journal. Talking about building a pbbg rpg…
I’m going to try to chronicle my efforts to build a javascript based RPG here. I’ve built “prototypes” of games several times in XUL, Laszlo, Konfabulator, Canvas, and finally settling on plain old HTML.
I am going to be using YUI 3 for the core of the game engine. This allows me to focus on just those parts of the js I need for the game, and take advantage of the hard work the folks on the YUI team. I’ve heard from many folks who are in the school of thought to just “build it all on my own” but the nice thing about an RPG is that it doesnt need to have a fantastic framerate, and it’s mostly dealing with laying out tiles or dealing with data. So YUI 3 is a natural choice for me. Tonight I’m going to get a tile to show up in the game. That’s my goal 
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