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The world's first MMO sandbox game for programmers

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Screeps

The world's first MMO sandbox game for programmers

What is Screeps?

Screeps means “scripting creeps.” It’s an open-source sandbox MMO RTS game for programmers, wherein the core mechanic is programming your units’ AI. You control your colony by writing JavaScript which operate 24/7 in the single persistent real-time world filled by other players on par with you.

Modules

  1. Main
    • Game main loop
  2. Defense
    • Controls defense units.
  3. Memory
    • Garbage Collector
  4. Scheduler
    • Schedules tasks for creeps based on their roles.
  5. Settings
    • Game settings
  6. Spawner
    • Spawns new creeps based on the settings.
  7. Prototypes
    • Prototypes game objects.

Roles

  1. Container Miner
    • Mines the energy from the sources and put them into a container.
  2. Harvester
    • Collects the energy and fills it into the spawn and extractors.
  3. MacGyver
    • Builds new structures.
  4. Mechanic
    • Repairs the structures.
  5. Trump
    • His duty is to build up a wall, to keep invaders out of the room.
  6. Upgrader
    • Upgrades the room controller, to level up the RCL (Room Control Level) and unlock new buildings.
  7. Trucker
    • Prevents container overfilling, by transporting energy from containers to room storage.

Deployment

  1. Install Dependencies with npm install.

  2. Create a .screeps.json file with the following content:

    {
  "email": "foo@bar.com",
  "password": "SecretPassword",
  "branch": "default",
  "ptr": false
}

  3. Then run grunt screeps.

Ideas/Improvements

  • Create a scheduler for energy harvesting, sometimes the creeps get to the container which is empty yet.
  • More complex spawn system than just a priority list.
  • Expand harvesting to neighbor rooms.
  • Make more use of the memory to save cpu power.