Rails - Apr 2006 - Shattered, the rails-based MVC game development framework

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Shattered 0.3 has just been released!  Inspired by Ruby on Rails, Shattered
is doing for game development what rails has done for web development.
  Get it  here !


We''ve made this release more accessible than ever by focusing on
documentation. 

Wiki! Tutorials! API documentation! Forums! 


Act now! 

Supplies ARE limited. 



Shattered is a MVC game development framework built around the same two
principles rails is: 

1. Convention before configuration - those things that are common should be
easy. 

2. DRY - Don''t repeat yourself - We shouldn''t need to type any
more than is
necessary to get something to work. 



Shattered sits on top of a powerful, high level c++ 3d graphics library
called  Ogre . 


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Martyn Garcia wrote:
> Shattered sits on top of a powerful, high level c++ 3d graphics library
> called  Ogre .
>
>  http://shattered.hastilymade.com
If you are saying I can create 3d hardware accellerated games with Ruby 
then HOLY JEEBUS I LOVE YOU.

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Hi,

I really like the initiative, but are you making this part of a product 
you are developing? or just making a framework?

Greets,

Abdul

Martyn Garcia wrote:
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> if( you_want_to_make_a_game_with_ruby ) {
> Shattered, the rails-based MVC game development frameworkShattered, 
> the rails-based MVC game development frameworkShattered, the 
> rails-based MVC game development framework 
> <http://shattered.hastilymade.com>
>
> Shattered 0.3 has just been released! Inspired by Ruby on Rails, 
> Shattered is doing for game development what rails has done for web 
> development.
> * Get it here <http://shattered.hastilymade.com>!
> *
>
> We''ve made this release more accessible than ever by focusing on 
> documentation.
> Wiki! Tutorials! API documentation! Forums!
>
> Act now!
> *Supplies ARE limited. *
>
>
> /Shattered is a MVC game development framework built around the same 
> two principles rails is:
>
>     * /1. Convention before configuration - those things that are
>       common should be easy. /
>     * /2. DRY - Don''t repeat yourself - We shouldn''t need
to type any
>       more than is necessary to get something to work. /
>
>
> Shattered sits on top of a powerful, high level c++ 3d graphics 
> library called Ogre <http://www.ogre3d.org>.
> / }
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Hi Abdul,

Good question!  Shattered is being derived from the projects that we work
on.  


So far Shattered has been used with 3 projects.

1.  A space fighting simulation, part of a graduate class assignment.(titled
''Spaced Out'') - completed, but is not going to be released.

2.  A brief RPG set in a corrupt fantasy world. (titled
''Binge'') - in
progress

3.  A machinima about Sonic and Mario, for a different graduate class. - in
progress.  It may be released, unless there are legality issues.


We believe it is important that Shattered continues to be abstracted from
real game projects.


-Martyn Garcia

http://shattered.hastilymade.com 


Abdur-Rahman Advany wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I really like the initiative, but are you making this part of a product 
> you are developing? or just making a framework?
> 
> Greets,
> 
> Abdul
> 
> 
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Martyn,

To bad, a lot of academic projects seem to disappear after a while. I 
think it would be more interesting if there was a company developing it 
for commercial interest, if they depended on it..
Like 37signals has profited a lot from the rails project sins it got 
open sourced. The same should happen to Shattered if you really like 
companies to pay attention to it :)

Abdul


Martyn Garcia wrote:
> Hi Abdul,
> Good question! Shattered is being derived from the projects that we 
> work on.
>
> So far Shattered has been used with 3 projects.
>
>     * 1. A space fighting simulation, part of a graduate class
>       assignment.(titled ''Spaced Out'') - completed, but
is not going
>       to be released.
>     * 2. A brief RPG set in a corrupt fantasy world. (titled
''Binge'')
>       - in progress
>     * 3. A machinima about Sonic and Mario, for a different graduate
>       class. - in progress. It may be released, unless there are
>       legality issues.
>
>
> We believe it is important that Shattered continues to be abstracted 
> from real game projects.
>
> -Martyn Garcia
> http://shattered.hastilymade.com
>
>     Abdur-Rahman Advany wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I really like the initiative, but are you making this part of a product
>     you are developing? or just making a framework?
>
>     Greets,
>
>     Abdul
>         
>
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Hey Abdul,

Shattered is not an academic project.  It is an open source project. 
I''ve
already graduated college and I still work on it ;-).


As for a company making the product -- we cannot start a company without any
capitol.  But give it 1-2 years, and we will have saved the necessary
capital to start a company.


Until then, we are building up our userbase.  37signals did not immediately
start making money from rails.  It took a while.  We are going for a linear
growth with shattered.

I assure you Abdul, we''re not going anywhere ;-).


Thanks for your constructive criticism,

-Martyn Garcia

http://shattered.hastilymade.com 


Abdur-Rahman Advany wrote:
> 
> Martyn,
> 
> To bad, a lot of academic projects seem to disappear after a while. I 
> think it would be more interesting if there was a company developing it 
> for commercial interest, if they depended on it..
> Like 37signals has profited a lot from the rails project sins it got 
> open sourced. The same should happen to Shattered if you really like 
> companies to pay attention to it :)
> 
> Abdul
> 
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Is Shattered just for web games or are you extending rails to be like a 
normal app?

Thanks
Chris

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Chris Richards wrote:
> Is Shattered just for web games or are you extending rails to be like a 
> normal app?
> 
> Thanks
> Chris
More like a Rails inspired Framework for standalone 3d games.  It''s 
actually Rails, just takes the lessons it teaches us for how to make a 
rock soild framework.  It hooks into a 3d game engine.

Or so I am assuming based on the wiki and tutorial I jsut did.

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Hi Chris,

Shattered has absolutely nothing to do with the web ;-).  Unless someone
writes a networking plugin!


Shattered is made for the creation of realtime 3d games.

Shattered is a DSL(Domain Specific Language) for 3d games, much the same as
Rails is a DSL for web applications.


The problem domain, however, is significantly different.  The only part of
Rails that we were able to use was active_support.  Programming in our
architecture, however, will feel right to those who enjoy using Rails.  This
is because Shattered is similiar to Rails in design patterns.


Thanks for your question,

-Martyn Garcia

http://shattered.hastilymade.com 


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> normal app?
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> Chris
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