Tau Station (MMORPG in Perl)

For those always looking for answers to, "What's written in Perl these days?", another candidate has been released. Tau Station has just entered open alpha. This is one of Ovid's projects, so you know it will be good. Play the game at https://taustation.space/.

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Re: Tau Station (MMORPG in Perl) by morgon (Priest) on Apr 19, 2018 at 18:42 UTC
That is cool and at the same time a bit sad. When I would ask someone "what's written in Python these days" he'd probably mention things like pandas, scikit-learn or keras. I am really glad that for the Perl-side I can now counter with an mmorpg. But the real queston is not "what is written in x" but "what is written in x that is of any relevance"... And the answer to that is not pretty for x=perl I am afraid.	[reply]
Re^2: Tau Station (MMORPG in Perl) by RonW (Parson) on Apr 19, 2018 at 19:52 UTC
But the real queston is not "what is written in x" but "what is written in x that is of any relevance" Probably a lot more than the pundits think or claim there are. In my employer's IT department, the network group uses Perl extensively. And given that I am the only Perl coder (out of about 50) in the company who has any interest in Perl Monks, I suspect there are a lot more Perl coders working "under the radar".	[reply]
Re^2: Tau Station (MMORPG in Perl) by hippo (Bishop) on Apr 19, 2018 at 21:39 UTC
When I would ask someone "what's written in Python these days" he'd probably mention things like pandas, scikit-learn or keras. When I DDG'd those they turned out just to be python libraries. Not very interesting or useful to someone who doesn't already program in python. The equivalent would be JAPH giving RPi::WiringPi, Map::Tube and BioPerl as examples, say. In contrast. Tau Station is a stand-alone product usable by people who aren't programmers at all. It's no comparison. (and that BTW is why I thought it worthy of posting as news - YMMV)	[reply]

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