'blue' is a multiplayer 2-D tank game, written in Scheme. Our intent is to write clean, expandable code that can be used by Dr. Matthews' CS 211/311 students to learn about multi-threading and TCP/IP.

Features and Functions

• Multithreaded server supporting N players (system dependant, must have)
• Ability to move tanks around, fire, and kill each other (must have)
• Little lag as possible (must have)
• Sprites (nice to have)
• Console (nice to have)
• Chat ability (nice to have)
• OpenGL (very low priority)

Technologies

• PLT Scheme
  • DrScheme (204)
  • MzScheme
  • MrEd
• CVS
• TCP/IP
• Mailman (mailing list manager)

Currently, a simple WWW distribution of source code and ViewCVS access

Limitations

• Physical limitations on number of players
• Physical limitations on number of threads (related to above)
• Fixed size field (no scrolling) in original release

Platforms

Client should run on any platform that supports Dr Scheme v203. Server should on any platform that supports a PLT Scheme implementation. They will be tested on the following: Win98 Win2K WinXP Linux Solaris

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