The RedDwarf phoenix
I was kind of shocked to hear that Project Darkstar has been shut down, and its staff laid off. My online multiplayer technology strategy was hinging on Darkstar. Major downer!
But I also learned that a couple of the original Darkstar team members, led by Owen Kellett, has forked the code and is trying to keep it alive as RedDwarf. So, that’s a very cool thing. I hope that it does thrive, because Darkstar is a pretty amazing server technology despite the fact that it’s not finished.
I hope all of Darkstar’s users will migrate to the new project and support it. Anyone can contribute code (though there is a sensible review process), so please go make your mark, and save this great server solution from the trash bin of history!
March 15th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
Do you know where can be found old documentation to DarkStar project? Oracle blocked everything and RedDwarf project has no doc at all (doc for the beginners)
March 15th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
I know that the RedDwarf team is trying to get the Darkstar tutorials put back up on the RD site, but other than that I don’t know of any documentation resources. Sorry!