Technically the game consists of a server part written in C/C++ and a client part written in JavaScript running in a web browser. The conversion under Windows concerned only the server part. I considered various options how to compile the server part under Windows. The code conforms to the POSIX standard - multithreading using POSIX threads is used and many other related features and employed. The first consideration was to use Visual C++ but soon it turned out that in that case I would have to switch from POSIX threads to Win API which is something I really don't like. So another option comes to mind. Using Cygwin which in fact simulates POSIX environment under Windows. After some effort to polish several subtle parts of the code I have successfully compiled the server part under Windows. To enjoy the outcome of this effort with me I have posted binaries of the Windows version of the technical demo of the game here. It should be relatively simple to run and play. Just download, unzip and click startTheGame.bat batch. After that the game should appear in the Firefox window.
Windows offline demo (version 0.2 build 009)
We have released Windows off-line technical demo. Linux version has been successfully converted under Windows.
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