Hi all, I’m leaving Meteor. I wrote a video game on Meteor (StarCommanderOnline), but am dropping the MMO part to focus on single player.
In parting, I wanted to leave you with a MUP alternative.
What does this do?
Build your own Ubuntu based Meteor Production Server with OpLog and Kadira enabled!
In these scripts, you will find ALL the important pieces of code I fought for YEARS to find, which are required to start your own server up! I’ve taken in to consideration:
Firewall Rules and forwarding Port 80 to Port 3000
OpLog enabled
Kadira Reporting from NodeChef.com’s Kadira instance, $10 bucks a month
This community is one of the best repositories on the internet, I wish every one well. If any one would like my MMO engine, please PM me.
Thanks @SkyRooms for being an active and positive voice in the community, it’s sad to see you leaving I really enjoyed the project you were working, best of good luck in your next adventure
Because I still have to maintain a Node + Mongo server in some capacity. I’m a PHP+MySQL+Wordpress pro, I’m just more comfortable there.
My business model has also changed dramatically… Have you seen the recent hate on EA for ‘micro transactions’? My player base evaporated, and stopped spending. My new app will be a 1 time purchase to unlock the full game, and I’m switching to another platform over at www.Scirra.com - their in-app-purchase management is amazing.
I’m going to tie web purchases in to WooCommerce for reporting. Where as in Meteor, I’d have to build that entire package.
So simply put, Meteor no longer meets my needs as well as Scirra does. I’ve already made a huge port on the app. Come check it out
Scirra and Meteor are not comparable, they serve very different communities.
Scirra is more focused on multi-platform 2d games development while Meteor is more tailored for web/apps/APIs and real-time development, developers need to pick the best tools for the job, and especially those who are tight on resources. I think Meteor is the best for tool for modern web development but Scirra might be a better choice for @SkyRooms future needs (single player 2d games).
Meteor did it job by helping @SkyRooms to launch an MVP and learn more about the domain, business model and how to position himself in the market going forward, so it’s a good story after all. And l’m personally looking forward for more games from @SkyRooms so keep us posted here!
@iDoMeteor Meteor watches the oplog for changes. If you don’t have one, it will fall back to polling, which can cause terrible performance problems. Do you not use an oplog??
I think if you examined my scripts, you would see their value.
You can simply add another line of code to the DB start script to create an replica set. And yes, you should run in oplog even if you’re on one database.
