evennia/docs/sphinx/source/wiki/Links.rst

External links and resources
============================

This is a list of resources that may be useful for Evennia users and
developers.

Evennia links
-------------

-  `Evennia's main portal page <http://www.evennia.com>`_ (RSS feeds to
   updates)
-  `Evennia forums <http://www.evennia.com/discussions>`_
-  `Evennia Commit
   Log <http://groups.google.com/group/evennia-commits>`_ (hg commit
   notification)
-  `Sequential source update
   list <http://code.google.com/p/evennia/source/list>`_ (easily see
   what was changed in each update)
-  `Evennia mailing list <http://groups.google.com/group/evennia>`_
   (better web interface can be found from the portal)
-  `Evennia development blog <http://evennia.blogspot.se/>`_

Third-party Evennia links
-------------------------

-  `Evennia's manual on
   ReadTheDocs <http://readthedocs.org/projects/evennia/>`_ (also
   convert to PDF)
-  `Hosting Evennia on
   Webfaction <http://lotek.heavy.ch/evennia#Hosting>`_
-  `Evennia on Ohloh <http://www.ohloh.net/projects/6906>`_
-  `Evennia on OpenHatch <http://openhatch.org/+projects/Evennia>`_
-  `Evennia on
   PyPi <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Evennia%20MUD%20Server/Alpha>`_

-  `Avaloria <http://code.google.com/p/avaloria/>`_ (MUD under
   development, using Evennia)
-  `Winter's Oasis <http://blog.wintersoasis.com/>`_ (MUCK under
   development, using Evennia)
-  `Latitude <https://github.com/dbenoy/latitude>`_ (MUCK under
   development, using Evennia)

-  `notimetoplay
   post <http://notimetoplay.org/2013/08/29/evennia-a-mud-building-toolkit/>`_
   about Evennia

General mud/game development ideas and discussions
--------------------------------------------------

-  `MudLab <http://mudlab.org/>`_ mud design discussion forum
-  `MudConnector <http://www.mudconnect.com/>`_ mud listing and forums
-  `MudBytes <http://www.mudbytes.net/>`_ mud listing and forums
-  `Top Mud Sites <http://www.topmudsites.com/>`_ mud listing and forums
-  `MudStandards wiki <http://www.mudstandards.org/MudStandards_Wiki>`_
   is an attempt at gathering protocol standards for MUD servers.

-  `Planet Mud-Dev <http://planet-muddev.disinterest.org/>`_ is a blog
   aggregator following blogs of current MUD development (including
   Evennia) around the 'net.
-  Mud Dev mailing list archive
   (`mirror1 <http://nilgiri.net/MUD-Dev-archive/>`_),(\ `mirror2 <http://www.disinterest.org/resource/MUD-Dev/>`_)
   - Influential mailing list active 1996-2004. Advanced game design
   discussions.
-  `Imaginary
   Realities <http://disinterest.org/resource/imaginary-realities/>`_ is
   an e-magazine on game/MUD design which were active 1998-2001.
   Interesting articles.
-  `Mud-dev wiki <http://mud-dev.wikidot.com/>`_ is a slowly growing
   resource on MUD creation
-  `Nick Gammon's hints
   thread <http://www.gammon.com.au/forum/bbshowpost.php?bbsubject_id=5959>`_
   holds a very useful list of things to think about when starting your
   new MUD.

-  `Lost Garden <http://www.lostgarden.com/>`_ is a game development
   blog with long and interesting articles (not MUD-specific)
-  `What Games Are <http://whatgamesare.com/>`_ is a blog about general
   game design (not MUD-specific)
-  `The Alexandrian <http://thealexandrian.net/>`_ is a blog about
   tabletop roleplaying and board games, but with lots of general
   discussion about rule systems and game balance that could be
   applicable also for MUDs.

Litterature
-----------

-  Richard Bartle *Designing Virtual Worlds* (`amazon
   page <http://www.amazon.com/Designing-Virtual-Worlds-Richard-Bartle/dp/0131018167>`_)
   - Essential reading for the design of any persistent game world,
   written by the co-creator of the original game *MUD*. Discusses
   basically everything you need to think about and more.
-  Richard Cantillon *An Essay on Economic Theory* (`free
   pdf <http://mises.org/books/essay_on_economic_theory_cantillon.pdf>`_)
   - A very good English translation of *Essai sur la Nature du Commerce
   en Général*, one of the foundations of modern economic theory.
   Written in 1730 but the translation is annotated and is very easy to
   follow for a modern reader. Required reading if you think of
   implementing a sane game economic system.
-  David M. Beazley *Python Essential Reference (4th ed)* (`amazon
   page <http://www.amazon.com/Python-Essential-Reference-David-Beazley/dp/0672329786/>`_)
   - Our recommended book on Python; it not only efficiently summarizes
   the language but is also an excellent reference to the standard
   library for more experienced Python coders.

Frameworks
----------

-  `Django's homepage <http://www.djangoproject.com/>`_

   -  `Documentation <http://docs.djangoproject.com/en>`_
   -  `Code <http://code.djangoproject.com/>`_

-  `Twisted homepage <http://twistedmatrix.com/>`_

   -  `Documentation <http://twistedmatrix.com/documents/current/core/howto/index.html>`_
   -  `Code <http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/browser>`_

Tools
-----

-  `Mercurial tutorial <http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/Tutorial>`_
-  `Another, pretty funny, Mercurial tutorial <http://hginit.com/>`_
-  `Sphinx manual <http://sphinx.pocoo.org/contents.html>`_ (compile
   documentation)
-  `Doxygen <http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/>`_ (build auto-docs)

Python Info
-----------

-  `Python Website <http://www.python.org/>`_

   -  `Documentation <http://www.python.org/doc/>`_
   -  `Tutorial <http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html>`_
   -  `Library Reference <http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html>`_
   -  `Language Reference <http://docs.python.org/ref/ref.html>`_