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hermeticum is the next version of [tildemush](https://github.com/vilmibm/tildemush): a full rewrite of the alpha release.
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there are two major differences: Go instead of Python and Lua instead of a from-scratch scripting language for game objects.
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Otherwise, this is a pretty faithful implementation of what tildemush was planned to be (and mostly implemented in the alpha).
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## but why
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the alpha version of tildemush does work! you can script objects and make rooms and do all sorts of things. Unfortunately, it:
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- gets laggy with any real number of users
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- has memory leaks
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- consists of very poorly abstracted spaghetti code
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- has a half-implemented client
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- is extremely hard to add to (I gave up trying to do scheduled tasks)
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- has a very brittle, very fragile, 100% hacks scripting language for game objects
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- has a very inelegant and inefficient system for handling revisions to game objects code
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I feel very strongly that a total rewrite is necessary. I also feel very strongly that Go is a better choice for this kind of application than Python.
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## new technical stuff
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- API is grpc/protobuff based
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- client uses `tview` which I find more pleasant to work with that `urwid`
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## the name though
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the name "tildemush" has never quite sat right with me. I don't know why. I'm a
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lot more pleased with `hermeticum`, which describes what it is I'm really
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inspired by when it comes to MU* engines: the spaces a mind can create to store
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wisdom. I like the idea of mapping these mental spaces into a computer.
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## docs
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I haven't moved over any design docs or notes or anything like that. Refer to the tildemush repo for that kind of stuff.
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