Discussion on which languages to use

[Arunscape]

Frontend

• Probably want to stick with JavaScript or TypeScript for the UI
  • I would like to try out the Svelte framework https://svelte.dev/
• If there are expensive client-side calculations for the computer player logic, those could be done in WebAssembly
  • Rust, Go, or C++ would work

Alternative approach

We could make an executable that uses a graphics API like Vulkan to do the rendering

• something like amethyst https://amethyst.rs/
• or Godot https://godotengine.org/
• https://github.com/GodotNativeTools/godot-rust

Backend

• Could be anything, really
  • Rust, Go, Lisp, Express.js...
• Can probably reuse mongodb logic from the connect4 project

Other details

From a game logic standpoint, each map can be abstracted to an undirected graph.

This means that each map can easily be represented as a 2d matrix of "countries". They would store:

• which other countries are adjacent to itself
• which player currently owns it
• how many troops are on it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjacency_matrix

[arostron]

closure, closurescript, javascript, possibly scala (credits to Jacob for that decision)

Roadmap:

• make a map editor
• ????
• ???
• Bam Risk is done