ToolUp Tuesday - #1
In this inaugural ToolUp Tuesday episode, Chris and Matt introduce a new live-coding series focused on building an application from the ground up while sharing every decision along the way. They brainstorm the concept of a massively multiplayer management simulation game — a tongue-in-cheek “SpaceBar” where players run their own establishments in an asynchronous, long-running game format.
The pair focus on architectural planning, designing a microservices-based system with distinct components: a world events engine (built in .NET) to process game state changes on a schedule, a player decisions service (built in Go) to handle player interactions, and a game engine to orchestrate the overall state machine. They set up a GitHub repository using template repositories, configure GitHub Projects (beta) for backlog tracking, and create issues and labels to organize future work. The discussion also touches on containerization with Docker and Kubernetes as a future deployment strategy.
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