May 11, 1998

[ from Before 5/11/1998 -- ed ]

Right now, Tom says that the server is about done. There is probably some debugging to do, but not many new features to be added. The Java client has a large amount left to do, but a lot of initial code has been written. I (Jacob) am not too sure what Java version(s) I am going to support at the moment, I think I need to wait and see what is going to happen with Netscape 5 to decide what is going to happen. I don't know about the win32 client, Tom was going to do it but he has been working on a new web site, and hasn't been working on Epoch. I suppose I could write it, but I am not looking forward to it. :) I am looking forward to porting the Epoch client to Linux/GTK, but that will require a lot of time, so that is slated for this summer.

May 12, 1998

Well, I have started rewriting the client (yes, again). This time I am confident that it will turn out well. Today was the second time I had time to work on it, and it can now log in to the server. You can take a look at a screenshot of it here. It is pretty basic, I am just trying to get it working, then will make it look nicer.

Good news: As of May 11, I am now done with finals! So I will be working a lot on Epoch, I hope. Check in for updates.

May 29, 1998

Work has been coming along steadily. I've found a few bugs in the server, which took some time. One major bug which caused a server crash was fixed. :) There are still incomplete parts in it, though. Chatting works, on the client and server. I am now working on actually playing games. :) In a while, Tic Tac Toe should be working, and then whatever squares will be called should be included too. That shouldn't be too hard, since a lot of java and server code already exists. Here are a couple of current screenshots, the login screen and chatting. Enjoy.