Vanessa Freudenberg

Co-Founder of @CroquetIO🦩 and Chief Architect @Multisynq. Also @SqueakJS. Formerly at Alan Kay’s groups (VPRI, CDG Labs, YCR HARC). Dr (EngD) ———— 👉 now on 🦋

[Vanessa Freudenberg @codefrau]

We are building something new at @CroquetIO – a new decentralized infrastructure (#DePIN) to run Croquet Multiplayer apps on: @multisynq

See the blog post below, and feel free to use my signup link for a bonus: https://t.co/rgsiDrINVQ
Onward and upwards!

https://t.co/Qt7HFXIWAx

[Vanessa Freudenberg @codefrau]

@multisynq

[David A Smith @gocroquet]

Multiplayer vibe-coded game by @codefrau

https://t.co/h1vbAwnoQo

[Vanessa Freudenberg @codefrau]

@FreeSolGamesDev @fafnir @multisynq @billyjhowell No there’s no consensus mechanism. But you can’t directly modify state of other players. We don’t broadcast state changes, but input events. Otherwise it’s a deterministic simulation

[Vanessa Freudenberg @codefrau]

Prompts: https://t.co/sZWuAsCfiJ

The example app given in the first prompt: https://t.co/33hAhWZbcK

Let us know what you make @multisynq!

[Vanessa Freudenberg @codefrau]

I spent an afternoon vibe-coding a multiplayer game with @multisynq and @threejs using @GeminiApp – 100% AI coded, although I had to explain how to correct the errors. Zero server code, client-side multiplayer, ideal for AI.

Live and source on @CodePen: https://t.co/bqEZMUb8d3

[Vanessa Freudenberg @codefrau]

@port_dev @multisynq Oh that sounds fun. I’ll try to be there too, in case there’s more questions

[Vanessa Freudenberg @codefrau]

@mrdoob @multisynq As for number of users, this sim in particular is extra low traffic because only the true/false values of what key is pressed is transmitted. Probably hundreds.

In general it depends on the number of events/sec/user times number of users squared. A few dozen typically.

[Vanessa Freudenberg @codefrau]

@mrdoob @multisynq Can’t say. But one of the major points of setting up a DePIN is getting the cost down below the regular offerings. Basically we don’t need to pay the big hosters for compute (because that’s happening on the clients) nor for traffic (because that’s peer-to-peer).

[Vanessa Freudenberg @codefrau]

@mrdoob @multisynq We do actually walk the walk 😉

[Vanessa Freudenberg @codefrau]

@mrdoob @multisynq It's easier to try in full-screen:
https://t.co/eiUfVFhgEj

[Vanessa Freudenberg @codefrau]

@mrdoob That’s impressive for a one-shot!

Couldn’t help myself, had to add multiplayer with @multisynq 😎

Still a one-page HTML, no server, code at https://t.co/4ZEOMse0xL

[Vanessa Freudenberg @codefrau]

@oxrichdaf @multisynq It’s not a streaming platform. We’ve integrated various video chats but Multisynq itself durch do that. Not sure what you mean by “presentation” – you could build a shared slide viewer easily, sure.

[Vanessa Freudenberg @codefrau]

@dynlangsym @timfelgentreff @krono Thank you! And congrats to my co-authors. It’s been an incredible 10 years.

Check out @SqueakJS for things people built with SqueakJS, and try it at https://t.co/KCOirgeX86

[Dynamic Language Symposium @dynlangsym]

This year's DLS Most Notable Paper award goes to:

SqueakJS: A Modern and Practical Smalltalk that Runs in Any Browser

by @codefrau, Dan Ingalls, @timfelgentreff, @krono, and Robert Hirschfeld.

Congratulations to the authors!

Read the paper here: https://t.co/1j35xMvLmE

[Vanessa Freudenberg @codefrau]

We are hiring a #SysAdmin / #NetOps / #DevOps person. Until now I was covering all of the above myself besides my actual job – we are smol but fun 🙋🏻‍♀️

I'm looking for an experienced generalist more than someone deeply specialized.

Apply at https://t.co/BzaP5Q8yQz

Please share!

[Vanessa Freudenberg @codefrau]

@TruffleSqueak @HPI_DE Neat! 💜

How much overhead is in the proxy? Meaning, would it be worth speed-wise e.g. for BitBlt?

[Vanessa Freudenberg @codefrau]

@MarkusGaelli @SqueakJS No idea, sorry

[Vanessa Freudenberg @codefrau]

@MarkusGaelli @SqueakJS Files are saved locally inside the browser, and can be loaded again using Squeak tools.

The file system is shared between all pages on the same web site.

You can export files to your operating system from this page: https://t.co/IfMkYbydKn

[Vanessa Freudenberg @codefrau]

@SirFizX207 @SqueakJS Found the bug! I was not properly transforming the light direction.
Also, when GLLighting is enabled, vertex color is not used at all unless GLColorMaterial is enabled. That didn't matter though since the color was white anyways.
https://t.co/400m0bRNqk

[Vanessa Freudenberg @codefrau]

I've been having fun reviving the Croquet from 20 years ago using @SqueakJS . It's not perfect yet, but a lot of the old demos work (sans collaboration, so far). This is pretty close to the version Alan Kay used to give his Turing Award lecture in 2004:
https://t.co/2l3kkABAJp

[Vanessa Freudenberg @codefrau]

@SirFizX207 @SqueakJS Yes, you are right. According to the spec: "The initial value for GL_LIGHT0 is (1, 1, 1, 1); for other lights, the initial value is (0, 0, 0, 1)."

I just fixed that. But it makes no difference, since Croquet sets all light parameters in every frame and does not use the defaults.