SR3-oriented Chatserver/Client, cross-platform, BSD license Options

[Kagetenshi]

After several years of playing Shadowrun (and other games before that) over AIM, and occasional (failed) attempts to make OpenRPG be worth using, I finally got fed up and wrote a basic server/client pairing. Everything's pretty rough and hackish right now, but it should have all basic functionality and it's still under development.

Program page (very rough right now, like everything else).

Requirements:

• Python (self-contained client executables coming soon for OS X, soon-but-less-soon for Windows)
• WxWidgets and WxPython if you want something better than the horribly hackish command-line client (again, self-contained executable coming soon)

Features:

• Automatic die rerolling
• Settable clock for in-game timekeeping
• Something else, I think
• Did I mention cross-platform?

Planned features (short-term) (this is the good stuff):

• Basic initiative tracking (that's what the extra window south of the connection list is for)
• Whiteboarding for maps/drawing/doodles
• Authentication and privilege levels
• Menus that aren't a total afterthought
• Documentation!!! The source is quarter-decently documented, but for anyone who just wants to /run/ the friggin' thing, we'll have you covered Real Soon Now�

Planned features (long-term):

• Some form of character tracking
• Improved initiative rolling/tracking using character-tracking information
• PC/NPC status display in initiative list
• Possible support for multiple "rooms"/network-style operation
• Server configuration files so you don't have to edit the source for your defaults
• Possibly even a GUI server or combined client/server
• Macros and command aliases--no need to work the way the server does, at least to some degree
• The moon

So yeah. Questions/comments/suggestions/patches welcomed. I'm not sure how many people will be interested, but I've written it, so I might as well share it.

~J