#Eris, the WorldForge client entity library
Eris is a client library for the Worldforge system. It's meant to be used by any client which wishes to easily interact with a Worldforge server.
It handles the client-side implementation of the meta-server protocol, and querying game servers; out-of-game (OOG) operations (via the Lobby and Rooms), and most importantly, in-game (IG) operations such as entity creation, movement and attribute updates.
##Installation
We strongly suggest that you use the Hammer tool to compile Eris. This is script provided by the Worldforge project which will download and install all of the required libraries and components used by Worldforge.
The INSTALL document also contains information on how to compile Eris.
##Usage
Eris provides a generic 'Entity' class, which you are free to sub-class and provide to the system (by registering a factory); thus you are free to create different classes to handle characters, walls, vehicles, etc as your client dictates. An alternative approach is to create peer classes, and connect them to Eris via callbacks. Eris makes extensive use of libSigC++, which must be correctly installed and functioning on your system.
##How to help
If you're interested in helping out with development you should check out these resources: