20 Apr, 2011, Rojan QDel wrote in the 1st comment:
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A while ago I got it into my head that I would generate interesting graphs and charts about my MUD and its players. It actually turned out pretty well, if not only as a cool way to visualize our player data, though I don't know how useful its proven…
Our MUD stores a lot of data in SQLite databases, so its pretty easy to generate these sorts of statistics, but I also use JQuery and Highcharts (http://www.highcharts.com/) for the graphing:
Anyway, just thought it might be an interesting feature to show off, and I'd be happy to help if anyone wants to know how I do it.
I collect stats as well - I had a go at drawing graphs too but couldn't get them to display cleanly, and actually forgot all about them until I saw this thread.
Personally I find the out-of-game stuff more interesting - like which clients and protocols players use, which countries they connect from, etc.
but couldn't get them to display cleanly, and actually forgot all about them until I saw this thread.
Yep, I've rewritten my graph stuff a number of times and I'm still not satisfied. I want to display months of data, but I'm not sure the best way to doing that.
20 Apr, 2011, Rojan QDel wrote in the 5th comment:
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Try Highcharts, its REALLY easy to use and makes some very pretty graphs. You can't tell from those screenshots but they're all interactive - you can zoom to specific segments of the graph, mouseover for more data, etc.
Our MUD stores a lot of data in SQLite databases, so its pretty easy to generate these sorts of statistics, but I also use JQuery and Highcharts (http://www.highcharts.com/) for the graphing:
Anyway, just thought it might be an interesting feature to show off, and I'd be happy to help if anyone wants to know how I do it.