PHP is a general-purpose programming language that is especially suited for web development.
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Game based on Ajax polling for 12 players
I am planning on writing a small browser game.
The webserver is a shared server, with no root / install possible.
I want to use AJAX for client/server communication. There will be 12 players.
So ...
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Using copyrighted sprites [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How closely can a game resemble another game without legal problems
I was thinking about making a pacman clone, I know there is a similar question here Using Copyrighted ...
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Novice prototyping a massive multiplayer webpage based gaming system
I'm trying to build a website based game in which various pages of the site act as different areas of the game.
I am wondering what you would recommended as a design structure.
Which languages would ...
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PHP Browser Game Question - Pretty General Language Suitability and Approach Question
I'm developing a browser game, using PHP, but I'm unsure if the way I'm going about doing it is to be encouraged anymore.
It's basically one of those MMOs where you level up various buildings and ...
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Smarty templating system really needed? [closed]
Is smarty templating system really needed for creating a browser-based game?
Do I need anything else than SQL, PHP, and JS knowledge? \
Note: I also know HTML/CSS so I'd like to work on the game ...
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PHP city-sim castle layout
I am currently contemplating the layout system for my php based game but i've run into a couple of worries. So my idea is a 9X9 grid where the center 3X3 are inner castle. The inner castle will be 6X6 ...
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Passive skills and items
I'm making a small text browser RPG game using PHP, MySQL and Java Script (and jQuery). All the items are saved in the MySQL database.
Every now and then a character have to make a skill roll (Talk, ...
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Javascript and PHP for real-time multiplayer?
I'm wondering if combining Javascript clientside with PHP/mysql serverside is a good idea for HTML5 real-time multiplayer (small scale) browser games?
My technical knowledge is very limited, and even ...
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how does server communication work in a flash game with a php backend
I am trying to create a browser game using actionscript/flash. Currently, I'm trying to understand how I would go about creating a back-end which interfaced with my MySQL database.
As far as I ...
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Separating logic and data in browser game
I've been thinking this over for days and I'm still not sure what to do. I'm trying to refactor a combat system in PHP (...sorry.) Here's what exists so far:
There are two (so far) types of entities ...
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How can I keep track of a battle log on a web game?
Recently I started working on a Web turn-based PvP RPG game. Now I'm working on the battle system but I encountered some issues:
How can I keep track of everything that happens in the battle? It ...
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What's the best way to keep battle log in a browser based game written in PHP?
I've searched for it, but I couldn't find any question about this.
I'm working on a game where PvP fights are possible. The game is written in PHP/MySQL.
What I want to implement is to save all the ...
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Build / Destroy function design & security checks
I'm working on a browser based strategy game. For the moment I'm working on the build/destroy functions and I have a couple of questions about this. The main question is do you have advice on how I ...
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Calculate Costs for Buildings
I have the following arrays:
[costs] => Array (
[0] => Array (
[value] => 600
[name] => Wood
)
[1] => Array (
[value] => 200
[name] => Stone
...
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Game resources storing
I'm working on a browser-based RTS, and we are targeting 10k+ users with multiple towns per user.
I have the following table townresources in which I store every resource value for every town ID:
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