up vote -5 down vote favorite

My client wants a browser based online game, languages which are known to me are Java Script PHP and Action Script and also My Sql.

Game is quite like Farmvile as far as functionality is concerned.I would like to know how to combine these technologies to make a full fledged browser game, also do i have to use all of these languages or AS 3.0 with PHP and MySql will be enough?

Lastly i would like to know is there any book,link or tutorial about architectures and framework of games like farmvile?

Thank You

share|improve this question
4  
You don't know the basic capabilities of your tools, yet you are selling services? As far as I understand your situation you might as well be wanting to build a house and then ask how nails and hammers interact. I can write an answer explaining the basics of tool choice for the job, but I doubt that will get you far in your project. – eBusiness Jul 10 '11 at 1:13
I appreciate your reply.I have made games in AS 3.0 but never an online game so i agree i do not know how to integrate it with other languages or database? – Ash Jul 10 '11 at 1:26
I think your question is a bit vague. Sure you can integrate them, but there's an obvious connection between flash+php/mysql - integrating flash with javascript to create a game - which is supposed to do what here? Both have too large of an overlap in problems they address, so there's too large a gray area for your question to be receive a satisfying answer – onedayitwillmake Jul 10 '11 at 8:49
give the guy a break, at least he came here to learn. he just doesn't know what questions to ask – slf Jul 16 '11 at 10:37
why is this not removed yet? – Noob Game Developer Dec 6 '12 at 11:48

2 Answers

up vote 1 down vote

I've written a game that uses a Flash/AS3 front end and a communicates with a backend PHP/MySQL Server through dynamic XML sheets (might not be the best way) on a shared server through a local hosting company.

In general: 1. Load ActionScript with configurations variables using JavaScript (swfObject.js) 2. Have AS3 game connect by writing and reading XML (contacting per-specified pages) 3. Use PHP pages to act as intermediary, take in values passed from Flash/AS front end and perform database operations. 4. PHP code generates XML response. 5. AS3 reads XML File and processes data ...now you have a possible two-player/transactional game

Facebook has a pretty easy PHP API to use for integrating games and pulling in user data (name, friends, etc...). Check out the Facebook Developers areas.

share|improve this answer
up vote 0 down vote

You could use either ActionScript/Flash or JavaScript/HTML for the front-end. You'll be doing pretty much the same in either case, that is using HTTP connections for interacting with the back-end.

For the back-end you can use pretty much any language and database that you like. This could be PHP and MySQL, which is an easy to use choice, though with a pretty bad performance.

Other obvious choices for programming could be Node.js or .NET/C#. But really, anything where you can get a good HTTP library is within scope. For database you can choose anything that has an interface in the chosen language.

share|improve this answer
I am a designer mainly and a casual programmer, by my client i meant my companies client, in the project i am doing the designing part and coding part will be handled by other team,I asked the question because I was curious to know since i use AS 2 and 3 a lot for Animation,sorry for asking the question in a bad way and thanks for your replies,Its quite clear now.By the way what other choices do i have for back-end programming instead of PHP and MySQL? – Ash Jul 10 '11 at 13:02
Now I wonder why you ask here rather than just go talking with the programmers, I'm sure they can bring you up to speed, and they probably have their own preferences. Is any of this your decision? Otherwise, why do you ask? – eBusiness Jul 10 '11 at 16:19
I asked here because i was thinking to create a complete project of my own which will add up to my portfolio.I did not asked my fellow programmers because its something related to my personal project which i did not wanted to share with them.No the decision regarding my companies project is not mine,but for my own project it is. – Ash Jul 10 '11 at 22:30
So, what kind of programming have you done? If you are new to game programming you shouldn't do anything networked, and you should stick to a single language for a while. – eBusiness Jul 10 '11 at 23:57
No as i told you i have done programming in AS 2.0 and 3.0 but only small stuff like animations, games like skating etc. also i know Java and Java Script HTML etc. but not PHP i am learning it.Also i have some experience in building websites with HTML CSS and Java Script. – Ash Jul 11 '11 at 1:08
show 4 more comments

Your Answer

 
discard

By posting your answer, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of service.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.