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Understanding Perlin Noise

I'm toying with Perlin Noise after some work with Diamond Square. I followed the implementation by Hugo Elias that basically, makes a series of functions with x,y as input to throw each coordinate ...
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How to create a hexagon world map in PHP from a database for a browser based strategy game

I'm trying to create a hexagon world map for my PHP browser based strategy game. I've created a table in my database with the following data per row: id, type, x, y and occupied. Where type is the ...
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Securing HTTP data from a JavaScript game to server

Suppose I am doing a JavaScript game, and I wish the game to update the server if the user has successfully completes the game and his outcome. How should I ensure that the request came from the ...
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How to implement a component based system for items in a web game

Reading several other questions and answers on using a component based system to define items I want to use one for the items and spells in a web game written in PHP. I'm just stuck on the ...
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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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Securing JavaScript / PHP game data

Followup to securing-http-data-from-a-javascript-game-to-server. I'm working on something similar, in that I have a PHP backend and a JavaScript frontend, which plays around with the HTML5 canvas ...
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How to decide who wins a race?

I'im thinking of building a text-based browser game. A racing game.like F1 or rally. users can set-up a car. thinks like tyres, fuel, driver,brakes. every attribute gets a value. the part where i ...