A unit or group of units performs an action while everything else is only capable of reacting to that performed action(s). Then the next unit or group of units can act.
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Building Turn-based Multiplayer Architecture [closed]
I started to make multiplayer game but as I have no expirience I tried it different ways but something doesn't feel right to me.
So, I really need an advice about which ...
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1answer
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How to progress an entity-component gamestate in a turn-based game?
So far the entity component systems I've used have worked mostly like Java's artemis:
All data in components
Stateless independent systems (at least to the degree that they don't require input on ...
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1answer
135 views
MVC pattern for turn-based RPG [closed]
I'd like to make a 2D game in Java using the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern, but I have some issues concerning the battles.
There are two groups of characters in each battle: heroes and ...
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1answer
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Finding moves with multiple jumps in checkers
I'm currently working on a minimax implementation for a game of checkers in C#. The minimax itself works fine if you ignore a few bugs I've yet to fix, but I'm having some problems finding a way I can ...
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1answer
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How to design the AI for a board game like Risk?
I am about to develop a web game that is similar to board games like Risk, and iOS games like Lux and Strategery. I am curious to know what the concept behind the AI for such games should be like.
I ...
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Powerup Best practices [duplicate]
In a turn based game each player has a set of properties, e.g attack, defence, speed and these can all be used to work out who should go first and how much damage should be dealt. That all works fine, ...
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1answer
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Online card games: game loop or event based?
The only games I've made have been the game loop variety. I'm just starting to think about building an online poker game where people could meet up in a lobby, etc. Cards seem event based... is the ...
2
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1answer
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How to handle slopes/bridges in a 2d grid turn based strategy game [duplicate]
I was wondering about the following:
In a 2D turn-based strategy game (using some grid(i.e. tiles, isometric hexagons) as movement), what techniques do they use to determine where a character moves ...
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Design of a turn-based game where actions have side-effects
I am writing a computer version of the game Dominion. It is a turn-based card game where action cards, treasure cards, and victory point cards are accumulated into a player's personal deck. I have the ...
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1answer
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Do I need to create my own or use a commercial server for the features and matchmaking options I want my game to support? [closed]
So I'm developing an indie turn-based game for iOS and, in coding up a Game Center matchmaking class, I'm starting to question whether Game Center is even the best choice for what I want this game to ...
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2answers
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How Can I generate a shield block from a Turn based medieval game fight?
Imagine the char below, a Spartan that in his turn attacks and in the opponent turn tris to block. What would be the logic behind the block process? I just don't want to rely generating random numbers ...
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1answer
770 views
Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) for turn-based mobile multiplayer server?
I'm designing a multiplayer turn-based game for Android (over 3g). I'm thinking the clients will send data to a central server over a socket or http, and receive data via GCM push messaging.
I'd like ...
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2answers
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Turn-based Strategy Loop
I'm working on a strategy game. It's turn-based and card-based (think Dominion-style), done in a client, with eventual AI in the works. I've already implemented almost all of the game logic (methods ...
2
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1answer
361 views
Turn based battle and formula
I'm building a game called DVP(Digimon Virtual Pet), and in this game other than taking care of your digimon, You can also battle and breed them. I'm working on the battle system (making it first ...
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4answers
629 views
Turn based game - HTTP or WebSocket?
My game will be a turn based game which will need a server gateway in order to send requests. What would be better for the server: using REST HTTP GET for making the requests? Or using WebSocket which ...
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2answers
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How to build a turn-based multiplayer “real time” server
I want to build a TCG for mobile devices that is multiplayer over the web (not local wifi or bluetooth). As a player plays cards I want the second player to see what is being played in "real time" ...
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1answer
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Negamax for turn based game
I am working on a fast paced turn based game, each turn the player can move left, right or stay put and choose whether or not to fire. Each turn the shots move one block in the direction they are ...
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1answer
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iOS Game Center - Quit turn-based games for previous version of app
I have a game on the iOS App Store that uses Game Center for turn-based multiplayer (GKTurnBasedMatch). I recently updated the app with a new game mode and I had to change the network protocol for ...
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2answers
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How to do simultaneous action without it being real time?
This is really a pacing question, but there's no tag for that:
The general concept is that the players are working in a team and need to be able to react to eachother's movement and observations as ...
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1answer
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Turn Based Event Algorithm
I'm currently working on a small roguelike in XNA, which sees the player in a randomly generated series of dungeons fending off creeps, as you might expect. As with most roguelikes, the player makes a ...
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3answers
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How Would I create alternate players (Turn base Event)
The picture above shows 2 players. Each containing 3 characters. I want to know how to make a Turn based event starting with player 1 alternating turns with player 2. And in every alternation ...
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Turn-based games [closed]
I've been looking for tutorials on turn-based games. I found an incomplete tutorial series by InsugentX about turn-based games. I haven't looked through it, but since it's incomplete, I worry that I ...
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how should I network my turn based game?
I'm writing a very basic turn based strategy game which allows a player to select units and attack enemy units on their turn. The game is written in Java using the slick2d library and I plan to use ...
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2answers
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Grid pathfinding with a lot of entities
I'd like to explain this problem with a screenshot from a released game, DROD: Gunthro's Epic Blunder, by Caravel Games.
The game is turn-based and tile-based.
I'm trying to create something very ...
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1answer
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Implementing a Turn-Based Game with Windows API Window Messages
I'm trying to make a 2-player Connect 4 game, but I'm having trouble wrapping my head around some of the concepts related to incorporating event handlers while progressing with the game.
On the one ...
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1answer
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How to test a turn-based ios Game Center game with 2 devices?
This might well be a very dumb question, but here goes anyway, I'm planning my turn-based ios game center game, obviously I know I'll need 2 iDevices to test it on, but how would I test the online ...
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1answer
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Simultaneous AI in turn based games
I want to hack together a roguelike. Now I thought about entity and world representation and got to a quite big problem.
If you want all the AI to act simultaneously you would normally(in cellular ...
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1answer
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Separation of world state and animation in a turn based game
How do you handle the separation of animation from the world state within a turn based game? I'm working on a 2D grid based game currently. The below code is simplified to better explain.
When an ...
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3answers
907 views
Is there a pattern for writing a turn-based server communicating with n clients over sockets?
I'm working on a generic game server that manages games for an arbitrary number of TCP socket-networked clients playing a game. I have a 'design' hacked together with duct-tape that is working, but ...
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1answer
243 views
Reliability and suitability of 3G connection for client-server turn-based non-asynchronous game
I am working on an iOS turn-based client-server game and I am concerned with the reliability of the connection and the length of time it takes to establish the connection.
The game is turn-based but ...
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3answers
483 views
Optimal data size for a 3G client-server game?
I'm currently working on an iOS turn-based client-server game and I am concerned over later performance issues.
How much data per message is too big? I am planning to use JSON to transfer data (and, ...
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1answer
490 views
Is there a turn-based game service (like GKTurnBasedMatch on iOS) for desktops?
Game Center's GKTurnBasedMatch seems to provide a pretty robust service for handling turn-based games, and OpenFeint appears to have something similar. The problem is, I'd like something like this for ...
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6answers
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Moving players simultaneously?
Consider a 2 x 2 grid of squares. A player can move onto a square if:
no other player wants to move into the square next turn
no other player has waited and is still occupying the square ...
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2answers
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Synchronize turn based browser game
I'm writing a browser game in php and Sql. I'm also using Javascript - Ajax and Mysql.
I'm stack on the battle system because I want to Synchronize the turns of the players in the battle.
What I ...
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3answers
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Which algorithm used in Advance Wars type turn based games
Has anyone tried to develop, or know of an algorithm such as used in a typical turn based game like Advance Wars, where the number of objects and the number of moves per object may be too large to ...
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2answers
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Strategies for monster targeting AI in a turn-based combat system
I am making a Final Fantasy-style battle system.
I have a random generator that select the monsters move when it is their turn; different moves have different chances to be performed. I also have ...
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3answers
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How to simulate or actually make your code wait for user input in response to events in turn-based games
I'm controlling the main loop with Game States like in pseudo code below:
loop{
if (Not Game.WaitingForUserInput){
if (Game.Started){
StartTurn();
}
...
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2answers
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What shall I choose between CoronaSDK or AirPlay?
1st Question is I want to write a board game for iOS and Android so I'm coming up with CoronaSDK and AirPlay. Since I have a mac, development platform is not an issue but the problem is which one ...
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2answers
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How do I allow a player to manager several games at once with different players using game center?
I wish to do a turn based multiplayer game like Words with friends on the iphone. I would like to know the approach for the implementation to allow the user to continue games that are currently still ...
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Turn-Based RPG Battle Instance Layout For Larger Groups
What a title, eh?
I'm currently designing a videogame; a turn-based RPG like Final Fantasy (because everybody knows Final Fantasy). It's a 2D sprite game.
These are my ideas for combat:
The player ...
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6answers
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Is chess-like AI really inapplicable in turn-based strategy games?
Obviously, trying to apply the min-max algorithm on the complete tree of moves works only for small games (I apologize to all chess enthusiasts, by "small" I do not mean "simplistic").
For typical ...
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3answers
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Game server for an android/iOS turn-based board-game
I am currently programming an iPhone game and I would like to create an online multiplayer mode. In the future, this app will be port to Android devices, so I was wondering how to create the ...
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2answers
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How to implement turn-based game engine?
Let's imagine game like Heroes of Might and Magic, or Master of Orion, or your turn-based game of choice. What is the game logic behind making next turn? Are there any materials or books to read about ...
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4answers
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Using idle time in turn-based (RPG) games for updating
If you take any turn based RPG game there will be large periods of time when nothing is happening because the game is looping over 'wait_for_player_input'. Naturally it seems sensible to use this time ...
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4answers
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Which network engine/library/system to use in a .NET turn-based game?
I'm developing an abstract strategy turn-based game in C#.
Being so, high network load is not expected. The players don't even have to be connected all the time. The host could wait for the current ...
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Turn-based strategy games where action happens in real-time?
Okay, this idea has come up for the 3rd time in conversation now, and it's been bugging me for years. The idea is a game where all players make decisions/issue orders to units while the game is in a ...
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4answers
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Attributes for calculating a hit in a turn based game or Roguelikes
I'm trying to figure out a good formula for determining a hit when the player attacks an enemy in a Roguelike. I'd like to come up with something simplistic but, still true to the way it's done in ...
