Questions tagged [php]
PHP is a general-purpose programming language that is especially suited for web development.
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How can I randomly generate arbitrary "rules" for a creative card game
My friends and I in school play this interesting card game, which we call 'the game without rules' (ironically, of course). The game is like this: in the beginning of a school year, we start with one ...
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Multiplayer card game using PHP/Ajax and mysql
I am designing a map game, using PHP and MYSQL. I don't know how to make the players who sign-in to the website to see other players who are also connected to the site and be able to chat with one ...
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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 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 ...
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SQl, noSQL, and Doctrine with Symfony 2.0
I've had the idea of creating a webgame for a while now, and as it becomes more and more accurate i started playing around with Symfony 2.0.
First question :
it seems that it is recommanded to use ...
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hexagon tiles to square tiled map
in a previous question asked here:how-to-create-a-hexagon-world-map @Tim Holt has provided code that does the job that i'm wanted to do, the only difference I would like is to have it as squares ...
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How relevant is PHP today for browser games?
I was the lead developer of 2 moderately successful browser games quite a few years back, and plan on working on a new game soon. At the time, I wrote them in pure PHP (no template engine or anything ...
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Is it possible to integrate Action Script 3.0 with Java Script and PHP for an online browser game?
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 ...
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Using an engine to create content with PHP - but how should it happen?
I need to create an engine that will allow me to add content to a website. The website is a browser-based game. This is a verbose engine that should be able to handle many different aspects of the ...
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Browser-board-game and server push
I want to start developing a browser game. Not for success, just for the sake of doing it and learning something from it.
Now, a point where I have serious problems figuring out how to deal with it ...
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What platform should I use for a master server?
We are making a small FPS, and want people to be able to play it online and fetch a list of all servers from a master server. We only have experience in C#, and we have already written a master server ...
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Text-based game using JavaScript and/or PHP
I'd like to make a simple text-based game using either JavaScript or PHP. Ideally I'd like to be able to render ASCII text in a kind of blackscreen "console" style (think console roguelikes such as ...
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How can I secure a high score table? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I prevent cheating on global highscore tables?
So, I create a game in Flash and I want to keep a hi-score table for people to compete in.
After a player has finished ...
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Facebook Game database design
I'm currently develop a facebook mafia like PHP game(of course, a light weight version), here is a simplify database(MySQL) of the game
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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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Control diamond square algorithm to generate islands/pangea
I generated a height map with the diamond square algorithm. The thing is i do not manage to create islands, this is, restrict the height other than water level range to a certain value in the center ...
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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 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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Calculating Experience Points earned after a battle
I'm developing a simple text battle game and having some issues calculating how much XP should be earned after a battle, theres a few factors that i want to consider:
1) Players should of course earn ...
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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 ...