Hey guys does anyone know how to make an online text - based game ? I know that I have to use MySQL and HTML but I don't know where to find them. Personally I would prefer a free website domain but I can't find one. I would like to make a game like Mafia Wars or iMob or something like that... Any advice is appreciated ! Oh, and sorry if it's in wrong section - I'm quite a noob here !
You'll definitely need some knowledge in a scripting language like PHP.
And don't expect to just program a game like that. It'll take months, even years if you're a massive procrastinator. It's even more difficult to make it fun to play.
looks hard but thanks for your help !
Perl is a good idea if you want to make it text only (maybe with picture and clickable option)
html is already in your browser...
Browser games are incredibly hard to get right.
As for MySQL, google it, it's free, but you'll need hosting, although I recommend getting MAMP (mac ftw) or wamp for windows to develop/learn locally. PHP has a pretty simple learning curve, plus one of the best documentations on the planet. HTML is... what makes most web pages, just view source for examples.
Maybe use AJAX so they don't have to reload the page.
My friend made me a simple Python powered AJAX web application that allowed me to take notes and organize them into categories, looks very nice and it took him only about a day, then again, this guy knows [I]PHOTOSHOP[/I].
I suggest you take a look at python, I found some of the things pretty easy to understand, though I didn't really have a use for it since I use Windows and could just get done what I needed to get done in Visual Basic.
Well done intro to Python: [url]http://www.sthurlow.com/python/[/url]
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