Everything that is required to build an asyncrous multiplayer game.

chaosmasterro

Hello, I plan on building a multiplayer game and I would like to know everything that I need to build one and everything that I need to know. Any links to guides will be appreciated if it is in one of the steps. I read through a lot of information across the forums but everything seems to be scattered so I decided to make a thread.

The_Gamesalad_Guru

You will need to know PHP scripting as it requires a server backend. Very complex stuff. But if you're up to the challenge start by learning how to setup a server and use PHP. There is not much info as nobody has built a multiplayer game only using the send and receive url behaviors. People have passed data and you can find that info here

http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/63636/sending-and-receiving-data-using-your-own-sql-server-php-file-and-testproject-included

I built a fully working multiplayer using gamesalads playstogether system that was in a beta version but that was disabled and is gone. Even with all the needed calls and such available it was still complex logic. Took me a year to refine it.

Good luck!

chaosmasterro

@The_Gamesalad_Guru that sounds great. So I need to teach myself PHP and I will have to utilize the URL behaviors. Even with playstogether gone, it is going to be harder but it is possible to work around it, correct?

The_Gamesalad_Guru

@chaosmasterro said:
@The_Gamesalad_Guru that sounds great. So I need to teach myself PHP and I will have to utilize the URL behaviors. Even with playstogether gone, it is going to be harder but it is possible to work around it, correct?

It will be extremely difficult but it could be done. You would need to build a lobby system, a user name system and login system et...