Author Topic: Anyone here might be expanding outside of browser based games? (Read 3314 times)

sanlands · « **on:** March 22, 2007, 03:20:56 PM »

To something else like writing an entire program?

Sinzygy · « **Reply #1 on:** March 22, 2007, 03:23:11 PM »

Well I am currently "expanding" in a somewhat different direction

I'm in the progress of making a bord-game. It's a very slow progress tho since I only work on it if I have absolutely nothing else to do. And mostly PHP-games come berfore that

Broda · « **Reply #2 on:** March 22, 2007, 03:26:55 PM »

I develop business software on a daily basis. So I'm actually expanding INTO browser-based games

Zeggy · « **Reply #3 on:** March 22, 2007, 03:41:35 PM »

Hehe, I started with web design and then PHP games...
I want to try something new, something hardcore

I made a pong game last week in a Java-like language. Hopefully one day I can make games in 3D

(Yeah, it's such a huge step compared to pong XD)

mdshare · « **Reply #4 on:** May 01, 2007, 07:13:36 AM »

Alain part of our team is currently busy re-writing NEAB in C# with directx to have it as a 3D game

Zeggy · « **Reply #5 on:** May 01, 2007, 11:07:06 AM »

NEAB? What's that?

mdshare · « **Reply #6 on:** May 01, 2007, 02:08:04 PM »

NEAB is a 2D RPG online game engine

for more info http://criminalexistence.com/forum/index.php?board=227.0

Zeggy · « **Reply #7 on:** May 02, 2007, 05:15:30 AM »

Wow, NEAB looks amazing! And to have it in 3D sounds good too

mdshare · « **Reply #8 on:** May 02, 2007, 07:52:46 AM »

you can always try out the free edition

if you are pleased you can buy the full version to develop a game with it, don't forget to ask for your 10% reduction (criminalexistence members reduction)

sanlands · « **Reply #9 on:** May 07, 2007, 09:10:20 PM »

Woah, that's pretty awesome..

I might think about buying a copy of it myself soon.

harntrox · « **Reply #10 on:** May 30, 2007, 10:29:59 AM »

I feel like a user in the world of tron. My first php code was a port of an MS-DOS shareware title that i used as a demo reel 12 years ago to get a job working as a coder in the games industry. I happen to have worked on some cutting edge titles, all written in 100% C++ of course.

PHP is like a breath of fresh air compared to what i have been through with phat C++ clients and the world of crap that goes with a high performance game server. Not to mention those markets are so impacted now -- hey isnt that what pbbg's are all about - expanding the market in a direction away from monolithic corporate control. With a pbbg, one guy in a garage can entertain the world. Not so with a c++ app demanding directX 10 hardware and the million dollar endcap at EB/Gamestop.

I ported ms-dos to php. It required about a 20% syntax change. You know, sprinkle some $'s all over the place and get rid of -> indirection and * pointers. thats about it ! frigging amazing.

I even kept the name the same as my 1996 title - http:www.galaktikon.com

Zeggy · « **Reply #11 on:** May 30, 2007, 12:58:27 PM »

Wow, that's cool harntrox

You're actually going from C++ games to PHP games... I think most of us are going in the opposite direction

(At least, I am)

Chris · « **Reply #12 on:** May 31, 2007, 07:02:18 AM »

I used to make 3D games for PC. Really, PHP is like a paradise, so simple, easy, fast... No way to crash the application, no overwriting of memory, you can even get away with division by zero! And you can make a game all alone in two weeks. With C you need like two years if you have a team.

harntrox - I love the gfx on your game, so oldschoolish

Sinzygy · « **Reply #13 on:** June 04, 2007, 07:24:52 AM »

I guess I'm too young to appreciate the galaktikon gfx. But that's probably just personal taste. Either purely text-based or then with nice looking graphics.

But yeah, I never knew you could port a DOS-Application that easily.

And I really do appreciate the flexibility of php and the posibility to create something really fast.

scratchb · « **Reply #14 on:** June 25, 2007, 10:15:08 PM »

In my spare time im making an http://www.xtremeworlds.com game. they have a free engine, with good support from the dev and the community

Zeggy · « **Reply #15 on:** June 26, 2007, 10:40:26 AM »

Hmm, it looks like a nice game engine, and it looks familiar to

I think it might be based off the Player Worlds engine.

Comrade Ravenhawk · « **Reply #16 on:** June 26, 2007, 01:53:21 PM »

Well, I'm actually wanting to expand the other way. I currently am learning C++ and Ruby and I've done Visual Basic, but I've always wanted to learn to do PHP since its used to make pbbgs which are fun.

However, PHP has kinda been shifted back on to-do list. =(

Wakish · « **Reply #17 on:** June 27, 2007, 04:22:14 PM »

Quote from: Comrade Ravenhawk on June 26, 2007, 01:53:21 PM

Well, I'm actually wanting to expand the other way. I currently am learning C++ and Ruby and I've done Visual Basic, but I've always wanted to learn to do PHP since its used to make pbbgs which are fun.
However, PHP has kinda been shifted back on to-do list. =(

If you know C++ well, the other languages like Java and PHP will not be difficult for you

Just apply the concepts and get to know the syntax..etc + some practice and you are set to go to advanced mode

But I will advise you to go through C++ very deeply.. it makes use of pointers which is very scary and confusing for beginners.. else, enjoy C++

About the xtremeworlds.com, how do you find it? anyone tried it already?

Bradyok · « **Reply #18 on:** June 30, 2007, 02:26:53 AM »

I personally use xtremeworlds on both http://jerrath.net and http://kronia.net, and it's great! Check it out, all the information is on the site, and the community can help you out if you have any problems

Dasein Fiasco · « **Reply #19 on:** July 01, 2007, 07:43:28 PM »

Like Broda, I'm expanding *into* BBGs from the business world. It's full circle, however, since I first learned to program with the intention of making games, then learned you can make a lot of money with web applications, and no money with games, and I've been disillusioned ever since.

Kimmybwoy · « **Reply #20 on:** July 05, 2008, 12:02:23 PM »

Programmings hard :X

Waizujin · « **Reply #21 on:** July 13, 2008, 12:08:03 PM »

Programming is hard at first, but if you have a friend to help you it is a lot easier. And once you know about 4 - 5 languages you can read, and easily learn almost any new programming language.

I am learning Javascript currently and it is easy for me because I already know xHTML, CSS, PHP, and mySQL. After I can master Javascript & AJAX I plan to head into other languages other than web programming languages. I don't know which ones yet but I will find out when the time comes.

Sincerely,
-Marcus

Gaetano · « **Reply #22 on:** August 05, 2008, 04:06:19 PM »

That is certainly the appeal of PHP etc to me, is that it's a return to games being creatable by one person in a darkened room. A few years back I got together with a couple of friends to write a game, both of them experienced programmers, and the amount of work to create even a basic 3D game was just hideous... We quit T_T

I've only been looking into the mechanics of PHP for a matter of days, and it certainly looks learnable... Though I have of course thought up a hideously complicated game to write

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