Multiplayer game is it possible?

[denby]

hi

is it possible to make a multiplayer game on a website using PHP SQL etc

just to keep things simple for example a game of rock paper scissors between 3 people

and if it is possible would you expect much lag from the databse thats running the game?

thanks

 

[GravyMonster]

It would be possible - although very clunky.

There is no push notification over IP, so you'd have to refresh the player's page, or make an AJAX request, to see if there has been a response from the other players every 5-10 seconds.

Flash is much more suited to creating online games like this.

 

[denby]

i was looking at websites like madbid when you make a bid everyone else see it

how is this done without flash?

i wouldn't need anything more complex than this for my game to work

 

[FabienO]

pretty sure there was a streetfighter online multiplayer game somewhere.

 

[GravyMonster]

i was looking at websites like madbid when you make a bid everyone else see it

I've never used madbid, but I'd guess the page is polling an AJAX request result every x seconds to get the latest bidder.

 

[visibleman]

What about Comet/HTTP-Push?

 

[GravyMonster]

Yup, that's basically what I meant

 

[denby]

I've never used madbid, but I'd guess the page is polling an AJAX request result every x seconds to get the latest bidder.

looking at it closer when you click to bid it starts a javascript

javascript:auction_bid('1662865')

hmm

 

[Dj_Jestar]

setInterval() plays a big part

multiplayer games like the streetfigter example mentioned use Flash which is duplex capable. HTTP is not.

 

[8t10]

Have a look at Rawkets.com, the creator has done loads of speeches about how he made it in HTML5 and JS.

 

[nippynoo]

http://nodejs.org/

 

[AGD]

Use websockets - tis the future.