Is a browser, real-time, pvp game like mortal kombat possible?
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Is a browser based, real-time, pvp game like mortal kombat possible? I would like to make a game that has similar mechanics. Can a game like that be done with Actionscript? If web browsers can't do real-time pvp really well yet, then I think I'll have to program the game in c++ or something. Any help appreciated, thanks!
Is a browser based, real-time, pvp game like mortal kombat possible? I would like to make a game that has similar mechanics. Can a game like that be done with Actionscript? If web browsers can't do real-time pvp really well yet, then I think I'll have to program the game in c++ or something. Any help appreciated, thanks!
I don't know anything about ActionScript and Flash, but you can certainly make it using WebGL and Web Sockets (as in, JavaScript).
I think a lot of it has to do with abstracting away, as you drill down, you have layer on top of layer on top of layer.
And if not done 100% correctly with all the interfacing your going to lose some responsiveness as you add more.
So in essence your doing this
Mouse click
Firefox processes mouse click
Firefox sends mouse click to whatever local API your using, java, whatever.
that API processes your mouse click and sends it to the server back through firefox
the server processes your action and replies back to firefox
firefox processes the server message
firefox passes it along to your API
Granted its not adding that much to the whole process but a lot of the real-timeness of most games is faked anyway.
And this is my understanding I could be completely off here.
And if not done 100% correctly with all the interfacing your going to lose some responsiveness as you add more.
So in essence your doing this
Mouse click
Firefox processes mouse click
Firefox sends mouse click to whatever local API your using, java, whatever.
that API processes your mouse click and sends it to the server back through firefox
the server processes your action and replies back to firefox
firefox processes the server message
firefox passes it along to your API
Granted its not adding that much to the whole process but a lot of the real-timeness of most games is faked anyway.
And this is my understanding I could be completely off here.
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Is a browser based, real-time, pvp game like mortal kombat possible?
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I don't know about Actionscript but you can do it with java and C#.
1. Make a game design doc. You will fail without it.
2. Learn Java and C#
Tutorials
Java - http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial
C# - http://www.csharp-station.com/Tutorial.aspx
Programs can find yourself.
3. Build it
4. Develop game servers
5. Beta testing
6. Release to public
Easily wrote than done
1. Make a game design doc. You will fail without it.
2. Learn Java and C#
Tutorials
Java - http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial
C# - http://www.csharp-station.com/Tutorial.aspx
Programs can find yourself.
3. Build it
4. Develop game servers
5. Beta testing
6. Release to public
Easily wrote than done
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