Online Multiplayer Game?

[Lucky7levin]

If any one know what is needed to make a online multiplayer game.
i want to know exactly what is needed to do and what type of people with
what type of skill set

a game like stickarena.com what exactly is needed to develop somthing like
that

[Jessii]

At 12/28/09 06:47 PM, Lucky7levin wrote: If any one know what is needed to make a online multiplayer game.
i want to know exactly what is needed to do and what type of people with
what type of skill set

a game like stickarena.com what exactly is needed to develop somthing like
that

You need flash/actionscript, a web server with a decent amount of hosting space/bandwidth eventually, you'll need to know how to put a website together with good layout, graphics, php & mysql...

There's more to it but since you're asking, you're definitely going to need to hire people to do it and be prepared to pay $.

[Kings-Cant-Fall]

Things you'll need

1. $2000

or

1. Four years (or a degree)
2. Money for books and coffee
3. An artist
4. $300 for flash
5. Change #1 to six years if you want to do it the free way (java)

Good luck and god speed

[BillysProgrammer]

OR!

http://www.byond.com/

[dag10]

To make purely the game itself, and in Flash, you'll need to get a great understanding of flash and ActionScript 3.0 (2.0 will work, but 3.0 is best).

You'll also need a server, running 24/7 on a computer in your house, or a server machine rented in a datacenter. The server software can be custom, which is probably best for a game that complex. A great way to build socket servers that are cross-platform is with Java. That may take some time to learn though.

You could also buy/rent server software that is configurable. One that looked good to me was the SmartFox Server. It is "room" based though, but that may work out for a game like stick arena.

[Kings-Cant-Fall]

Yea I forgot to mention you're going to need a dedicated server cause your game is going to be as popular as farmville

[dag10]

At 12/28/09 10:55 PM, Kings-Cant-Fall wrote: Yea I forgot to mention you're going to need a dedicated server cause your game is going to be as popular as farmville

What's farmville?

[BillysProgrammer]

Maybe google it next time :P

Farmville is basically a game where you make a farm and grow stuff for money, buying decorations and building to make it look "pretty".

[Yambanshee]

At 12/29/09 03:55 PM, BillysProgrammer wrote: Farmville is basically a game where you make a farm and grow stuff for money, buying decorations and building to make it look "pretty".

i own at it >:)

but yea, most languages like ActionScript (flash) Java (as far as i know of) and such will get you a desired effect, making online games is a very wide topic though, too wide to be described in one thread

[BillysProgrammer]

Put it to you this way, games like Evony (which I am addicted to) takes years to develop with people who have masters degrees in technology and a specific programming language, plus years to make improvements until its finally perfect, which is never.

[Jessii]

At 12/29/09 04:30 PM, BillysProgrammer wrote: Put it to you this way, games like Evony (which I am addicted to) takes years to develop with people who have masters degrees in technology and a specific programming language, plus years to make improvements until its finally perfect, which is never.

You don't need a masters degree to make a game.

[Lucky7levin]

So basically making a game like this just isint possible.... if i hired for every position i needed how much do you think i would have to come up with

[BillysProgrammer]

At 12/29/09 08:01 PM, Jessii wrote: You don't need a masters degree to make a game.

It helps :P

[Zendra]

At 12/30/09 02:04 AM, BillysProgrammer wrote:

At 12/29/09 08:01 PM, Jessii wrote: You don't need a masters degree to make a game.

It helps :P

Clearly you're not aware of the many programmers around that taught themselfs how to master a language. There are tons of excellent modders around that never took any lecture in programming and simply starting working with it (trial-error-phase) - heck, even some of them have full-time contracts with major game developers now.

A degree paper might look good, but it's your own capacity, motivation, inspiration, etc. what qualifies you what you're able to code.

[BillysProgrammer]

Yea, I guess you got a point, but learning by hand means you may miss a few critical methods which schooling may provide either a workaround or the proper method.

[kiwi-kiwi]

At 12/30/09 10:12 AM, BillysProgrammer wrote: you may miss a few critical methods which schooling may provide either a workaround or the proper method.

Or invent better ones, who knows

[dag10]

At 12/30/09 10:12 AM, BillysProgrammer wrote: Yea, I guess you got a point, but learning by hand means you may miss a few critical methods which schooling may provide either a workaround or the proper method.

I taught myself to program from age 9. I'm 14 now, but I am extremely competent in programming HTML/PHP/MySQL/CSS, Flash (AS 2.0), C++ (I built a 3D game engine), Java (I've made servers), and currently exploring the wonders of the CPU, which includes Assembly and Machine Code.

I've built things by myself that are usually taught and built in a college environment. I am incredibly comfortable with quickly coming up with methods of solving a problem, and creating algorithms. If I've missed "proper methods" that schooling would have taught me, It means that I created better (or equivilant) methods myself that I am comfortable with, and work just as efficiently. Most of the time when I create a method to make something work, I'll find out later that that's the proper method anyway.

[Jessii]

At 12/30/09 10:12 AM, BillysProgrammer wrote: Yea, I guess you got a point, but learning by hand means you may miss a few critical methods which schooling may provide either a workaround or the proper method.

The fact that you're so misinformed and giving people inaccurate information is upsetting. Schooling doesn't always give you the necessary skills. Sure it helps to have a degree, especially if you're in information technology where new technologies are constantly evolving. But programming is different. I started off in computer science and engineering and there was a lot of useless crap. I quickly got out of the degree program though because it wasn't for me and did something completely different. So school isn't always for everyone and a computer science program isn't always for everyone.

[eerr]

I think you guys overwhelmed him.

[RyanPridgeon]

What the hell, he was only trying to explain that game development takes a lot of hard work and learning.