Posted by Robert Restad on 03/25/05 06:13

I suggest you write a 'tick' engine, which i.e. games like Planetarion
use.

This should be written in C or C++, compiled... You can run this using
PHP of course, and run it from command line/shell, but PHP isnt ideal
for this. If you have a decent server and not too much players (i.e.
more than a hundred simultaneous players), then PHP will do. Any more
than this, and I doubt PHP can handle without choking the server.

You should also consider to study some math. I.e. if the plane is going
to move at various speeds at various angles, basic math is needed.

Good web games requires a lot of development time.

Best regards
Robert.

-----Mensagem original-----
De: Alexandre [mailto:mech39@terra.com.br]
Enviada em: terça-feira, 22 de março de 2005 23:13
Para: php-general@lists.php.net
Assunto: [PHP] Game development approach


Hi there,

I'm developing an online game (using PHP+MySQL, and being totally
interfaced via
web) which needs to have a "game cycle" running. For example, the player
is
flying a plane, so he sets the plane speed to 10%, then the game cycle
needs to
keep "moving the plane" forward (i.e. updating position), while the
player
doesn't order it a full stop. The point is how to implement this "game
cycle"?

I've done some research on the web and haven't found a feasible approach
to this
idea.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[]s
Alex

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