Comments on: Travian closed the door; we’re opening it http://buildingbrowsergames.com/2009/01/22/travian-closed-the-door-were-opening-it/ Ever wanted to build a browsergame? Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:42:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: JohnMunsch http://buildingbrowsergames.com/2009/01/22/travian-closed-the-door-were-opening-it/comment-page-1/#comment-629 JohnMunsch Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:24:41 +0000 http://buildingbrowsergames.com/?p=699#comment-629 I'm not sure that I see the point of a Travian style graphics pack anymore. You had to jump through hoops to get the browser to recognize that a page was going to come from a foreign host and yet refer to images from the local machine.<br><br>To me a better solution would be exactly what WordPress (and Google) are using now which is Google Gears. I believe it could be made to download a set of component graphics and use them and speed up the overall performance of a more graphic intensive web game. I'd be interested in an article that took the Google Gears approach and assessed other alternative implementations of the same thing (if there are any). I'm not sure that I see the point of a Travian style graphics pack anymore. You had to jump through hoops to get the browser to recognize that a page was going to come from a foreign host and yet refer to images from the local machine.

To me a better solution would be exactly what WordPress (and Google) are using now which is Google Gears. I believe it could be made to download a set of component graphics and use them and speed up the overall performance of a more graphic intensive web game. I'd be interested in an article that took the Google Gears approach and assessed other alternative implementations of the same thing (if there are any).

]]> By: JohnMunsch http://buildingbrowsergames.com/2009/01/22/travian-closed-the-door-were-opening-it/comment-page-1/#comment-246 JohnMunsch Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:24:41 +0000 http://buildingbrowsergames.com/?p=699#comment-246 I'm not sure that I see the point of a Travian style graphics pack anymore. You had to jump through hoops to get the browser to recognize that a page was going to come from a foreign host and yet refer to images from the local machine.<br><br>To me a better solution would be exactly what WordPress (and Google) are using now which is Google Gears. I believe it could be made to download a set of component graphics and use them and speed up the overall performance of a more graphic intensive web game. I'd be interested in an article that took the Google Gears approach and assessed other alternative implementations of the same thing (if there are any). I'm not sure that I see the point of a Travian style graphics pack anymore. You had to jump through hoops to get the browser to recognize that a page was going to come from a foreign host and yet refer to images from the local machine.

To me a better solution would be exactly what WordPress (and Google) are using now which is Google Gears. I believe it could be made to download a set of component graphics and use them and speed up the overall performance of a more graphic intensive web game. I'd be interested in an article that took the Google Gears approach and assessed other alternative implementations of the same thing (if there are any).

]]> By: Luke http://buildingbrowsergames.com/2009/01/22/travian-closed-the-door-were-opening-it/comment-page-1/#comment-245 Luke Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:00:36 +0000 http://buildingbrowsergames.com/?p=699#comment-245 One topic that a lot of readers are curious about are graphics packs(if<br>you've played Travian, you'll know what I mean); what are the pros and cons<br>of using them?<br>Another I've been asked about is how to handle high concurrency situations<br>with MySQL; the reader who talked to me mentioned that they switched from<br>MyISAM to InnoDB for storage engines, but that wasn't quite enough. I'm<br>afraid I don't know quite enough about databases yet to be able to write<br>about this one.<br><br>Other topics are balancing your game(and your game's economy), and voting<br>sites: do they work? Which ones are best?<br><br>I'm fairly flexible as to what a contributor can write about - as long as<br>it's related to browsergames/PBBGs and makes sense, it's good enough for me. One topic that a lot of readers are curious about are graphics packs(if
you've played Travian, you'll know what I mean); what are the pros and cons
of using them?
Another I've been asked about is how to handle high concurrency situations
with MySQL; the reader who talked to me mentioned that they switched from
MyISAM to InnoDB for storage engines, but that wasn't quite enough. I'm
afraid I don't know quite enough about databases yet to be able to write
about this one.

Other topics are balancing your game(and your game's economy), and voting
sites: do they work? Which ones are best?

I'm fairly flexible as to what a contributor can write about – as long as
it's related to browsergames/PBBGs and makes sense, it's good enough for me.

]]> By: Teej http://buildingbrowsergames.com/2009/01/22/travian-closed-the-door-were-opening-it/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Teej Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:32:31 +0000 http://buildingbrowsergames.com/?p=699#comment-244 Care to suggest a few specific topics you'd like to see contributions in? Care to suggest a few specific topics you'd like to see contributions in?

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