We just added a way for our users to buy armor, but we still need to make it so that a user’s armor actually affects the our combat system. Today, we will integrate armor into our combat system, so that a user’s equipment can affect the results of the combat. This is a lot easier […]
Read MoreHistory of WarGames 2.0: My name is Ron Rejwan, and I’ve created a relatively small game called WarGames 2.0, which at the time of this document being written has approximately 45,000 registered users. WarGames is the very classical definition of a browser-game – it runs on your browser, requires no downloads, supports all the major […]
Read MoreFor all that we’ve built weapons into our game, we’re still missing armor! Today we will be starting on the code for our armor system. To start off, check out a copy of the source code for our tutorial: svn checkout http://building-browsergames-tutorial.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/perl/pbbg tutorial -r 30 With that finished, we’re ready to start writing some code. […]
Read MoreQuests are an integral part of the single player game experience. In some games, the entire purpose of playing the experience is to fulfill a quest. In many games, quests are filler and are there as a way for players to get accustomed to the game environment or just to give them something to do […]
Read MoreIn the second part of this series (see: Part1) I will show you how to get started with Ruby on Rails for our space strategy game and easily integrate an authentication system. Setting up a rails application If you’re familiar with RoR you will already know how easy this can be. I’m developing on a […]
Read MoreWhile we’ve built and integrated a weapons system into our game, we’re still missing something that (most) other games have – armor! Today we will be laying the initial groundwork down for our armor system. To begin with, check out a copy of the source code for our tutorial: svn checkout http://building-browsergames-tutorial.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/php/pbbg tutorial -r 26 […]
Read MoreMotivation Developers are often motivated by the challenge associated with developing a fun PBBG, not necessarily the financial success it could lead to. Vanity is a core component not only in gaming, but in game development too. In fact you can easily monetize a visual PBBG by selling in-game items that simply look cool, even […]
Read MoreThis article documents the first step in building a new strategy web game. The design phase is a critical phase which often gets overlooked by developers who want to get stuck into code. And truth be told, I’m one of those developers. Its very easy to dive into the code before you have a solid […]
Read MoreBefore I get started I wanted to say that I am not a web server expert so if you know of a better way to do this, post it in the comments and I will thank you as I implement your knowledge in my game. When using PHP you eventually come to the realization that […]
Read MoreIntroduction This entry is based on the Building Browsergames entry: Getting Started With A Templating System (PHP) Since we’re using Ruby on Rails, we’re don’t have to select a templating system, there’s one already built into Rails itself. It offers many different features to make it easy to build web pages out of parts, cache […]
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