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Flash or PHP? What do you think is better?

Discussion in 'Online Game Development' started by hypokill, Jul 4, 2010.

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  1. hypokill

    hypokill Club Swinger New Ogre

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    I know Flash is no dout the future but who says PHP games can't be equally as popular? What do you prefer? I've been spending too much time with my game to be playing them. So i have no preference, except i do quite like mine :p (which is PHP)
     
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    PHP is probably easier for online multilayer games. In fact, we hope to make Ogre Wars into a full PHP game someday:).
     
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    Well... from what I know, PHP seems to be for games that would be mini-websites of their own, where you click stuff, it goes to another page, and stuff happens. But,a Flash game is entirely self contained. You load it, and then you won't need to click to another page again. Flash is also used for animation, so it allows for more 'conventional' games.

    Anyway, I don't know much about PHP, so I might be wrong, but that's my view.
     
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    hypokill Club Swinger New Ogre

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    it's a fair opinion. I find a lot of PHP games to be far too simple. Yeah the refreshing is always a problem but i think i've managed to do some more advanced things with PHP in my game. Thanks your opinion
     
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    Flash is more convenient, but php is easier for multi. That's IMO anyways
     
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    By the way, you seem to know about PHP, could you explain exactly how a PHP game could work? If I'm correct, it should work just like Ogre Wars, where you click, and then it goes to another webpage, and something happens.
     
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    that is exactly how php works, it sends information on with a page reload with either a GET or a POST method. The GET method comes up in the URL like gameogre.com/index.php?Test=Get

    the bit at the end is your get method, the post method isn't visible unlike the GET. The depending if these GET or POST variables exist you can make something else happen.
     
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    Neither, really. What I really care about is the quality of the game, not the platform it is based on.

    Also, PHP does a lot more than just accept variables, especially if you mix it with something like Javascript, which doesn't require a page load to continue.
     
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    hypokill Club Swinger New Ogre

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    yeah theres ways to do that with javascript, but it's very CPU extensive. The only thing javascript can do is seamless loading so you don't notice it is loading dynamically. I had enough problems with my chat in my game which ended up crashing 2 servers and resulted in 3 server changes. Javascript can do some on the fly things but there is always loading involved to pass on the variables to make changes to what's happening when it comes to PHP. If the game was entirely coded in JavaScript then you wouldn't need page reloads. Though i'm sure that will be a task and a half to get such a thing working in all browsers. Though in the most cases it's the idea of the game and the time taken to perfect it.
     
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    Ah, I see. Thanks for that. I get how it works now. The seamless loading is also why I think Flash games will be better.
     
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    php is better than flash, it's easier and more useful. Flash only beats php when you need to make something like dynamic maps.
     
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    the most convenient combination of php with javascript is a style called ajax

    AJAX Tutorial
     
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    it doesn't have to be simple, my game is pretty complicated if i may say so myself
     
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    i've heard about you shugo, you the other developer ogreman told me about. Your game looks ingenious. Have you seen mine? Money Merchants Empire

    Thank you for your opinion. Also drako i agree flash is a more unbeatable platform in so many ways Though i still think PHP and javascript can make for an enjoyable MMORPG
     
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    I visited the homepage. It looks nice. Is it a tycoon game?
     
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    not quite, its a strange idea you'd have to see and play it to understand
     
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    Woah... Is this game PHP? It looks like Flash to me, but I'm no web developer, and I normally just think animations=Flash :D.

    Is this a type of strategy game? What genre is it?
     
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    who's game you referring to? Also mine is a RPG.
     
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    Referring to yours. I was talking about how the home page has a lot of animation. Loads quickly though, in contrast to those websites that are heavy in flash (*cough* Assassin's Creed *cough*).
     
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    no it's entirely gif animation, PHP, html, CSS and a bit of JavaScript. No flash used what so ever :D
     
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