Internet Gaming through VB

[DOE]

I'm considering of making a card game in Visual Basic. And the main reason for the game is so my friends and I can play online...

Does anybody know if this is a hard process to do? I don't want to be completley overwhelemed by work. If anybody has any experience with creating Internet games via Visual Basic please let me know! All thoughts and insights are appreciated

[BodwadUK]

you will need to know basic winsock to do this, it is the network communication control.

I advise you to get a card game working first then add the networking code if you are confident with it, internet games are not the best games to start with as a first game project

[StormEagle]

hey

ive had a lot of experience with internet based games

the hardest part of the game is getting the game to work - adding the internet part (multiplayer) is a lot easier - just replace 2nd player with internet

winsock isnt easy for beginners, but after playing around with it for a few weeks it'll be 2nd nature - i suggest you get some demo's off www.pscode.com to see how winsock works.

there's also a good tutorial which is part of VBOnline (as far as I know this is part of VB5Pro), and I have attatched an RTF version.

Good luck

p.s. it wouldnt let me upload the attatchment - mail me [email protected] if you want me to send it.

[ToasT]

i saw an air hockey game that was online.... it was pimp.... make that. cards are gay

[NoteMe]

And an other place to learn about winsock...

http://www.winsockvb.com/

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[DOE]

thanks guys...this isn't my first game to make..I'm just more interested in understanding Internet gaming and since I learn best by doing...I figured I'll do it this way. Thanks for the sites!

Toast....Nothing beats cards...