Web-based Checkers

[kc12m]

I dont know too much PHP. I need to bulid a web-based checkers game. Dont know how to approach it. Can anyone help me?

[Justa Lol]

i suggest doing it in flash... then when you made it in flash you can always embed it

[dclamp]

php isnt a gaming language... If you use PHP with dhtml and javascript you could probably make a checkers game.

[kows]

just as an aside -- there isn't really anything called "dhtml," that was just a buzz-word coined years ago to describe using javascript and html together to make a page feel dynamic. I just always get the feeling that people who say "dhtml" are the types of people who have no idea what they're talking about. ;)

anyway, to say "php isn't a gaming language" is a bit silly. PHP is a web based language -- if you'd like to make a web based game, then PHP could absolutely do that. using javascript in conjunction with raw mark-up outputted by PHP, you could make a very fancy game of checkers. but PHP could definitely make a pretty straight forward checkers game -- it would just be weird to play.

more to the point: kc12m, if you are working on an assignment that says to make a web-based checkers game, that's a very vague description. if you don't need to make it using PHP, then I would suggest using an interface that is more interactive (flash or silverlight, for example). or, you could write the entire thing in javascript, I'm sure. writing it in java might also be a better idea.

if you wish to do it in PHP, though, you would really need some experience. if you don't know PHP at all, you're going to need to play around with it at least a little. you can google some PHP tutorials and get a feel for how you can accomplish things using PHP, and then you should start thinking about the logic behind a game like checkers, and how you might implement that game using PHP. if you're inexperienced, this really isn't a very simple thing to do.

in the meantime, let me know how I might be able to help if you do end up using PHP for this project.

[dclamp]

Well you dont really see someone making a first person shooter with php. I was just imagining making a checker game with php... you would have to use form buttons... it would be a mess. Although it sounds like an interesting project to attempt...

dhtml... yes, i probably the type that has no idea what i am talking about...

[kc12m]

I dont know flash

[penagate]

I dont know flash

Well, you "don't know too much PHP" either, so what's the difference?

[Nightwalker83]

Well, you "don't know too much PHP" either, so what's the difference?

As dclamp mentioned shouldn't this thread be moved since games can't be created with php?

[Justa Lol]

Well, you "don't know too much PHP" either, so what's the difference?

good point...

if you downloaded adobe flash cs3 or cs4 trial from adobe.com then go to google or youtube and search for a tutorial then maybe you'd get a checkers game.

[SambaNeko]

A co-worker (from the sales division) used the term "DHTML" just the other day and I had to stifle a snicker.

if you downloaded adobe flash cs3 or cs4 trial from adobe.com then go to google or youtube and search for a tutorial then maybe you'd get a checkers game.

You make it sound so easy... starting from zero, the trial would probably run out before you'd gotten anywhere. Though I'd agree that Flash is probably the best medium for this. Google up from basic tutorials if you'd like.

Seems like we scared away the OP anyway...