[RESOLVED] Text-based browser game in asp.net = good idea?

[Cyb3rH4Xter]

I came up with an idea for a browser game, and started thinking about what to code it in. My experience in PHP are not that good, especially the database and more advanced stuff. But then I thought of Asp.net. I have quite much experience in C# and VB.net so coding in ASP.net shouldn't be too hard.

What I am wondering is if this is a good idea? I don't want to end up half-way done and just sitting there thinking "****, this language didn't fit for this".

The game is nothing super-advanced, some databases and text.

And what about the design possibilities? I guess I am not stuck with the windows controls like UI (for example, how bad is asp.net compared to html/css when designing).

[gep13]

Hello there,

I don't think you should run into any problems using ASP.Net. From what you have described, ASP.Net will be perfectly capable of doing it.

As for the design side of things, can you explain what you mean by:

for example, how bad is asp.net compared to html/css when designing

At the end of the day, all the server controls that you use boil down to HTML emitted to the client, and the natural way to style that HTML is using CSS, so you will end up using this.

Gary

[Cyb3rH4Xter]

Great then I guess I will go with asp.net.

Oh well you are right, my mind ****ed up
What I mean was can you design a page in asp.net that can look precisely as good as an awesome designed html/css page. But as you said, asp.net is using html/css too.

[sapator]

You can design the page as you like and then add the controls inside your table,div, etc.

[gep13]

Absolutely. Everything you can do in straight up HTML/CSS can be achieved in an ASP.Net Application. It might that things don't work "exactly" the same and you need to work around a few issues, such as server controls emitting "ugly" HTML, but with the creation of Custom CSS Adapters, this is no longer a real concern.

Gary

[Cyb3rH4Xter]

Thank you for your help!