Help With Making A Textbased Game

jens

Jul 2 2008, 07:53 PM

hey i really want to make a web text based game like www.hattrick.org i really want it and i have a host ....
i want to know where i can find a tutorial for it or what programs i need to use and.... plz help me

thanks

toby

Jul 3 2008, 10:40 AM

To code well you normally need a good grasp of english. I would suggest learning html first, www.w3schools.com, then after at least a few weeks, after being confident in html, learn php at http://www.php.net/manual/en/.

If you can't do it, don't push yourself, and don't keep on asking others for help, just enjoy an existing game.

Herbert

Jul 3 2008, 12:40 PM

Yep, if you're going for an online text game, php is probably the way to go. If you're doing something offline, though, you may consider programming in QBasic because it's the easiest language I know (though it may be a dead one haha) but it'll help teach you logic of how programs "think" and move through a program and it's a good starter language. or if you want something more modern, Game Maker (site's currently down, but here's the link: http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker/) is a new sprite-based free game making tool that you could probably use to make pure text-based games highlighted with images for some flavor if you so desired.

bcarasco

Jul 3 2008, 06:02 PM

I agree with the others, PHP is certainly the best way of doing this. However, it is not the easiest programming language to learn. Something like javascript or actionscript (in Flash) might be easier for a new user to get used to. That said if you are really serious about the game PHP is the way to go.

jens

Jul 4 2008, 04:25 PM

But i can work with html ......... im good with it but how can i make a online text based game like www.hattrick.org :s plz help me , yes with php but arent there good tutorials or explain how to make a online text based game???

thanks.....

FirefoxRocks

Jul 4 2008, 04:59 PM

Ok, so you know HTML. That's good. Do you know CSS to go with HTML to style the pages? That would be essential.

For the PHP part, you will have to figure out what you want to computer to do (record a value, perform an attack, log the user in?) and you will have to write a script or function for it to do that. There are various references and tutorials including http://php.net/ and http://w3schools.com/php/.

If you need help on specific parts, you can always go into the Programming category and ask for assistance in the PHP forum on Astahost.

Good luck!

Mordent

Jul 4 2008, 09:48 PM

QUOTE(Herbert @ Jul 3 2008, 01:40 PM)

*snip*
or if you want something more modern, Game Maker (site's currently down, but here's the link: http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker/) is a new sprite-based free game making tool that you could probably use to make pure text-based games highlighted with images for some flavor if you so desired.

Game Maker is much more graphics-based. Sure, you can make a text game in it (which I have, although damned if I can find the file) but it's real forte is pretty little sprites moving around a screen and interacting with each other.

For online text-based games I agree with everyone else here: PHP is the way forwards. As for tutorials to get in to making one, I found it best just to go through pretty much every tutorial you can find. Googling "php tutorial" turns up over a million and a half hits, so that should keep you busy for a while.

Once you've worked through, say, account creation/login tutorials you should have an idea of how to adapt that method to your particular need.

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