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miran
Member #2,407
June 2002
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Excellent, I'll check it out as soon as I get home. Btw, a new version with net play is still being worked on despite the lack of posts in this thread. The chatroom already works flawlessly and the rest is just a matter of time. -- |
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Audric
Member #907
January 2001
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Miran, can you tell us any primer info about how a multi-player game will interface ? If this is already planned out and not subject to change. By the way, I looked into ENet network library, and it seems awfully undocumented, I couldn't even find a workable test program. I'm learning from documentation about sockets + UDP + TCP at the same time, which is probably not a good idea |
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miran
Member #2,407
June 2002
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Quote: Numbers: no I couldn't find a better name. I was developing a turn based game for amgc2 which I would like to work over the net, but I soon got into some troubles I wasn't able to solve, so I got bored and developed this quick game (30 minutes or so, it could take less time for sure with a better skilled programmmer). I don't know even if this game has got a name, but we used to play it at school when bored, so have some fun with it. A surprisingly fun little puzzle game. Reminds of that game where you remove pegs from the board by jumping over other pegs. But there's one problem. It doesn't seem to recognize when there are no more moves left. Or maybe I don't get the rules? Quote: Miran, can you tell us any primer info about how a multi-player game will interface ? If this is already planned out and not subject to change. It's not finalized yet but the way I imagined it is like this: IGame will have two message buffers, one for incoming messages, the other for outgoing messages. The host program will push messages it receives from the server in the game's inbox so the game will be able to read and process them in the logic function. The game will push messages it wants to send in the outbox and the host program will read them and send them to the remote server. That way the games will be completely detached from the network code. They won't even need to know they're network games! -- |
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amarillion
Member #940
January 2001
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Quote: The host program will push messages it receives from the server in the game's inbox so the game will be able to read and process them in the logic function. What type will the message have? char*, int, float? An idea: an AMGC_Message base class with >> and << operators for serialization. As long as you implement those operators, the message can take any form. btw, I'm now working on Pacman v0.96. -- |
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miran
Member #2,407
June 2002
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I think it will be a simple struct, probably with some functions for easy constructions. I don't want to confuse C people more than neccessary with overloaded operators and things like that... -- |
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umperio
Member #3,474
April 2003
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Quote: A surprisingly fun little puzzle game. Reminds of that game where you remove pegs from the board by jumping over other pegs. But there's one problem. It doesn't seem to recognize when there are no more moves left. Or maybe I don't get the rules?
I'm sure I added an ending condition, but I never said it was bug-free |
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amarillion
Member #940
January 2001
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Quote: I don't want to confuse C people more than neccessary with overloaded operators and things like that...
You could name them fromStream and toStream instead of operator>> and operator<< if that makes people feel more warm and fuzzy inside -- |
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umperio
Member #3,474
April 2003
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If I'm not asking too much, I'd like to add a command line option, something as "amgc2.exe 2" to start directly the second game in the list. This could be very useful when developing/testing a game. It's a feature easy enough to be added I think and would make me very happy |
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miran
Member #2,407
June 2002
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Yeah, easy to implement, so I'll add it to my todo list. -- |
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Todd Cope
Member #998
November 2000
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I'm working on a "Dr. Mario" clone called "Anti-Virus." I've attached the current version. I plan on updating the graphics later, for now I'm just concentrating on getting the gameplay working the way I want. |
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miran
Member #2,407
June 2002
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Looking good so far -- |
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umperio
Member #3,474
April 2003
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Hey that was fun, I never played Dr.Mario but maybe this one turns out as a good replacement |
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Todd Cope
Member #998
November 2000
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Quote: Looking good so far
Thanks Quote: maybe this one turns out as a good replacement I tried to keep the gameplay as close to the original as possible as I really liked the original. When it's done you won't be able to tell the difference except for the graphics. |
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Audric
Member #907
January 2001
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Todd: it's probably not intended, but you can smack a virus by rotating a pill into it. wack |
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Todd Cope
Member #998
November 2000
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Yeah, there are a few bugs. You won't be able to do that in the next version. |
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