Archive for May, 2009

PHP and server stuff

Hey,

I’m still working on the admin scripts.. Its alot of parts that has to work, its really like building two different systems when there is both a main site and a game server site. I can use some of the php classes for both systems though.

bombwar_serversetup1

The main server has two kinds of sites, the first is the landingpage that will show when a user goes to the www address. The second site is “the main site” where there will be a server list, FAQ, latest news etc. There will also be a admin area where you can update the different sites content. The last part is the server admin area where you manage the different game servers. When a user clicks on a server in the main page it brings them to that game server.

Each game server has a login screen that shows up if you never played on the server. In the admin area you can change most of the parts of the game like adding new buildings, changing how much units costs etc. Each server also have a support area where selected users can help others with questions and such.

The servers has a automatic varning system that looks for things like spam, hack attempts and sends a notice to the user, if the user continue breaking the rules he/she will get banned.

Here is a screenshot of the admin area for the game servers. This shows the main settings for the server.

bombwar_adminscreenshot

There is still much to be done here though, lots of php programming atm :)

Cheers!

Still working on the game :)

I’m still working on the game, but working on stuff thats not that fun to look at, like the diffrent admin areas. It takes some time when there are both a main site and server site to build. I also had to recode some old functions to make the client to server work, the biggest part is the buildings with different levels and such.

On the client I’v worked allot on a formclass that builds dynamic forms depending on the xml it gets from the server. This will be used when sending messages, showing your latest attacks, the vip area, etc. I’v also played around with some kind of ecosystem as clouds and such.

Other then that I’v started a twitter account as you can see on the twitter feed in the sidebar. If your use twitter be sure to add me.

To get the twitter feed in the sidebar im using Twitter for Wordpress and to get the new post from the blog automaticly appear on twitter im using WP to Twitter.