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How do you prevent your JavaScript / HTML5 web game from being copied or altered?
I'm in the middle of planning a game built using JavaScript and HTML5.
I'm having trouble understanding how you could prevent someone from simply copying the JavaScript from the web server and ...
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Low traffic client synchronization with server in MMO
I am implementing MMO where player flies in space on his starship controlling it with arrow keys and cooperate with other players.
I want to implement it so that player will be able to dodge his ship ...
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Is this the right architecture for our MMORPG mobile game?
These days I am trying to design architecture of a new MMORPG mobile game for my company. This game is similar to Mafia Wars, iMobsters, or RISK. Basic idea is to prepare an army to battle your ...
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What's the best server architecture for real-time games?
I'm developing a Real-Time game which should hold thousands of players in real-time (FPS like. max 1s lag). What would be the best infrastructure for this?
My idea was using 2 server clusters - one ...
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Is there a pattern for writing a turn-based server communicating with n clients over sockets?
I'm working on a generic game server that manages games for an arbitrary number of TCP socket-networked clients playing a game. I have a 'design' hacked together with duct-tape that is working, but ...
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Can I do server side programming with unity?
Another thought to my last question. If i were to do a client/server game with unity3d would i be able to do serverside programming with unity? if not can i use C# .net? if not then is there some sort ...
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Game server for an android/iOS turn-based board-game
I am currently programming an iPhone game and I would like to create an online multiplayer mode. In the future, this app will be port to Android devices, so I was wondering how to create the ...
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How can I alleviate network lag issues with players from other countries?
I am developing a small multiplayer game where players move through the map and interact with each other. The game is written in VB.Net.
When I tested my game with players on a LAN everything worked ...
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What options do I have for game hosting
DISCLAIMER: I know this question starts to leave development island but it is very game development related and still think this is the best place.
I see many free MMOs/online desktop client games ...
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Browser based MMO [closed]
We are a team of 4 trying to develop a browser based MMORPG. Its partially text based in a way like Might and Magic. The world map would be in 3D and actions would be automatically resolved. The game ...
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Securing JavaScript / PHP game data
Followup to securing-http-data-from-a-javascript-game-to-server.
I'm working on something similar, in that I have a PHP backend and a JavaScript frontend, which plays around with the HTML5 canvas ...
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Loadbalancing Questions
I have been learning networking for about 4 months. Wrote a single standalone Multiplayer server and succeeded with authoritative approach. Now I want to extend it by splitting the single server into ...
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Synchronize turn based browser game
I'm writing a browser game in php and Sql. I'm also using Javascript - Ajax and Mysql.
I'm stack on the battle system because I want to Synchronize the turns of the players in the battle.
What I ...
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Client server design question
I'm working on creating a multiplayer game, with the client in ActionScript and the server written in Java. I'm using XMLSocket in the client to connect to the server. The server code looks something ...
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Looking for architectures to develop massive multiplayer game server
Hello all Where can I find architectures and examples of building massive multiplayer game server Does the does the concept of building it on top of libenevt is right ? or I need to think more on ...
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Client side code in browser with server communication?
Hey Guys, i want to make a 2d game. I know C++, C#, javascript.
I want my game to run in a browser so a user doesnt need to run an exe. I want the game to be multiplayer so it needs server ...
