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How can I prevent cheating on global highscore tables?
For browser games and those on a mobile phones, it's common to have a global highscore table. It's also common for those tables to contain scores of 2,147,483,647 - where people have figured out the ...
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How to protect a developed game?
I have developed some small games which are my own creation and each is having different gameplay. Now i want to showcase it using the internet. But I'am a bit worried about
the concept getting ...
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What technology should I use for a web-based game? [closed]
What's the best technology for an online game, i.e playable through a web browser? I think the only choices are:
Java applets
Flash
Silverlight
I'm leaning towards Java applets, simply because ...
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How to create a hexagon world map in PHP from a database for a browser based strategy game
I'm trying to create a hexagon world map for my PHP browser based strategy game. I've created a table in my database with the following data per row: id, type, x, y and occupied. Where type is the ...
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6answers
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Essential knowledge for making HTML/JavaScript-based games
I was wondering if any experts out there could share the knowledge and resources of what is necessary to start making games with the latest HTML standards and JavaScript (or what some like to call ...
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How to model multiple “uses” (e.g. weapon) for usable-inventory/object/items (e.g. katana) within a relational database
So I'm working on expanding the uses of items over at www.ninjawars.net, and I'm not exactly sure how to represent them flexibly in the relational database that we use.
I may be barking up the wrong ...
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Examples of good Javascript/HTML5 based games [closed]
Now that Flash is largely being replaced with HTML5 elements (video, audio, canvas, etc.) are there any good examples of web-based games built on completely open standards (meaning Javascript, HTML ...
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noSQL - Is it a valid option for web based game?
Out of an opportunity and boredom, a friend and I decided to make a web based game. This is the first 'game' I will be making, since usually I program web apps in django.
I've opted to use the same ...
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Do any open source JavaScript 3D physics engines exist? [closed]
I'm working on a web-based 3D FPS game using WebGL, HTML5 and JavaScript. It is supposed to target PCs and net-books with WebGL-enabled browsers installed.
I'm wondering if there's an existing open ...
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4answers
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Is SVG a viable technology choice for web-based game?
I have started to read up about the web technology available for doing web-based game with only Javascript, but I have no where got feedback about SVG with HTML5. Is is a viable choice ? Does it ...
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4answers
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Is there any Shaders Directory? [closed]
There are many tutorials to learn GLSL, Cg, HLSL... with classical samples as bump mapping, toon-shading...
But is there a shaders directory?
a website where i can share my shaders
search shader by ...
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How to implement a component based system for items in a web game
Reading several other questions and answers on using a component based system to define items I want to use one for the items and spells in a web game written in PHP. I'm just stuck on the ...
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Determining the probability of a successful attack based on the equipped weapon?
Take this example, a player has a sword composed of the handle and a blade. Together, they generate a strength of X and that combination adds qualitative attributes (induce more damage to fire ...
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2answers
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Development platform for 2D web and mobile games
Is there a game development platform -- similar to Torque, or Unity -- which can be used to deploy 2D games on the following platforms:
Web
iOs
Android
Xbox Live Arcade (Preferred but not required)
...
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What approach would you take to develop an old school game?
Possible duplicate: Best technology for online games?
I have agreed to show my child how to develop software. He wants me to help him develop a game.
If you were me then what approach would you ...
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Is there a HTML/JS game engine/library that deals with things (HUD, menus, accounts, etc) other than the core gameplay?
I've been looking through the many HTML/Javascript game engines/libraries out there (many of which are found here https://github.com/bebraw/jswiki/wiki/Game-Engines). Most of them seem fairly ...
