RPG site help

[Tatortot]

I was wondering if anyone had any examples of webrowser based RPGs besides outwar.

[mindlessLemming]

100's.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=browser+based+Rpgs+&spell=1

[Bry Man]

Ive heard nothin good about Outwar personally...I may be blowin smoke but I believe ive gotten many a spyware app when ive gone there,which may be why my spybot scanner has outwar listed as one of the bots it scans for =)

Try googling "online Rpgs" gather some Ideas it really depends on where youd like to go with it whether it be a "single" person kind of rpg where you play a one person going on quests or controlling vast armys of evil minions.

Also consider what method you would like to approach in getting it done, do you know how to code and are willing to spend hours of trial and error screw ups to find out you missed a space or a quote somewhere in your thousands of lines of code?

If your up to the above maybe try looking into learning php or some other database handeling script as something as large as a browser based rpg will most likely require member logins and the ability to keep track of their accounts and stats, I personally would look into maybe trying out flash because ive seen many cool games and such done in flash.

you asked for examples of browser based rpgs so ill give you an example lol...directed more towards the younger age group and not really an rpg though it is a large scale operation dealing with logins and what not and is pretty much entirely in flash.

[Bry Man]

my bad being retarded and all i forgot to give you that site lol...www.neopets.com =)

and it seems Ive also missed the fact that you can edit your posts too lol....forgive me im just having a spethial moment

[Garadon]

http://www.mpogd.com/games/advanced.asp?size=10&genre=9&platform=4&status=ALL&interface=ALL&client=2&rating=ALL&price=ALL&delta=ALL

[whackaxe]

two i used to play:
www.starkingdoms.com
www.medievalbattles.com

[gpopguru]

I don't know if this will help much, but's it's ok as far as online rpg's go:

www.kingsofchaos.com (http://www.kingsofchaos.com) :D

I think it was created by a group of highschool students, if that's of any relevance.

[whackaxe]

alot of the free ones are actually, i started one, and a friend of mine is starting one. and ican tell you that it is quite labourous but fun never the less :)

[Bry Man]

Well tot is my friend and me and him were thinking about starting up our own, dunno if you could call it an "rpg" site but definetly a online game,since hes not responding to this post maybe you could tell me how hard it has been for you, are you the only one working on it, is it hard to keep up to date, are you writing it freehand if not what programs are you using, is there any databases invlovled or member accounts, what about people hacking the games or tryin to have a go at your machine.... any of your knowledge in these or any other factors you can think of is probably what we really nee most.

Thanks to those who have replyed and who may reply in the future as you have already been a great deal of help :thumbsup:

[whackaxe]

well it was quite a while ago. but there are a few things that came out straight away when developing.

1) you're going to need ALOT of bandwidth(and thats text only) so grfx intensive is a no no. try doing the math of how many players and how many images, times a day... etc its quite heavy. just thought i'd let you know :p

2)plan it ALL out before hand. you need to seperate the games rules creation, from coding. doing both at the same time will result in buggy poor code, and rules that seem contraditory

3)I had all data programmed into arrays, so i could modify default health points, unit speed, unit name etc very easily. chances are when you start out your game it wron't be balanced, so provide a way in the begininng to enable your users to send you feedback on what they think is to powerfull or not usefull. when you recieve this feedback, you just need to open the file with the arrays coresponding to the unit and modify a value. voila. easy balacing out

4)try and make it object orientated as possible. if you want to program with class (i'm saying this cos i used PHP) thats fine altohugh i can't see their use in PHP thats great, but if you don't you should at least have them seperated inot differn't functions included in differn't files. including differn't files is also an advantage, because even though it takes longer to execute your script (marginally) you wron't be including useless info, just adding to your bandwidth(yeh, i'm BW paranoid :D) for example. instead of having all function in one file. have functions for building in one file and one for units in two differn't fiels so that on the unit page ou only need to include the unit file.

5)write out your DB structure as one of the first things you do after the rules. modifying DBs can be a pain once they are in use. so give it careful thought (and also keep a copy of your mega CREATE TABLE query in a .sql file, that way when you launch your game on hosting, you wron't have to write it all aout agaib:D)

I have no idea how relevant that all is, but hey, it was fun typing :)

[gpopguru]

You talked about having a lot of bandwidth, do you know any good webhosting companies that'll let you get away with that for fairly cheap? I'm thinking of going with Canaca-com (http://www.canaca.com) , but if you know of a better one tell me.

My friend and I are thinking of creating our own RPG. The basic formula is just to improve upon kings of chaos, although we're still in the "pre-alpha" stage, coming up with story and game rules. I'm gonna be using flash, so is that going to give me major bandwidth issues or is there a better way? My friend draws a lot of really nice pics and we want to use those too. Does it sound like it'll be too graphics intensive to work?

[Bry Man]

hmm i c...sounds like alot of wrk for two guys to do esp since Im the only one who really knows how to code of us two and what you said was a bit confusing lol we were plannin on using the new Flash Mx 2004 program and I downloaded the "demo" for the professional version and installed it and it never asked for a serial or if i wanted to us the eval period and when i launch it it says nothing about being a demo and it works perfectly lol so im guessin that I somehow got a full version for free...odd seein its a 700 dollar prog. Anyways I understand how Bw would be a serious issue with using flash seein that we dont really have a host as of yet.

We have kinda decided to design it around neopets idea of a world where you have the contenents and you can go to what one you want ect ect. Then for money or what not you play mini games and depending on your score you get a certain ammount of money. thats the long run plan right now were just tryin to figure out how it all works so any tutorial sites or what not about using flash or game making or what not. Well prolly just start out with the basics first seein he doesnt know much in the area of code which is really needed to get the job done and ive only a minimal knowlegde of php

[whackaxe]

house member krycek runs a great hosting service called ithium. www.ithium.net it's having problems at the moment so i don't know if it's open to new clients but hey. i'm don't have much experience with host like that; most people i work/have worked for already had hosting or it's free hosting

[Bry Man]

well how much space should I expect this thing to take up? I currently am running a site that is free and has php support but no sql so i dunno know if its a good choice to use but one plus is unlimited bandwidth and they have popup ads which I have blocked =) so basicly its all the space i need (50m) with all the extras I want php unlimited bandwidth ftp support the works

[Bry Man]

well how much space should I expect this thing to take up? I currently am running a site that is free and has php support but no sql so i dunno know if its a good choice to use but one plus is unlimited bandwidth and they have popup ads which I have blocked =) so basicly its all the space i need (50m) with all the extras I want php unlimited bandwidth ftp support the works ive looked at ithium before but as you said its under construction still, any idea when hes gonna be done?, and i wasnt sure if you had to use a credit card to pay cuz thats really not an option for me seein im only 16 and couldnt get a crad if I wanted to and askin to use my parents isnt an option either cuz they dont really like giving their number to anyone esp if its online no matter how secure the site is...do you know if hed accept cash or a moneyorder?

[gpopguru]

I know that Canaca-com (http://www.canaca.com) will let you pay by either check, money order, or credit card, but they make you pay up front for your term. If you want to just pay a monthly fee, then you'll have to find a better host, which is what I'm looking for. I found a good one called dreamlink.net (http://www.dreamlink.net) but I think they want you to use a credit card also.

Oh yeah, what site did you get that Flash download offa? If you really did get it for free, that would be great lol :D

[Bry Man]

I got it straight off macromedias home site =)