Mini Games

[Nitro]

I thought it would be a good idea to try and make some php mini-games, however the only mini-game I could think of that could be made is hangman. Does anyone else have any suggestions for php mini-games that would be possible? And, if you know any tutorials, that would make thing easier for me so I could see how these games work. Thanks,

[Hrqls]

tic tac toe
connect 4
go moku (connect 5)

[sde]

ah yes, how could i forget? http://codenewbie.com/tic_tac_toe.php

[Nitro]

Ok Thanks. Hey SDE, I dont suppose your version of tic tac toe is open source? I wouldnt even upload it, i'd just like to see the way it's coded.

[sde]

sure why not

i didn't really develop it for other people
to look at, so don't be too critical of my code

it's also specifically made to integrate with the vbulletin cookies and login information... so you might have to change some things around. at least you can see the logic though.

Here's the db schema:

CREATE TABLE `tictactoe` (
  `game_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `p1_id` mediumint(8) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
  `p2_id` mediumint(8) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
  `turn` char(1) NOT NULL default 'x',
  `start_time` int(14) NOT NULL default '0',
  `end_time` datetime default NULL,
  `winner` varchar(20) default NULL,
  `a1` char(1) default NULL,
  `a2` char(1) default NULL,
  `a3` char(1) default NULL,
  `b1` char(1) default NULL,
  `b2` char(1) default NULL,
  `b3` char(1) default NULL,
  `c1` char(1) default NULL,
  `c2` char(1) default NULL,
  `c3` char(1) default NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY  (`game_id`)
) TYPE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=25 ;

[sde]

haha, i was looking through the code just now .. that was coded a long time ago .. there's probably a few good ways to make the code a little more efficient.

[jimmyoctane]

Just a thought lets try to write it in RPG.
The graphic part may set us back a bit but I'm
sure we can get the straight lines.



jimmy

[DarkTwilkitri]

Who says an RPG has to be graphical?
Mmm... MUDs...


An anagram game would be pretty easy to make in PHP, what with there being a str_shuffle function and all...

[Nitro]

Actually i'll be honest with you, I do plan to make an RPG once I have my community up and running. I'll fill you guys in on all the details when they come in. Thanks very much sde for the coding, it'll come in very handy. It's ok that things could be more efficient, and that you have the login system on yours and stuff, cause I actually just wanted to see how such a game would work, and also I think I can probably base a few other games off this one, for example that boxes game, you know where you have to join the dots, and whoever gets the most boxes wins.

[sde]

the RPG that jimmy's talking about is not role playing game, it's a programming language

[Nitro]

Lol! Serious? Erm, what kind of programming language? What is it commonly used for?

[sde]

IBM iSeries AS/400 =)

JimmyO is pretty darn good at it too.

[jimmyoctane]

Okay....Yes it is a kind of language.

No graphics just those big ugly green screens.

Every time I try to leave and learn a real language they pull me back in .

Jimmy

[Nitro]

Lol! Jimmy, can you show me a section of RPG coding please?

[jimmyoctane]

Sorry I just drove From California to Illinois with a five year old.
(yes he is mine ;) )


This hunk reads a table with user info in it.
It then scans for a "," to seperate the first from last.
ex jimmy, octane.

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/free

// Loop through all records of file 
read file;

dow not %eof(file); // Process until end of file
   if %error;
      dsply 'Read error: process aborting.';
      leave;
   else;
      pos = %scan (',': name);
      if pos > 0;
         firstname = %trimr(%subst(name:1:pos-1));
         update file;
      endif;
   read file;
enddo;

/end-free
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