[Tutor] how to build a multiplayer game?

[Alan Gauld]

On 11/04/12 11:02, Surya K wrote:
> I have written the basic part of the game. Now I want to make it a
> multiplayer one. (Its not a web app, a OS application)
>
> So, I just wanted to know how do it.
>
> Which topics I should refer? Network Programming or Web Programming or
> Internet Client Programming.

That all depends on how you decide to build the game. And what kind of 
interaction you need. The fastest most direct route is to use raw peer 
to peer sockets and send string messages between the two computers.
But then you need to decide how to set up the connection, who is master 
anmd who is slave per session etc. A lot less work if you adopt the web 
model of an app server in the middle and both players connect to that.

For straight sockets you should find examples in Wes' book.
Or you can read the network programming topic in my tutorial.

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Alan G
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