Ah Quentin, fair enough, having played brouser based games and muds for
years which work much as you describe, and having met people playing on
Iphone, mac or other systems, that makes lots of sense.
I can certainly see how it's far easier to just make an interface as opposed
to a completely separate game.
therefore certainly if it would be possible I can see how it would be a good
idea to have other ports of the playroom.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
----- Original Message -----
From: "QuentinC" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Poll: playroom on iPhone or on mac
Hi dark,
There's a big difference between my playroom and Thomas' game.
In Thomas' case, in order to make something multiplateform, he has to
think completely his project to be multiplatform from start. Being
multiplatform in C++ is not an easy task at all: you must pick the right
audio engine, the right windowing and input handling system, organize your
files in a certain way, don't use proprietary formats or drivers specific
to a certain OS, put all these things together correctly, etc.
In my case, my game essentially works on a server, and the server is the
same for all clients on all systems. In fact the client is rather stupid:
it only shows what the server tells it to show and ask the server for what
to do when certain keys are pressed.
Compare that to your web browser: it only shows the page the webserver
delivered to it, and ask for another page to show whenever you click on a
link. The logic behind, i.e. how the websites you are visiting really
work, is a matter of the server only. The browser only know that you
clicked on a link, it doesn't know that you are ordering something in a
online shop.
Note: this is a very simplistic view of the real job done by a browser,
but you should catch the basic idea.
Consequence of that: the developper has just to make a GUI and follow my
protocol to communicate with the server properly. He can use the specific
tools and drivers of choice for his system to make the GUI, the audio, the
input handling, talk to the network, etc.. The problem is therefore in
theory far much easier than thinking from the beginning how you could do
so that that particular thing work the same way everywhere without
changes. Of course the task remain difficult, but has nothing to do
compared to what Thomas had to do.
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