How to have a game connect to a server?

Discussion in 'Public Game Developers Forum' started by karuzo, Oct 23, 2011.

  1. karuzo

    karuzo Member

    Oct 19, 2011
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    Hello,
    Not sure how to explain this...
    I'm not the actual developer but want to have some basic understanding before I approach a developer to do this.
    I want a 'News' section inside a game menu that connects to a remote site displaying information. I think this is relatively easy to do.
    What I also want to do is have the game check if there is a new information to display and alert the player. Is THIS something I have to setup an actual server for? If so, how complicated is it to setup a server?
    Another thing is for a free game to have a splash screen at the beginning of the game when it loads that displays a screen according to what I adjust on a server.
     
  2. weilies

    weilies Well-Known Member

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    Planet Earth
    U can try out pubnub if u need a realtime game creation

    If u jz need a farmvallie alike game, u must master web programming, DB architecture, game programming all
    Then get ur app to ping web server and react based on acknowledged MSG
     
  3. karuzo

    karuzo Member

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    Thank you for the information weilies.
     

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