You know, I just want to create a game with lobby, chat, rooms, registration, etc.
I've just googled it, and found only SmartFox. Seems promising, but is there any other?
A:
That totally depends on your game needs, your team skills and the budget/time you can afford.
Klaim
2010-05-19 11:58:19
The game is something like a Link5 with lobby, room/player select, add buddy, chat common/private. Team skills are kinda flexible. Budget is "starting".
Geri
2010-05-19 12:05:44
So it is turn based.
Geri
2010-05-19 12:07:54
You should put that into your question. "Team skills are kinda flexible" means nothing. You should say what is the team experience so far.
Klaim
2010-05-19 13:07:10
If I'd had a team, then we'd developed a brand new engine of course. I'm a single developer.
Geri
2010-05-19 16:45:46
...then you are your team. If you never developped a game before, I suggest you start small, by making a little game on PC first.
Klaim
2010-05-19 17:24:35
Geri
2010-05-20 09:53:54
Weird chat here. Nothin' about the topic.
Geri
2010-05-20 10:00:20
My answer will not change: it's totally game, budget and team dependant. Anyway the server side of any game can be anything as it's a separate technology frim the client. Nobody will answer you because anything you are able to setup will fit.
Klaim
2010-05-20 10:18:38
Thats a pity. Then I go Along with SmartFox - http://www.smartfoxserver.com/
Geri
2010-05-20 11:38:43
The social SKDs OpenFeint (http://www.openfeint.com/) and ScoreLoop (http://www.scoreloop.com/) are adding multiplayer to their features. But this is "just" turnbased multiplayer (based on HTTP). For realtime you need a Socket Server ideally with UDP/reliable UDP.
bertelmonster2k
2010-05-30 12:39:35
Thanks, seems exactly what I've been looking for. By the way, I have now installed an instance of SmartFox Basic, what seems so confortable with the ready-made iPhone API. The only problem is to create some server-side scripts.
Geri
2010-06-08 07:49:14
Pricing is just as heavy as SmartFox's. I have to realize some profit from compactTangram© - http://gotoandplay.freeblog.hu/categories/compactTangram/ - app.
Geri
2010-06-08 07:53:51
Photon has a free edition - http://www.exitgames.com/Photon/Pricing. If you get more than 50 CCU you should be fine to pay some license fee.
bertelmonster2k
2010-06-08 16:31:33
A:
Can i use "SmartFoxServer Lite edition" to make a Turn-Based Multiplayer iPhone game?
Naeim
2010-07-16 16:34:27