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Making a Multiplayer Backgammon Website

Asked by Frosty555 in PHP Scripting Language, MySQL Server, WebApplications

Tags: PHP 5 and MySQL, Internet Explorer 7

I'm trying to brainstorm some ideas for creating a multiplayer online backgammon website.  Basically something very similar to "Gamesgrid", if anyone has played on that.  I just don't want to use Java, or any external EXEs or ActiveX. Too much installation issues on the user's end.

Anyways, I'm looking for some ideas on how to get started. A backgammon board is quite a complex thing to make in HTML. Perhaps PHP's graphics libraries would be better to render the board? But on the same note it needs to be interactive, e.g. clicking on a piece to move it to a new location.

And then there's the issue of waiting for the person on the other end to make a move. How do you know when they've made the move? I could use AJAX to hit the database every couple of seconds, but the overhead would be enormous if you imagine 100 games running at the same time.

I was thinking maybe I could do it in flash, but I still need to create a permanent connection to the server. In that case, what should I write the server program in? It needs to manage users/games AND know the rules to backgammon... and it's not going to be a server that I have any real access to. I'm limited to a basic dedicated server from your average web host. Preferably I'd like to do it all in something like PHP, where it doesn't involve me installing and running my own custom software on the server.

Any ideas are welcome. This is more of a brainstorming session than anything else so I'm happy for any insight anyone might have.
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