Programming card games

Bullitos · #1 10-12-2006, 09:22 AM

Hi,

I have no clue if this is the right subforum to post this, but it seems there is a lot of computer knowledge here.

I want to program a card game which has almost the same basics as poker (it's a whole different game and not even with real cards, but betting and winner takes pot are a great part of it). What I basically want is creating a site where people can play this game vs each other. I don't have any experience programming, so it will be a whole lot of work. But I don't know which program language to use (for example flash, c++?). Does anyone have an idea? I hope this little bit of information is enough to determine this.

Any advice is really welcome!

BBill · #2 10-12-2006, 12:38 PM

You can look at some opensource code for Poker Clients, Poker Engine and Game client librarys here.

Poker Source code

I'm not sure what language possibly c++ but a poker engine would have a database backend like MySQL server

Dave I · #3 10-12-2006, 03:53 PM

Hire a programmer if this is a serious project. Really. You can not possibly do this with any real results using the do-it-yourself method if you've never programmed before.

Bullitos · #4 10-12-2006, 05:04 PM

Thought so, thanks [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

BiPolar_Nut · #5 10-12-2006, 10:44 PM

write it in RPG2

punchcards are r0x

[/sarcasm] Yeah, if it's serious, hire someone, else have a look at the existing code posted above and make it a personal vendeta/project to figure it out [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

GL!!

post the URL once you go alpha/beta

Shroomy · #6 10-13-2006, 09:59 AM

Dont even think about the posted solution if you dont know programming basics. Look for a java solution (C++ is much harder to learn) at the minimum. But the good advice is that this is not the sort of project you are going to be able to accomplish without some experience.

BBill · #7 10-13-2006, 11:37 AM

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Look for a java solution

[/ QUOTE ] Yeah but java is, well, its java.

I'm not the greatest at coding - thats for sure, actually I have mostly school exp in programming.

I'd rather say I know how to or learn how to code in C or C++ than Java though.

Shroomy · #8 10-13-2006, 02:27 PM

try c# then

BBill · #9 10-14-2006, 02:22 AM

yeah, I have.
All of the Microsoft Visual studio express edition are a free from MS here if anybody is interested
Visual Studio Express for Web Developement free download

it includes Visual Basic, C++, C#, J#, SQL server express.
also online video tutorials are for all are available free.

jjshabado · #10 10-14-2006, 09:17 AM

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[ QUOTE ]
Look for a java solution

[/ QUOTE ] Yeah but java is, well, its java.

I'm not the greatest at coding - thats for sure, actually I have mostly school exp in programming.

I'd rather say I know how to or learn how to code in C or C++ than Java though.

[/ QUOTE ]

Any particular reason? Or do you just hate coffee, and you project that hatred on all things remotely related to it?

Java is a language used extensively in real-world settings, so learning it isn't a waste of time. Its a great language that is well suited for certain tasks (web development being one of them). In fact if you add up all the websites that use Java and all the sites that use C++, Java is the clear winner.

Plus, as someone else said, Java is easier to learn. And to top it off learning Java is actually a good first step to learning C+.

Another option that I would put on the same footing with java is python. There's a webserver called cherrypy that you can use to create websites in python. Python's easier to learn than either Java or C++ and cherrypy is pretty simple to setup, atleast compared to a Java webserver like Jboss.

Just my two cents.