Online game

[cdpsource]

Hi I am planing to develop desktop application game for multiple players online and as idea to archive this i plan to use webservices to communicate players between them. Does webservices are good for manage multiple players or is any better way to do this? Thanks and regards.

[Lost User]

cdpsource wrote:

Does webservices are good for manage multiple players or is any better way to do this?

Probably better to ask at http://www.codeproject.com/Forums/1640/Web-Development.aspx[^].

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[Lost User]

Web services will be too slow for real-time video games, but could be OK for something like a chess or checkers game. See Here[^] for a networked version of asteroids tutorial

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[Abhinav S]

Connections via Web sockets would offer a more real time environment,

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[cdpsource]

Thanks Max The game will have max 4 palyers so webservices are good choice to use for communicating between players?

[cdpsource]

Thanks a lot Abhinav S I will check this too before i start developing project :)

[Lost User]

Without knowing what type of game it is I can't comment

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[cdpsource]

The game will have very simple graphic interface so all what the game will process that are few data rows and keeping updated some statuses which are stored in SQL Tables.

[WuRunZhe]

Yes, you are right. Deploying web socket will increase your web communication speed. :)

[BobJanova]

Real time no, slow (the kind of thing that you get as browser games) yes as it means you don't need any custom central server, just a HTTP server set up with the service endpoint.