How does the arcade here work?

[Pixel_Outlaw]

I was wondering if it would be possible for me to make a game for the arcade here. I noticed that many of them are Flash games. Is there any way to run an .exe file on the arcade? Some time ago there was a service called Pijo that did just that. I'm just wondering how it works under the hood.

[Shockwave]

It is indeed possible to make games that will work with this arcade.
The arcade can play Postnuke flash games and also Shockwave flash games.

If you're really interested in making a game that can work with the arcade I would be happy to provide you details of how the score submission works so that it can be made compatible!

[Pixel_Outlaw]

I'm still a bit unsure. I can only program in Blitzmax which produces .exe files. When you say that it is possible to make games did you mean in one of the two flash formats you mentioned, or also in .exe format? I've never used either flash formats because at the time Macromedia flash seemed to be a programmer's nightmare.

[Shockwave]

Ah, in that case it won't be possible to write a game for our arcade that uses PE format like Blitzmax. All the arcade games we have use PNflash or SWF.

It would need to run in a browser window, have some good Karma for suggesting it though

[benny!]

@Shockwave:

Is there on open documentation about the implementation (scoring system) for
the arcade games ? I wonder if you could write an java applet game for the arcade ?
Should be possible!

[Shockwave]

Java works
I will be happy to discuss it with you if you're interested

[benny!]

Depends a bit what others think about it ? If someone else is interested
in writing java (applet) games for the arcade - we can develop a frame-
work or so

Just an idea ...

[Pixel_Outlaw]

Not a bad idea. Java probably has more advanced coders than the flash programs. Pure speculation on my end though.

[p43]

I was wondering if it would be possible for me to make a game for the arcade here. I noticed that many of them are Flash games. Is there any way to run an .exe file on the arcade? Some time ago there was a service called Pijo that did just that. I'm just wondering how it works under the hood.

I think it is possible, Macromedia Flash does create webfiles but it is also possible to create .exe files. As for an example I will mention GameHouse, they have some demo's on their website wich you can play in your browser but if you want the full version you have to download the game (exe format) altough the security is pretty cheap and they got owned by crackers.

As for Flash coding, I think it is easy and there are a lot of resources online but I never gave it a try to learn ActionScript (Flash programming lang), I still can remember when I borrowed a book from my local library wich covered this topic but I cant remember the name of it. I bet there are some good e-books you can download.

I found a website wich has some good tutorials about Flash Gaming Dev, I think this might help you out:

http://www.pixel2life.com/tutorials/adobe_flash/game_interfaces/

As for the book, I'm going to look up for the title maybe there is an ebook version of it.

[Shockwave]

Lots of categories there P43, thanks for the link!
Now let's see if we get any entries in the game comp that can be run in the arcade

If anyone wants to write a game for the arcade here, please let me know I will explain more of what needs to be done to get the scores submission working properly with our database.

[p43]

I have some game programming ebooks, the total size is 1.4gb and I also have the source of Quake 1 , 2, 3 and Wolvenstein 3D. If you allow me to upload them on this board I can do it. Going to make list later with the ebooks.

[p43]

Okay here it is, the list check the attach. But please do not ask me something about coding, I never read any of these books or tried to make something. Im can upload any of them only if its allowed by the admin.

[benny!]

Aren't those books copyrighted ? Are you sure it is legal to upload them on
a public server ?

Quite a lot of books you have there and some of them sound interesting - but
why do you collect all of them if you never read them

[zawran]

I am fairly certain that uploading or linking to those books would be against the rules of this forum. http://dbfinteractive.com/index.php?topic=7.0 It clearly states that:

Illegal content.. Things such as Warez, pornographic material or anything that is agains UK law, if your avatar, sig, posts or anything you upload contains anything of this nature you will be banned immediately and reported to your ISP and if appropritate to FACT.

And since most of the books on that lists is copyrighted material, which was never released into public domain neither in book or ebook form, then it would be against the rules I would think.

[Shockwave]

Hmm.. Thanks for the offer P43 but we definately can't have copyrighted things uploaded here.

[p43]

Aren't those books copyrighted ? Are you sure it is legal to upload them on
a public server ?

Quite a lot of books you have there and some of them sound interesting - but
why do you collect all of them if you never read them

They are all copyrighted  when I discovered the scene, I downloaded some ebooks and I visited the library a lot, it became more like a second house. Some day I will start with coding but when I started I started with GFX and later with SFX and cracking. I hope you can make an exception if not I can post the ISBN code's then you can buy them. Can I post the ISBN numbers of the books?

If you're planning to buy a book, dont buy an ebook. Buy the real book because its much better, you can read it anytime you want. Look for an second handheld book, they are much cheaper then a new one.

I have some the sources of ID games, according to the copy.txt file (in the archive) it is allowed to copy it.

[Shockwave]

I don't think you should upload that stuff here, like I said, I really appreciate the offer but if people want to look at that stuff they can always locate it elsewhere.. The hosting providers we use are strict on what files we host which is one reason, but secondly it's not good to have things that could be dodgy because it sets the wrong kind of precident for the whole forum.