Design Documentation for
Creative - a game engine (cage)
version: 0.0

author: Tomas Sanchez, tsr@piuga.dk

-2. a plead

I ask all interrested to read this, comment on it and slaughter it. When you do slaughter it please let me know which pieces you would keep and why.

I would also like to point out that this is my first public project, so it would really help if you'd give me help with organisation and such.

Thanks, Tomas


-1. Random thoughts

[This section is intended for adding random thought, that later will be discarded or nicely organised into the rest of the documentation.]

The idea is to develop a rts/rpg-gameengine in php/sql for browserbased online games. 

I'm thinking of a db-based object-oriented application where the gamedesigner can add: 

-abilities (both ranges and enumerated, eg: strenght: 1-10, special skill: strong, fast, small) 

-actions (name of action, description of action, success requirements and what happens on success and failure. eg: hit, hit other player or object, (self.strength + self.weapon.strength) > (opponent.strength + opponent.shield.strength), on success: opponent.health - abs(self.strength - opponent.strength), on failure: self.health - abs (self.strength - opponent.strength) 

-maps (2d, 2d+submaps, 3d, 3d+submaps, triangel, square or hexagonal) 
explanation of submaps: a submap can be explained as for example a building, a football-arena, etc. 

- ... 

Offer the gamedesigner the possibility to add several in-/out-game communicatation possibilities (news, forum, messenger, chat).

Usermanagement such as registration, userprofile, userlevel (user, moderator, etc), banning.

Portalbuilding - design, newsposting

The possibility to "compile" the game. Compiling would mean to create the sql and the php code specific to that game for speedimprovement.


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