WebDrake
January 21st, 2007, 02:58 PM
Hello all,
Some years ago I was involved in a research project where my colleagues and I asked people to play a game on a website, and measured behaviour. After some trials with a rather dodgy PHP setup that generated JPG files (which had to be reloaded at each step of the game....) we switched to using Flash for the game interface.
The problem was that we had to present a graph that measured a player's performance in the game, and reacted in real-time to their actions. We also had to ensure that players were not cheating, that they could not go back and "correct" a wrong action.
Flash let us set up a very pretty interface, but I am wondering if there is an alternative way to achieve this that does not involve using a proprietary format. I would prefer not to use a Java applet [open-source since ... how long?] since in my experience they look horrible and ugly....
Any suggestions?
Many thanks,
-- Joe
Some years ago I was involved in a research project where my colleagues and I asked people to play a game on a website, and measured behaviour. After some trials with a rather dodgy PHP setup that generated JPG files (which had to be reloaded at each step of the game....) we switched to using Flash for the game interface.
The problem was that we had to present a graph that measured a player's performance in the game, and reacted in real-time to their actions. We also had to ensure that players were not cheating, that they could not go back and "correct" a wrong action.
Flash let us set up a very pretty interface, but I am wondering if there is an alternative way to achieve this that does not involve using a proprietary format. I would prefer not to use a Java applet [open-source since ... how long?] since in my experience they look horrible and ugly....
Any suggestions?
Many thanks,
-- Joe