need a new small project
I usually have a small project or two that I work on from time to time. Something that will make me think, and perhaps read more docs. But, I also like them to be practical or usefull. I'm looking for a new project to write in PHP, but I'm open to other languages.
Gimme !
Mark Hensler
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Abhishek Reddy posted this at 11:00 — 2nd November 2002.
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PHP Chess.
It's something I've been thinking of making myself. Idea is to create a GUI that two users can use to play the game of chess against each other online.
Sure, there's Zone and other programs for this, but I wanted to make a fully customisable game. One where I can change the look of the pieces, board, etc, just by swapping a .gif file. This way I will be able to add my own twists to the game, like modern weapons, interesting terrains and so on. And I can run it off my own server so I can play friends at almost any time with little hassle. Also won't involve any downloads/installs/registrations for the other party.
Not much PHP coding in itself. All it needs to do is update the graphical output on each player's view, and keep it nicely synced. Much like a chatroom, actually.
Will that do?
Wil posted this at 11:36 — 2nd November 2002.
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Play around Parrot, the Perl 6 engine, or learn Python.
Jack Michaelson posted this at 12:48 — 2nd November 2002.
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I'll be member of the test team!
nike_guy_man posted this at 15:10 — 2nd November 2002.
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I can give you a part of my large project that has me stuck
Let me know if you want to do it... it's pretty complicated and I'm stuck as to how to make it without making the file 40000K
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 22:57 — 2nd November 2002.
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Is that a challenge, Jack?
Mark Hensler posted this at 23:07 — 2nd November 2002.
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Alright, I'll start planning on a PHP Chess game. And Abhi, I'll make it as customizable as I can.
Don't expect this any time soon. This is just a little pet project to work on from time to time.
Mark Hensler
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Abhishek Reddy posted this at 23:12 — 2nd November 2002.
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Great.
D/W, time is not an object.
Busy posted this at 05:36 — 3rd November 2002.
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in other words you both have to brush up on your chess skills
Jack Michaelson posted this at 12:00 — 3rd November 2002.
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No, it's a promiss that you won't win
JeevesBond posted this at 09:29 — 8th August 2003.
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This was linked from: http://www.webmaster-forums.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22043
by Abhi...
Just thought I'd resurrect it to find out whether Mark has completed the project and whether it is ready for a little Beta testing?
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Mark Hensler posted this at 18:06 — 8th August 2003.
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Not even close. I haven't touched the project since Dec 1, 2002.
And ATM, I'm too busy to spend any time on it.
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