Online gaming calendar

[MarkAshley]

Following my post about Dynamite in the Gaming forum, I think we need an online gaming calendar on a.org. People who want to host games can add the name of the game they are hosting and their server name/IP, at the time and date they want to play. Then people can add their names to confirm they will be available at that time to play. What does everybody think?

[fx]

I think it sounds like a really sweet idea!

Suggestions for how such a calendar could work.
1. You select a date and a time for when you wanna host the game.
2. You type in the name of the game you wanna play
3. You type in your servers IP, or if it's the case of public servers, the name of the server (if you're running the server yourself I think it would be good to also post what Internet connection you have and the number of players that are allowed on the server)

When looking for games the calendar should automagically compensate for what timezone you're in. You should be able to sign up in an easy way.

I guess that's all I think is really needed (for starters atleast), perhaps the ability to leave comments, like saying you will have to leave after an hour or similiar would be nice.

The calendar wouldn't necessarely have to be here on amiga.org, but it would be nice because lots of people would see it and hopefully use it if it was.

[MarkAshley]

Exactly what I had in mind. Maybe I will try to develop it myself, if the a.org admins don't want to do it.

[jj]

Hi

Maybee this could be extended to include other formats like PC.  I know its not amiga related, but I feel amiga users getting together to play online games can only be good for the comunity, even if its on other formats.  We could even have Clan Amiga on COD2 , warcraft3 etc

your thoughts

[MarkAshley]

Eventually yes, I suppose it could be extended to other formats.

I don't really have the time to dedicate to this at the moment. Hopefully a.org will consider it

[fx]

:bump:

Isn't more people interested in something like this?

[MarkAshley]

I'm starting to develop it now. I've got Apache, PHP and MySQL running on my Mac Mini. Time to learn PHP now  :-o

[fx]

Wow, cool! great :-)

I could host it later if that is needed, but it would only be on my ADSL connection (1 Mbit upstream)...

my server - it has Apache 1.3.33, PHP 4.3.10-16 and MySQL 4.0.24

[MarkAshley]

Cool! I might take you up on that. I'm looking for some sponsorship too  :-D

I've been reading over some PHP/MySQL tutorials and it looks well easy, so it shouldn't take too long to get the site functional (if not pretty  :lol: )

[fx]

sounds great! :-D

and please post some updates as you progress :-)

[Oliver]

[MarkAshley]

Yes

[koaftder]

MarkAshley wrote:
I'm starting to develop it now. I've got Apache, PHP and MySQL running on my Mac Mini. Time to learn PHP now  :-o

I think you will enjoy the php/mysql combo. It's hands down the easiest way to put together a db driven site. The documentation on php.net is first class, and there is a thriving php community on irc.freenode.net #php .

[MarkAshley]

It's going well so far. I've got a very basic site up and running (literally just a few html forms). The database is functional and the PHP code is able to add game entries in. You just enter your name, the name of the game, and the date and time, and it adds a record to the database. You can then search for a game and it returns a list of dates and times, or you can enter a username and it will return all of the games that person is hosting.

[Snatcher]

Good job
I bought a Amiga4000T recently with a lan card etc.
I only have to pick it up and connect it to the internet.
Count me in for online AMIGA gaming!
Amiga Rocks!!!
Good job Mark!