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Game map part 2: database tables & schema
This is a second part of my game map explanation series. Please see this post for part 1. We have previously discussed the front-end part of the strategy game map building, and will talk about the back-end. And to begin with – the MySQL database schema!
Game map part 1: front-end with Leaflet.Js
As I am a web developer and not (yet!) a game developer, I have no idea on how to draw a map of a web based game. Which is why I transformed the task into something I know how to do – display a map on a web site! So, what are we going to use today? Leaflet.Js – an open-source js tiled map redering engine. And … that’s it! 🙂 Intrested? See below for details.
ZendFramework 2
After we got everything installed, let’s get closer to the application code. As I’ve been using CodeIgniter for the most part of my projects, I now want to try something else in development and the best way to do that is by trying real-life example. So, I thought:
Who can possibly know more about php as a language as not the developers of the language itself?
So I thought that it’s a great idea to learn ZF2. I was really disappointed a bit later and here’s why:
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Hey-ho! Let’s go!
As already described on the “About” page, I’m here to write a small game. So, we’re going to start with the dev environment setup. I’m using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS as a dev PC OS. And here’s what I am going to use during my development:
- Mercurial + TortoiseHg,
- Apache, php 5.3, MySql,
- Sublime Text 2 as an IDE
Let’s start with setting up those and continue as we’ll need something else.
game::dev('lamp', 'etc.'); 