::Forum - Does it cost money to run a multiplayer browser game

Year 12 Day 362 18:09	Does it cost money to run a multiplayer browser game
Tando Oddball	So i recently became interested in making my own multiplayer browser game with php and i was wondering if i needed money for buying things or could i just make a website on one of those make a free website sites. thanks ____________ Hunters have this pattern of becoming hunted.

Year 12 Day 362 19:02	Does it cost money to run a multiplayer browser game
Kendall Holm	Yes it costs money. Most of the free website hosts do not allow you to use php. Then the ones that do allow for you to use php they throttle you site or put limits on the size of your site ____________

Year 12 Day 362 19:04	Does it cost money to run a multiplayer browser game
Mikel von Bianchi	SWC runs a dedicated server, maybe two (one for the dev server), so that obviously costs money. Depending on your playerbase that may not be necessary, but to use PHP and mySQL databases you're going to have to pay for some type of hosting. Not to mention the time it takes to code, create images, web design, etc, which can't necessarily be measured dollar-for-dollar but certainly has a cost of its own. ____________ [19:48] .Zhao> Items know they're inside me

Year 12 Day 362 19:19	Does it cost money to run a multiplayer browser game
Tiali Bixa-Loca	Start off small, if it becomes popular the players will follow to a new location allowing you to grow

Year 12 Day 362 19:44	Does it cost money to run a multiplayer browser game
Tando Oddball	I just don;t really know how i would make the game since i don;t have my own server and not much money. ____________ Hunters have this pattern of becoming hunted.

Year 12 Day 362 20:03	Does it cost money to run a multiplayer browser game
Tiali Bixa-Loca	Possibly start it off on one of the free make-your-own-game sites

Year 12 Day 363 9:53	Does it cost money to run a multiplayer browser game
Mikel von Bianchi	It's perfectly easy to run a small game or whatever off of a shared hosting account. I pay about $4 a month and have unlimited databases, subdomains, email accounts, and a very large bandwidth and storage cap (then again I've been a loyal customer for quite a while and some of that is legacy). I think the biggest issue is ability. If you have the ability in PHP, MySQL and whatnot, the starting server costs shouldn't be much more than the price of a McDonald's value meal. ____________ [19:48] .Zhao> Items know they're inside me

Year 12 Day 363 13:32	Does it cost money to run a multiplayer browser game
Tando Oddball	bad part is i'm not the best programmer at all. I just come up with ideas. ____________ Hunters have this pattern of becoming hunted.

Year 12 Day 363 15:44	Does it cost money to run a multiplayer browser game
Tando Oddball	thought of another idea. I could just make a the game run on forumns that i can get for FREE!!!!! Now i just have to decide if thats what i really want to do? ____________ Hunters have this pattern of becoming hunted.

Year 13 Day 0 3:58	Does it cost money to run a multiplayer browser game
Jesfa	A similar issue that you see insanely common on game mod forums, people that have amazing ideas for mods, but have absolutely no modeling, coding, or skills in the field whatsoever. ____________

Year 13 Day 0 16:27	Does it cost money to run a multiplayer browser game
Tando Oddball	yes that would be me takes a bow ____________ Hunters have this pattern of becoming hunted.

Year 13 Day 0 19:16	Does it cost money to run a multiplayer browser game
Kendall Holm	That is when you pick up a book and learn ____________

Year 13 Day 3 6:53	Does it cost money to run a multiplayer browser game
Brassica Trefoil	Pitch your ideas to the SWC devs. Maybe they could code an "In-flight Entertainment" button on the Ship Controls page, allowing long-haul pilots a distraction from those interminable Cap. Ship flights. Mini-games plus Mini-bar = WIN!!! :D

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