Paid work : Network Game Guru

I'm in the throws of closing a deal for a web-game. I need someone with good network experience (I have very little) to assist in the project. This is a commercial project for a large gambling site, fees will not be an issue.

Background :

What we are trying to achieve is a quiz game that is more interactive for the user, a game where they don't just answer questions to gain points but actually play online live with other players where they can steal points, "pass the bomb" etc, assuming you have seen it I'm after rounds similar to the PlayStation2 Game; Buzz. I can explain more about the games should you think its possible.

When a player visits the site they would have to register before they can play, they would then select a character from a list and join the game (assuming there are other players waiting, if not the game would start at a predetermined time.

The actual quiz page would have a stage with 4 or 5 characters on it and a buzzer etc, the questions would appear on the page and the first person to hit the buzzer answers the question and so on...

Obviously the graphics are going to be a little tricky but I think the hardest thing to achieve will be the interactive part, especially the buzzer (i.e, stopping others from pressing it once it has already been pressed).

Everything above would need to be created; the way the games are played, characters and stage.

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I can handle the game code, the gfx, the registration stuff etc.. etc... I'm just a newbie when it comes to networks

Thanks..

With which tool do you wanna do this?

I'd prefer this to be in BlitzMax as we then have the option of releasing the game as a downloadable on the Win32 and Mac platforms.

Okay there was a php mod for blitzmax, right? If this i not a time critical thing and the mod is working then it could be done just by using a php/mysql solution.

No, no php, this is time critical. Besides, the game will need lobbies and all that stuff.

@taumel, I'll respond to your email tomorrow.

No other takers? Someone here must know something about networked games and would like to earn a few $$?

I would say the best way to go would be to use PHP and AJAX; that way, you can get a live feed for the game and it can be played directly through a browser.

Ok, thanks so far but really I'm not looking for advice I'm looking to hire someone to make it work. Forget php, forget ajax think "Client Server"