Sorry about the registration being down. I've been making changes to the site to prevent spammers from spoiling it. It should be fixed within a week.

haha. Good call on the monsters. Right now they all seem scared when they run away. Thanks for the input.

Games had more 'playability' back then. Since size was such a concern, developers kept the graphics simple and focused more on game play. Now it's all just eye candy.

I use div tags and css. I guess I don't really have bandwidth 'problem' - I just want to keep the bandwidth as low as possible. I'm from a time when system resources where scarce and you had to optimize every chance you got. I used to develop games for 128k RAM and store them on 512k disks. Yeah, I ...

HackWorks exists as a meeting place for anyone who enjoys web development. There is a bias towards games, but all web programming topics are welcome. A caveat to all visitors: This site is not for .ASP development, nor will it deal with any other proprietary systems. We are specific to PHP, Javascri...

The game is ready. Take it for a test drive at http://www.dhashar.com and let me know what you think. You can complete the short Test Response Form at http://www.dhashar.com/testform.php or use my contact form at http://www.hackworks.net/contact.php . Remember, this is only in the Alpha phase of dev...

For now, the monster's name simply changes colors when it's been injured, but I like the idea of have a health bar above (or below) the monster.

Legends of Dhashar is open to the public for Alpha testing. http://www.dhashar.com Obviously, you can't do much: move, fight, buy some weapons. I'm just trying to learn how the game will function with multiple players and if will be well-received in the gaming community. There is a feedback form (te...

Almost everything is done in PHP. I pass the new X,Y position to the next page, and then run all my collision checks before re-drawing the map, character, etc. I've experimented with an AJAX movement system, which might work here. That test even had the monster chasing the character in near-real tim...

I am opening my game tomorrow for Alpha testing, but I've been having second thoughts about the movement/map system. Currently, the world is divided into multiple regions/screens that are further broken down into hexes (see image 1). The player can then move among the individual hexes. I'm not using...