I have a simple 2d strategy combat game that I wrote in javascript and jQuery. The user controls 3 or 4 characters as they fight monsters (small screen cap here https://i.stack.imgur.com/dkkXm.jpg).
It is not realtime, it is turn based (player’s turn, computers turn) and the game is designed for a phone user, mainly office workers on their morning commute. iPhone user is the main target. Game development is in early stages but currently playable. This is a web app played in browser.
My biggest issue is that if you switch applications (such as answering a phone call) and then switch back the page reloads (therefore the web app reloads) and you lose any progress you have made.
I have tested this as a web app download (using mobile safari Add To Home Screen) but the reload problem persists when switching.
I’m resisting wrapping this and delivering through the Apple app store … instead I want to create a backend that will save the player’s turns. Simple tasks such as
- javascript function in my web app would send turn data in the form of
a string - when the web page (and web app) reload, it retrieves the last
recorded turn - player would need a login
I’m interested in PHP as I’ve had some experience with it from deconstructing and altering wordpress themes. The only other languages I know are front end (html, css, javascript, jQuery).
Can PHP cover the above tasks in a secure manner or should I be looking at learning an alternate language?
Any guidance is much appreciated and thanks in advance.
Yes. PHP can do what you want, as can really any other server-side language. You would just use ajax calls to send data updates to the backend server.