Mafia Wars Web Game

Question

I plan to start web app development. (Html, Css and Php) I want to make a mafia wars style game for the web. Static graphics game is played using buttons.

Its would really just be a database to store stats and a bunch of buttons.

Would this be too hard for a complete beginner to web development to take on? Would javascript even be necessary for this?

Answer 1

Yes. It would be too hard for a COMPLETE beginner to take on. Where complete beginner = just learning to program. If you have some other background (General CS knowledge, Database experience) then you could probably do it.

JavaScript doesn't sound necessary for what you are describing.

I would suggest going through a couple tutorials on web application development so that you understand the basic concepts, and then decide whether you know enough to start building your game app. Here are a couple tutorials for various development environments:

• http://webproject.scottgu.com/CSharp/HelloWorld/HelloWorld.aspx
• http://www.eclipse.org/webtools/community/tutorials/BuildJ2EEWebApp/BuildJ2EEWebApp.html
• http://download-llnw.oracle.com/javaee/1.4/tutorial/doc/WebApp.html

You should probably at least read through some of those to get an idea of what you should know.