1. Welcome to Sunnydale a web game with multimedia elements Austin Lee

2. Multimedia files are large  Loading methods JavaScript HTML frames + scripting ActiveX (IE on Windows only!) Java Macromedia Flash

3. Technologies Used  PHP 5  mySQL 4.x  GD 2.x  XHTML 1.0 Transitional  XML 1.0  JavaScript

4. Database  Only search-related data is stored  Locations table name x,y,z position map skill level (visibility)  Users table id, name, and password email, creation date, descriptions  Frequently changing data or highly configurable data is stored in XML files, not the database

5. Game File Tree Root css mail_templates media flashimagessounds rules generallocationsskills xml playersraces

6. Player Data Scare Trolfey Human 1145659370 0 0 10 0 100 0 50 0 20 0 10 20

7. Game.php (main game page)  Check session for login key  Read player data from file  Run Regen rules  Run Movement rules  Check if location is registered in DB  Run event rules  Set timestamp to now  Write player data to file  Display UI and result(s) of actions

8. PHP and GD  Allows images to be created with programming  Image script files can be called like:

9. Future updates  Completion of core game Interactive GUI Races Skills Combat Items Multiplayer interaction  Interactive combat (Flash based?)  Total conversion to Flash

10. Demonstration http://www.lucidmist.com/sunnydale/ http://www2.lucidmist.com:8080/sunnydale/ http://www2.lucidmist.com:5190/sunnydale/