Oddworld Online

[Falken]

Never ever use a name you don't have the right to use, even if the company haven't used that name for 10 years. If your game ever gets a few hundred players they will most probably send some lawyers your way to take their fair, and legal share. Using someone elses trademark/game series name without permission is not nice. And who knows, they might be developing a new game in the series in secret right now?

[neronix17]

Never ever use a name you don't have the right to use, even if the company haven't used that name for 10 years. If your game ever gets a few hundred players they will most probably send some lawyers your way to take their fair, and legal share. Using someone elses trademark/game series name without permission is not nice. And who knows, they might be developing a new game in the series in secret right now?

As I said, Ive emailed them to get permission first, making sure to tell them its mainly for family and friends to play since most of the people I know like the game, and that it will be online so other people might be able to access it. Also said that its non-profit and that if they want any other condidtions followed then just to let me know.

[neronix17]

I recieved my reply to the email I sent and was told it would be perfectly alright to create the game as long as it stays free and I make sure to say somewhere on the site that it is a Fan-Game, which Il push into a legal page So I have the all green to carry on making this

[hallsofvallhalla]

thats great! good luck with it and keep us updated.

[SpiritWebb]

Congratulations!!! Can't wait too see it...

[neronix17]

Well I have the main images I need to make the first version, now just to align them and make sure they work in shiternet explorer as well as fantastifox (internet explorer and firefox for those that didnt get it). Im going to design the login page just now, cant find any images to give me a decent idea so il use the same idea as the main menu in the game, also thinking on making it flash in some areas to start with so i can make sounds work in it.

[neronix17]

Right, since I last posted here Ive managed to get the login page converted to flash so it will be easier for me to design it. The other areas are also partly flash at the moment, that way I can get the different designs for each race done alot quicker. Im planning on having some mining and farming things to slowly earn money while ur not playing, but I have to figure out how to install xampp on ubuntu first (HALP! btw) and then have to firgure out how crons work...

[neronix17]

Ive decided to screw the idea of it being totally flash, Instead I will only make a small amount of things flash, and they wont be a requirement to use, that will make it easier on me and on people that cant use flash at work or college So Im going to have to re-design the entire site in html just including the php bits where needed, that way it wont be centered to the left (especially odd to see that happen on a 1366x798 screen ) And I think Ive found a few ways to add small things like a board of people that play the game including some stats and wether or not they are online, simple as having an 'online' field in the db and changing it to yes when they log in, problem is that you would HAVE to press logout to get it to change to no...

[Perry]

problem is that you would HAVE to press logout to get it to change to no...

I don't do much web programming so I don't know how but you might be able to have it to where if it is inactive for more than a few minutes it logs out.

[hallsofvallhalla]

yes you can use a server session.