2 player game connecting without using Flash / Silverlight

Question

How can I possibly connect the players? How can I add a window wherein they can see each other like on the Tetris battle on Facebook?

I know some basic ajax polling. I am developing a Chess game.

Can this be possible on using jQuery/JavaScript?

Can anyone help me? I don't know where to start.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 17 '11 at 17:20

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Use WebSockets. You will maybe need server-side JavaScript so use node.js for that.

answered Dec 17 '11 at 17:20

noob

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In no way does WebSockets require server-side JavaScript. It does require a server which somehow supports WebSockets. – Matt Ball Dec 17 '11 at 17:20
No but it requires a modern browser. – noob Dec 17 '11 at 17:22
And there are flash fallbacks for Websockets. Sweeet! You don't need Node, but it is very easy to use for Websockets. PHP for example isn't. – Rudie Dec 17 '11 at 17:25

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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You can do it using Web Sockets (an html5 feature).

And here's a cool library that uses it with a flash backup ( in case someone doesnt have an html5 browser)

edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

Community

answered Dec 17 '11 at 17:22

Vigrond

Hey Flash fallback =) Websockets are fun. – Rudie Dec 17 '11 at 17:25
Flash isn't the only fallback that Socket.IO can use: http://socket.io/#browser-support – Matt Ball Dec 17 '11 at 17:25
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+1 for socket.io. It does require node.js, but personally I find node.js a convenient environment to work in, more than PHP. – pimvdb Dec 17 '11 at 17:28
well, PHP is dead easy..where node.js requires a long learning-curve. I don't think it's worth learning just to socket communications. Things like this should take a day or two tops to make, not a month of boring study. – vsync Apr 29 '13 at 22:25

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 17 '11 at 17:27

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You included "mySql" in your tags. You could also use the "database" to communicate:

answered Dec 17 '11 at 17:27

paulsm4

This might be slow, but it's still an interesting idea. – Brigand Dec 17 '11 at 17:33

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