In this article I will build a generic client for my server to make testing easier. However, my real objective is to come up with a Client class that will be used by any client application. It should be able to encapsulate all the nitty gritty for the communication, without making any assumptions about specific…
As promised in the previous article, we will define the application protocol (over TCP) that will be used to manage the user’s session. As I mentioned before, it should be text-based, and every line of text received will correspond to one prompt (or command). This functionality is already covered in sessionThread(), where prompts are assembled…
In the previous article of this series, I brainstormed about what my game server should look like. In this one, I will try to put all (or most) of that into code. The goal for this phase is to make a very basic version that: Warming up That said, let’s start with main(): Pretty straightforward:…
It’s been more than a decade since I last wrote any C++ code, and I’m feeling nostalgic about it. I have also always wanted to build a game server, so today I made the daring decision to scratch both itches. I want the server to support all kinds of games: single player, two player, multiplayer,…