Talking about MagOrMin game, Css, Game development, Html and Php.

This is an ooooooold (let’s call it) game I explained for a web programming class in 2003 or 2004.

It was made to explain some basics about Php, sessions, MySql and styles. All in one.

That’s how students learn… all in one and with a real world example.

It’s just a “guess if next number will be higher or slower than the current one” concept, the same that I applied to GuessNext last year.

It’s called MagOrMin and the name comes from the italian translation of “higher” (maggiore) and “lower” (minore).

Simply click to say if next number will be higher or lower, gain extra lives and compete for the high scores.

I plan to port the game in Ajax, adding a so-called “Web 2.0” style and convert it into a Facebook application with all features… you know… I must monetize everything…

Meanwhile here it is the source code:

= $old_number)) or (($guess == "smaller") and ($actual_number <= $old_number))){
		$score ++;
		$class_to_show = "number";
		$game_status = "PLAYING";
		if ($score == $next_extra){
			$lives +=1;
			$next_extra = floor($next_extra*1.5);
		}
	}
	else{
		$lives -=1;
		$class_to_show = "number_wrong";
		if ($lives==0){
			$game_status = "GAME_OVER";
			$perso_ora = true;
		}
	}
}

if ($game_status == "GAME_OVER"){
	$class_to_show = "number_wrong";
	if(!$perso_ora){
		$actual_number = $old_number;
	}
}

//echo $game_status;

?>







WELCOME TO PHP-MAGORMIN v1.0
Score: $score
Lives: $lives
Extra life at $next_extra"; ?>


CURRENT NUMBER


I guess next number will be
SMALLER
BIGGER


GAME OVER

Enter your name:  


I guess next number will be
SMALLER
BIGGER

I’ll explain the entire process to convert it into a Facebook app.