Hi, school started back up the other day, and our first assignment (as a group of eight) is to create a Server/Client project that is used to play network games. Before I go further, I want to say that I HAVE done work on this, quite a bit. I just need some input.... Anyways. The game only upload a score to the server and it sees if it makes the high score table. I don't believe that there will be any real-time competition (yet). What I want is input from you guys to see if you have any advice for me.
Server:
contains Protocols to parse data from the game the client wants to play/finished.
I would like the server to be able to hold the games, but I don't know how I would A) upload new games to the server and integrate them, and B) send the game to the user to play.... (I think this can be done through ObjectOutputStream....)
Client:
contains a list of available games that can be played, obtained from server.
A User object that represents the person logged in
Games:
Extend the PlugAndPlay class that contains methods for updating scores (both local and on the server) and such.
Odds are many people will be accessing the server at one point in time, so things need to be able to move smoothly over there. Also, A problem I discovered with keeping all the games on each machine, is if another one is added, then you have to do an update to get the newest games.....
Any Ideas/Suggestions for me?
Thanks!