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Development

2012-11-30T15:50:47Z

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Studio

2012-11-30T15:49:04Z

Een:

[[File:Bga_studio_small.jpg]]

== What is this? ==

'''Board Game Arena Studio''' is a platform to build online board game adaptation using the Board Game Arena platform.

It is open to any gamer with development skills :)

See announcement here:
http://forum.boardgamearena.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1973

== How can I develop a board game on BGA Studio? ==

Check these presentations first:

* [http://www.slideshare.net/boardgamearena/5-reasons-why-you-should-use-bga-studio-for-your-online-board-game 5 reasons why you should use BGA Studio for your online board game]
* [http://www.slideshare.net/boardgamearena/the-8-steps-to-create-a-board-game-on-board-game-arena The 8 steps to create a board game on Board Game Arena]
* [http://www.slideshare.net/boardgamearena/the-bga-framework-at-a-glance The BGA Framework at a glance]
* [http://www.slideshare.net/boardgamearena/bga-studio-focus-on-bga-game-state-machine Focus on BGA game state machine]
* [http://www.slideshare.net/boardgamearena/bga-studio-guidelines BGA developers guidelines]

== How do I register? ==

Registering is done by e-mail at '''studio(at)boardgamearena.com'''.

Please provide the following information:
* your developer user name to be used on “BGA Studio” (for technical reasons, no space, number or special character);
* your real name;
* your e-mail address;
* your postal address.

We also drafted a quick [http://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/images/0/02/BGA_TC_Dev_en.pdf 'terms & conditions' document]. It's very light, so as to get to the fun part faster.

To be valid, the registration e-mail must contain this document as an attachment, with the following sentence in the mail body: 'I agree with the terms & conditions for developers on BGA Studio joined as an attachment'.

And of course, we also encourage you to tell us about which games you would love to develop on BGA!

== Ok, I registered, what do I get? ==

First, from time to time you will get by e-mail the names of some of the games we have an agreement to develop, so that you can tell us 'Hey, this game is great! I want to develop it!' (please keep these names confidential, or it would ruin our tradition to make players guess the name of the next game on the forum)

<pre>NB: during the BETA pĥase, to smooth things up and make sure that everything is working correctly,
we will work only with 3 fearless developers on 3 simple games.</pre>

Second, once we have discussed together and are fixed on a game you'll take charge of, we'll create your studio account and you will get:
* one login / password to access files through SFTP
* ten logins with numeric suffixes from 0 to 9 and a common simple password to test games on the studio website while developing.

Once logged in to your SFTP root folder, you will find:
* a 'resources.html' file with the URLs to use and some extra connection information
* three folders containing the three simple games provided as examples
* a folder for the game you will be developing initialized after our 'EmptyGame' template, providing the game structure (and comments! and examples!)

Then... that's all, you can start!

== Great, I'm in! ... How should I start? ==

If you didn't already, check the presentations at the top of this page to get the basics.

After that, we would advise you to take a peek at this tutorial for creating the Reversi example game:
* [[Tutorial reversi]]

Then start editing files and see what happens! ;)

If you have any questions, please ask them on the [http://forum.boardgamearena.com/viewforum.php?f=12 development forum].

== Other resources ==

[[Studio FAQ]]

[[Studio file reference]]

[[Studio function reference]]

[[Studio back-office]]

[http://forum.boardgamearena.com/viewforum.php?f=12 Development forum]

[http://forum.boardgamearena.com/viewforum.php?f=4 Bugs forum]

2012-11-30T13:50:28Z

Een: /* How can I develop a board game on BGA Studio? */

[[File:Bga_studio_small.jpg]]

== What is this? ==

'''Board Game Arena Studio''' is a platform to build online board game adaptation using the Board Game Arena platform.

It is open to any gamer with development skills :)

See announcement here:
http://forum.boardgamearena.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1973

== How can I develop a board game on BGA Studio? ==

Check these presentations first:

* [http://www.slideshare.net/boardgamearena/5-reasons-why-you-should-use-bga-studio-for-your-online-board-game 5 reasons why you should use BGA Studio for your online board game]
* [http://www.slideshare.net/boardgamearena/the-8-steps-to-create-a-board-game-on-board-game-arena The 8 steps to create a board game on Board Game Arena]
* [http://www.slideshare.net/boardgamearena/the-bga-framework-at-a-glance The BGA Framework at a glance]
* [http://www.slideshare.net/boardgamearena/bga-studio-focus-on-bga-game-state-machine Focus on BGA game state machine]
* [http://www.slideshare.net/boardgamearena/bga-studio-guidelines BGA developers guidelines]

== How do I register? ==

Registering is done by e-mail to [http://en.boardgamearena.com/#!doc/Contact_us BGA contact address].

Please provide the following information:
* your developer user name to be used on “BGA Studio” (for technical reasons, no space, number or special character);
* your real name;
* your e-mail address;
* your postal address.

We also drafted a quick [http://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/images/0/02/BGA_TC_Dev_en.pdf 'terms & conditions' document]. It's very light, so as to get to the fun part faster.

To be valid, the registration e-mail must contain this document as an attachment, with the following sentence in the mail body: 'I agree with the terms & conditions for developers on BGA Studio joined as an attachment'.

And of course, we also encourage you to tell us about which games you would love to develop on BGA!

== Ok, I registered, what do I get? ==

First, you get by e-mail a list of the games we have an agreement to develop. Please keep this list confidential, or it would ruin our tradition to make players guess the name of the next game on the forum!

<pre>NB: during the BETA pĥase, to smooth things up and make sure that everything is working correctly,
we will work only with 3 fearless developers on 3 simple games.</pre>

Second, once we have discussed together and are fixed on a game you'll take charge of, we'll create your studio account and you will get:
* one login / password to access files through SFTP
* ten logins with numeric suffixes from 0 to 9 and a common simple password to test games on the studio website while developing.

Once logged in to your SFTP root folder, you will find:
* a 'resources.html' file with the URLs to use and some extra connection information
* three folders containing the three simple games provided as examples
* a folder for the game you will be developing initialized after our 'EmptyGame' template, providing the game structure (and comments! and examples!)

Then... that's all, you can start!

== Great, I'm in! ... How should I start? ==

If you didn't already, check the presentations at the top of this page to get the basics.

After that, we would advise you to take a peek at tutorials for two example games:
* [[Tutorial reversi]]
* [[Tutorial gomoku ]]

Then start editing files and see what happens! ;)

== Other resources ==

[[Studio FAQ]]

[[Studio file reference]]

[[Studio function reference]]

[[Studio back-office]]

[http://forum.boardgamearena.com/viewforum.php?f=12 Development forum]

[http://forum.boardgamearena.com/viewforum.php?f=4 Bugs forum]

2012-11-27T20:52:20Z

Een: moved Development FAQ to Studio FAQ

This is a place where we will collect and answer frequently asked questions.

== What should I use to access the files through SFTP? ==

There is a lot of tools to do that. Use the one you are the most comfortable with.

On Linux, you can for example use the 'Connect to server' function of the Nautilus file management system, or use sshfs.

On Windows, there is for example the WinSCP client.

== It's pretty annoying to log in with multiple users to start a game. Is there some easier way? ==

You can use the 'Express start' function. It will automatically make the specified number of players join the game (using the first of your ten player accounts available) and start the game.

During the game, there is a red arrow on the right of each player name, that you can use to open a tab from this player's perspective.

You can also end the game in two clicks by clicking the 'End game' button then selecting 'Express game stop' in the popup.

== What is the working language on BGA studio? ==

Working language is '''English'''.

Variables and functions must be named with English words.

Comments must be written in English.

Game interface strings and game logs must be written in English.

== How can I provide translation in my language? ==

BGA administrators will translate the game in French before the game release.

After the game release, the collaborative translation interface can be used to translate into other languages.

== I updated the images in the 'img' folder of my game, but they don't show? ==

Please try emptying your browser cache and reloading the page.

== I added some game options / some game statistics, but they don't show? ==

An extra deployment action from the BGA administrators is needed to activate new game options and statistics. Please contact us.

== Is there a quick way to access the database for my current table? ==

Yes! While playing a game on studio, you have a "Go to game database" link at the bottom of your game. This link will bring you directly to the database for the current table.

Studio back-office

2012-11-27T20:51:22Z

Een:

You will find the URL to the Studio back-office in the 'resources.html' file at the root of your SFTP access.

Here is a list and description of the links and functions in this back-office.

Click on a menu to display its content.

=== Documentation ===

Contains links to this wiki, the development forum and the bugs forum.

=== Database ===

Contains a link to the Studio database administration tool (PHPMyAdmin).

Your login / password for this tool is the same as for your SFTP access.

=== Sources ===

Contains a form for committing your sources to the BGA repository.
* Game name field should contain the name of your game (lower case, no space).
* Comment field should contain your commit comment describing changes to the code since your last commit.

You should commit from time to time when you hit some landmarks in your development. This is an extra assurance not to lose your code, and to have the possibility (by asking BGA administrators) to get a previous version of your code if you need to backtrack.

=== Logs ===

Gives you a web based access to the studio server logs.

; Current table error log
: main log of interest to you while developing, it contains the error happening at the table you are currently playing at.
; Current table request logs
: this log traces all the actions happening at the table you are currently playing at.
; Javascript error log
: this log traces all the Javascript errors happening on the client side. Errors are also briefly displayed in your browser, but in this log it's better formatted and you can look a it quietly.
; Gameserver error log
: this log traces all errors happening on the gameserver. It should mainly be useful if your game setup crashes (ie before your table is ready, so before errors are collected in the current table error log), for example if there is a syntax error in your 'dbmodel.sql' file.
; HTTP error log
: this log traces the web server errors. This is useful to look at PHP syntax errors and warnings.

Please note that the three last logs are common to all games being developed on the platform, so there may be some noise in the data you are interested in.

You can open the log links in a different tab and just hit F5 when you need to refresh. The URL you will get for the new tab has a "?n=100" parameter that gives the number of lines to display: you can modify it in the URL if you need more.

Studio back-office

2012-11-27T20:50:47Z

Een:

Development

2012-11-25T21:22:25Z

Een: /* How do I register? */

[[File:Bga_studio_small.jpg]]

== What is this? ==

'''Board Game Arena Studio''' is a platform to build online board game adaptation using the Board Game Arena platform.

It is open to any gamer with development skills :)

See announcement here:
http://forum.boardgamearena.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1973

== How can I develop a board game on BGA Studio? ==

Check these presentations first:

* [http://www.slideshare.net/boardgamearena/5-reasons-why-you-should-use-bga-studio-for-your-online-board-game 5 reasons why you should use BGA Studio for your online board game]
* [http://www.slideshare.net/boardgamearena/the-8-steps-to-create-a-board-game-on-board-game-arena The 8 steps to create a board game on Board Game Arena]
* [http://www.slideshare.net/boardgamearena/the-bga-framework-at-a-glance The BGA Framework at a glance]
* [http://www.slideshare.net/boardgamearena/bga-studio-focus-on-bga-game-state-machine Focus on BGA game state machine]

== BGA Studio documentation ==

=== How do I register? ===

Registering is done by e-mail to [http://en.boardgamearena.com/#!doc/Contact_us BGA contact address].

Please provide the following information:
* your developer user name to be used on “BGA Studio” (for technical reasons, no space, number or special character);
* your real name;
* your e-mail address;
* your postal address.

We also drafted a quick [http://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/images/0/02/BGA_TC_Dev_en.pdf 'terms & conditions' document]. It's very light, so as to get to the fun part faster.

To be valid, the registration e-mail must contain this document as an attachment, with the following sentence in the mail body: 'I agree with the terms & conditions for developers on BGA Studio joined as an attachment'.

And of course, we also encourage you to tell us about which games you would love to develop on BGA!

=== Ok, I registered, what do I get? ===

First, you get by e-mail a list of the games we have an agreement to develop. Please keep this list confidential, or it would ruin our tradition to make players guess the name of the next game on the forum!

<pre>NB: during the BETA pĥase, to smooth things up and make sure that everything is working correctly,
we will work only with 3 fearless developers on 3 simple games.</pre>

Second, once we have discussed together and are fixed on a game you'll take charge of, we'll create your studio account and you will get:
* one login / password to access files through SFTP
* ten logins with numeric suffixes from 0 to 9 and a common simple password to test games on the studio website while developing.

Once logged in to your SFTP root folder, you will find:
* a 'resources.html' file with the URLs to use and some extra connection information
* three folders containing the three simple games provided as examples
* a folder for the game you will be developing initialized after our 'EmptyGame' template, providing the game structure (and comments! and examples!)

Then... that's all, you can start!

=== Great, I'm in! ... How should I start? ===

If you didn't already, check the presentations at the top of this page to get the basics.

After that, we would advise you to take a peek to tutorials for the example games:
* [[Tutorial reversi]]
* [[Tutorial hearts]]
* [[Tutorial xxx ]]

Then start editing files and see what happens! ;)

=== Other resources ===

[[Development FAQ]]

[[Development file reference]]

[[Development function reference]]

[[Studio back-office]]

[http://forum.boardgamearena.com/viewforum.php?f=12 Development forum]

[http://forum.boardgamearena.com/viewforum.php?f=4 Bugs forum]

Development

2012-11-25T21:20:30Z

Een: /* How do I register? */

[[File:Bga_studio_small.jpg]]

== What is this? ==

'''Board Game Arena Studio''' is a platform to build online board game adaptation using the Board Game Arena platform.

It is open to any gamer with development skills :)

See announcement here:
http://forum.boardgamearena.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1973

== How can I develop a board game on BGA Studio? ==

Check these presentations first:

* [http://www.slideshare.net/boardgamearena/5-reasons-why-you-should-use-bga-studio-for-your-online-board-game 5 reasons why you should use BGA Studio for your online board game]
* [http://www.slideshare.net/boardgamearena/the-8-steps-to-create-a-board-game-on-board-game-arena The 8 steps to create a board game on Board Game Arena]
* [http://www.slideshare.net/boardgamearena/the-bga-framework-at-a-glance The BGA Framework at a glance]
* [http://www.slideshare.net/boardgamearena/bga-studio-focus-on-bga-game-state-machine Focus on BGA game state machine]

== BGA Studio documentation ==

=== How do I register? ===

Registering is done by e-mail to [http://en.boardgamearena.com/#!doc/Contact_us BGA contact address].

Please provide the following information:
* your developer user name to be used on “BGA Studio” (for technical reasons, no space, number or special character);
* your real name;
* your e-mail address;
* your postal address.

We also drafted a quick [http://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/images/0/02/BGA_TC_Dev_en.pdf 'terms & conditions' document]. It's very light, so as to get to the fun part faster.

To be valid, the registration e-mail must contain this document as an attachment and the following sentence 'I agree with the terms & conditions for developers on BGA Studio joined as an attachment'.

And of course, we also encourage you to tell us about which games you would love to develop on BGA!

=== Ok, I registered, what do I get? ===

First, you get by e-mail a list of the games we have an agreement to develop. Please keep this list confidential, or it would ruin our tradition to make players guess the name of the next game on the forum!

<pre>NB: during the BETA pĥase, to smooth things up and make sure that everything is working correctly,
we will work only with 3 fearless developers on 3 simple games.</pre>

Second, once we have discussed together and are fixed on a game you'll take charge of, we'll create your studio account and you will get:
* one login / password to access files through SFTP
* ten logins with numeric suffixes from 0 to 9 and a common simple password to test games on the studio website while developing.

Once logged in to your SFTP root folder, you will find:
* a 'resources.html' file with the URLs to use and some extra connection information
* three folders containing the three simple games provided as examples
* a folder for the game you will be developing initialized after our 'EmptyGame' template, providing the game structure (and comments! and examples!)

Then... that's all, you can start!

=== Great, I'm in! ... How should I start? ===

If you didn't already, check the presentations at the top of this page to get the basics.

After that, we would advise you to take a peek to tutorials for the example games:
* [[Tutorial reversi]]
* [[Tutorial hearts]]
* [[Tutorial xxx ]]

Then start editing files and see what happens! ;)

=== Other resources ===

[[Development FAQ]]

[[Development file reference]]

[[Development function reference]]

[[Studio back-office]]

[http://forum.boardgamearena.com/viewforum.php?f=12 Development forum]

[http://forum.boardgamearena.com/viewforum.php?f=4 Bugs forum]

Fil:BGA TC Dev en.pdf

2012-11-25T21:17:46Z

Een:

Studio function reference

2012-11-25T21:10:34Z

Studio FAQ

2012-11-25T12:38:59Z

Een: /* Is there a quick way to access the database for my current table? */

This is a place where we will collect and answer frequently asked questions.

== What should I use to access the files through SFTP? ==

There is a lot of tools to do that. Use the one you are the most comfortable with.

On Linux, you can for example use the 'Connect to server' function of the Nautilus file management system, or use sshfs.

On Windows, there is for example the WinSCP client.

== It's pretty annoying to log in with multiple users to start a game. Is there some easier way? ==

You can use the 'Express start' function. It will automatically make the specified number of players join the game (using the first of your ten player accounts available) and start the game.

During the game, there is a red arrow on the right of each player name, that you can use to open a tab from this player's perspective.

You can also end the game in two clicks by clicking the 'End game' button then selecting 'Express game stop' in the popup.

== What is the working language on BGA studio? ==

Working language is '''English'''.

Variables and functions must be named with English words.

Comments must be written in English.

Game interface strings and game logs must be written in English.

== How can I provide translation in my language? ==

BGA administrators will translate the game in French before the game release.

After the game release, the collaborative translation interface can be used to translate into other languages.

== I updated the images in the 'img' folder of my game, but they don't show? ==

Please try emptying your browser cache and reloading the page.

== I added some game options / some game statistics, but they don't show? ==

An extra deployment action from the BGA administrators is needed to activate new game options and statistics. Please contact us.

== Is there a quick way to access the database for my current table? ==

Yes! While playing a game on studio, you have a "Go to game database" link at the bottom of your game. This link will bring you directly to the database for the current table.

Studio FAQ

2012-11-24T18:17:21Z

Een:

This is a place where we will collect and answer frequently asked questions.

== What should I use to access the files through SFTP? ==

There is a lot of tools to do that. Use the one you are the most comfortable with.

On Linux, you can for example use the 'Connect to server' function of the Nautilus file management system, or use sshfs.

On Windows, there is for example the WinSCP client.

== It's pretty annoying to log in with multiple users to start a game. Is there some easier way? ==

You can use the 'Express start' function. It will automatically make the specified number of players join the game (using the first of your ten player accounts available) and start the game.

During the game, there is a red arrow on the right of each player name, that you can use to open a tab from this player's perspective.

You can also end the game in two clicks by clicking the 'End game' button then selecting 'Express game stop' in the popup.

== What is the working language on BGA studio? ==

Working language is '''English'''.

Variables and functions must be named with English words.

Comments must be written in English.

Game interface strings and game logs must be written in English.

== How can I provide translation in my language? ==

BGA administrators will translate the game in French before the game release.

After the game release, the collaborative translation interface can be used to translate into other languages.

== I updated the images in the 'img' folder of my game, but they don't show? ==

Please try emptying your browser cache and reloading the page.

== I added some game options / some game statistics, but they don't show? ==

An extra deployment action from the BGA administrators is needed to activate new game options and statistics. Please contact us.

== Is there a quick way to access the database for my current table? ==

Yes! While playing a game on studio, you have a "go to database" link at the bottom of your game. This link will bring you directly to the database for the current table.

Development

2012-11-24T17:46:44Z

Een: /* Great, I'm in! ... How should I start? */

[[File:Bga_studio_small.jpg]]

== What is this? ==

'''Board Game Arena Studio''' is a platform to build online board game adaptation using the Board Game Arena platform.

It is open to any gamer with development skills :)

See announcement here:
http://forum.boardgamearena.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1973

== How can I develop a board game on BGA Studio? ==

Check these presentations first:

* [http://www.slideshare.net/boardgamearena/5-reasons-why-you-should-use-bga-studio-for-your-online-board-game 5 reasons why you should use BGA Studio for your online board game]
* [http://www.slideshare.net/boardgamearena/the-8-steps-to-create-a-board-game-on-board-game-arena The 8 steps to create a board game on Board Game Arena]
* [http://www.slideshare.net/boardgamearena/the-bga-framework-at-a-glance The BGA Framework at a glance]
* [http://www.slideshare.net/boardgamearena/bga-studio-focus-on-bga-game-state-machine Focus on BGA game state machine]

== BGA Studio documentation ==

=== How do I register? ===

Registering is done by e-mail to [http://en.boardgamearena.com/#!doc/Contact_us BGA contact address].

Please provide the following information:
* your developer user name to be used on “BGA Studio” (for technical reasons, no space, number or special character);
* your real name;
* your e-mail address;
* your postal address.

We also drafted a quick 'terms & conditions' document. It's really quick, so as to get to the fun part faster.

To be valid, the registration e-mail must contain this document (TODO: link pdf) as an attachment, and the sentence 'I agree with the terms & conditions for developers on BGA Studio joined as an attachment'.

And of course, we also encourage you to tell us about which games you would love to develop on BGA!

=== Ok, I registered, what do I get? ===

First, you get by e-mail a list of the games we have an agreement to develop. Please keep this list confidential, or it would ruin our tradition to make players guess the name of the next game on the forum!

<pre>NB: during the BETA pĥase, to smooth things up and make sure that everything is working correctly,
we will work only with 3 fearless developers on 3 simple games.</pre>

Second, once we have discussed together and are fixed on a game you'll take charge of, we'll create your studio account and you will get:
* one login / password to access files through SFTP
* ten logins with numeric suffixes from 0 to 9 and a common simple password to test games on the studio website while developing.

Once logged in to your SFTP root folder, you will find:
* a 'resources.html' file with the URLs to use and some extra connection information
* three folders containing the three simple games provided as examples
* a folder for the game you will be developing initialized after our 'EmptyGame' template, providing the game structure (and comments! and examples!)

Then... that's all, you can start!

=== Great, I'm in! ... How should I start? ===

If you didn't already, check the presentations at the top of this page to get the basics.

After that, we would advise you to take a peek to tutorials for the example games:
* [[Tutorial reversi]]
* [[Tutorial hearts]]
* [[Tutorial xxx ]]

Then start editing files and see what happens! ;)

=== Other resources ===

[[Development FAQ]]

[[Development file reference]]

[[Development function reference]]

[[Studio back-office]]

[http://forum.boardgamearena.com/viewforum.php?f=12 Development forum]

[http://forum.boardgamearena.com/viewforum.php?f=4 Bugs forum]

2012-11-23T10:53:17Z

Een: Created page with " This is a quick reference for the files used to implement a game. For more information, edit the file and read the introductory comment. === 'img' directory === This direct..."