Re: browser based game development

zircher wrote:

Real languages would be on the back end driving the game logic,
accessing databases, etc.  AJAX (aka remote scripting) is just a method
to get spiffy performance out of the browsers by skipping re-rendering
the whole page.  Hey, if it's good enough for Google Maps
(http://maps.google.com/), it should be good enough for my simple
needs.  :-)


Yes, but you just answered you own original question then, right?

You asked: "Any suggestions on what I can use for CGI that will work on on web
server or can be ran on the desktop with no connection to a server or
running a local web server?"

AJAX is client server. Period! If you choose that route then you can only play those games while connected to a server.

--
Phil Frisbie, Jr.
Hawk Software
http://www.hawksoft.com
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