Final Year Project - Scrabble game with online play -

Matt

Hi all,

I am a final year computer science student, and about to begin my final year project. For my project, I'm planning to create a Scrabble game. I would like to create this in C#, (not ASP.net), and have network / online support to allow players to play against each other remotely.

I have previous experience in creating C# projects, but absolutely none in graphics and networking. I am currently looking into the different options for me in terms of creating and managing the UI. So far I have looked into using OpenGL in C# via the OpenTK tools. However, it has also crossed my mind that it may be a better option to use the XNA libraries, and go down that route. I am completely unsure of which to use (baring in mind that the game is just Scrabble, not anything 3D or processor intensive).

Does anyone have any advice regarding which of these paths to go down? (or others that I haven't mentioned, baring in mind that I have no previous experience in the graphics side of things, aside from Windows forms!)

For the project, the areas that I wish to focus on most is the UI experience and the scoring algorithms that the system will use to keep track of each player's score.

Thanks in advance, I was a regular observer of these forums during the past couple of years and found them a big help, but this is my first actual post! :)

Matt

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Sarah Rose5y ago
I also did the same project in my university during my study days. I support you on this, those were hectic days for me. As I've to create jumble puzzle solver type codes and put them in a useful blog https://www.thejumblesolver.com that people get satisfied with that. Most people love to get help from such a solver. I hope you got your related help on that day and completed your project on time.
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Mahesh Chand17y ago
We have Games Programming section where you can find various games applications written using C# and .NET.

But most of them are written using Windows Forms, not Web. Here is one application that is for Web uses ASP.NET and GDI+.

Hangman: Using GDI+ in ASP.NET Applications by John O Donnell on Feb 02, 2006
This example shows how you can combine GDI+ commands on a web form.

Now using this approach, you can download any Scrabble Windows Forms application and try to place that logic in a Web application.

AI section also has some games written by Mike Gold. Here is one of them:

AI: Using Genetic Algorithms and NetSpell to Solve Anagrams

Also, notice Our Recommended Articles listing in the right side of this post. It has some related projects.

Good luck!

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