Flash game with server backend?

[mrbrown38]

So through out the years, I've played with flash. I've created small games just for fun, with simples images, simple buttons.. All in all very simple. I wanted to take one more step, make a game that lets one person interact with another. I'm not sure how to take this step though.

I assume I need a backend of some sort, but what and how that would work, I don't know. It'd have to be "real time" some how.

Much much, imagine a game with two rooms. You can walk between these two rooms freely. Now add another person to the mix... How would I go about allowing these two players to see each other? It'd have to be "real time" to update a player entering a room and the other player seeing them.


Anything advice or help in the right direction would be of great help. I'm willing to learn.

[samac1068]

Not an expert what so ever, but you need a communications server similar to those used for chat.