Well I know a little bit about all the programming languages which is like knowing a little of nothing. I need to know where to begin so I am going to lay out the basis of what I need to know. I guess I should start with what its about first. Its going to be a ninja rpg browser based game online of course multiple users. No title yet, have not yet written a good story line, or decided the characters, but before I do any of that I would like to learn as much about the languages I will be using before I go to far. It would be pointless to spend hours beyond hours writing a story line then finding out I dont have what it takes to make my game so if you could please let me know what programming languages are the best to be used in this case. Also I would like to know if a browser based game can be made even with out owning a site to put it on at the time. Also what programs would be the best to use. I use dreamweaver and photoshop to make all my web design stuff will these be of alot of help when making me actual game?

Anyways I hate to burden you with my problems but if you could help it would be great. Thank you.

One of the best languages for web games would be php, most sites use it.

Only problem with this is you need a server to run php in order to see and debug the game(of course, you could download this and run it on your own computer, though thats a bit tricky knowing what to get)

First I'd try working on the main idea(in your case, ninja's), then plot out what the player can actually do, and how it interacts with other actions(missions? combat? stealth? etc).

You can get yourself a small free webhost to start off with the testing, as long as it supports php and has a MySQL database.

Also, great place to learn php
www.w3school.com

Just remember that you'll have to stick with this project, I have a friend of mine who constantly tries to hack my webgame, so then I'll have to keep securing it, fun times.

- Evilish

I see, I appreciate the advice. I plan to stick with this idea. Anyways if you have any other advice please post it here ill check back 2-3 times a day. Oh and with a browser based game is it possible to make it so people can create a "clan" and have wars so if the main boss initiates a war it causes all members that are alive in that clan to attack the other clan. Where would I go to find stuff like this out, I have alot of questions but I do not want you too make the game for me that would be odd...

Thanks again.

When it comes to making a browser game, there isn't really a point to asking "is it possible to do ____?". Unless you're talking about technological restrictions(like "is it possible to render 3d graphics at 65 FPS accross all computers inside a browser window?"), the only limitations on what's going to be possible or impossible regarding gameplay will be based on how you implement your idea.

You might want to find a free piece of web server software like Apache, which you can then setup and run off of your computer so that you can do all of your testing and debugging without actually finding a web host. You'll also want to install MySQL or some other database alternative so that you can store player information.

Regarding programming languages, the most common I've heard of being used for browsergames are PHP, Perl, and ASP. There are other options though; I've heard of people using Ruby and Python too. You just need to pick the one that you like best.

since the game is web based you will possibly need AJAX for some fast inetraction between the server and client.