Tip of the Week

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Here's the 'tip of the week'! (Even though there hasn't been a new post in weeks :P) Do you want to display item/unit/building information on your PBBG, but find that your tables are getting too big, and your divs are cluttering up the page? Use tooltips to display this information in ...

Formatting User-Submitted Text

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

If you are a PHP and/or a PBBG developer, then I'm sure you know about the problems associated with user-submitted text. If not sanitized properly, your website could be the victim of XSS attacks and SQL injections. In this article I will discuss what methods I use to protect my ...

2 Non-PHP PBBGs

Monday, February 25th, 2008

So many browser games are written in PHP that it is easy to forget that they can be built in any language. PHP has great features for web game development and it is widely available, but it is not the only option out there. To make this point (and as a ...

MyMiniCity

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

Want to create your own city? MyMiniCity allows you to do just that! MyMiniCity is a simple 'game' where you can pick a country, name your city and start getting people to click on your link. Every time somebody clicks on your link, your city will increase in population, and so ...

Defeating SQL Injection

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Your code is the walls which protect your intellectual ideas. The best attack your enemy has is SQL injection. Are your walls providing a suitable defense? (*groan* That was a horrible intro but it was the best I could do) A few comments on this blog were made on SQL Injection, ...