Game material description: material.inc.php

Game File Reference

Overview

• dbmodel.sql - database model
• fonts/ - game fonts
• gameinfos.jsonc - meta-information
• gameoptions.jsonc - game options & user preferences
• img/ - game art
• Game Metadata Manager - tags and metadata media
• material.inc.php - static data
• misc/ - studio-only storage
• modules/ - additional game code
• sounds/ - game sounds
• States/ - State classes
• states.inc.php - state machine
• stats.jsonc - statistics
• X.action.php - player actions
• X.css - interface stylesheet
• Game.php - main logic
• Game.js - interface logic
• X.view.php - dynamic game layout
• X_X.tpl - static game layout

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Useful Components

Official

• ItemManager: a PHP component to manage cards or other game items.
• PlayerCounter and TableCounter: PHP components to manage counters.
• Draggable: a JS component to manage drag'n'drop actions.
• Counter: a JS component to manage a counter that can increase/decrease (ex: player's score).
• ExpandableSection: a JS component to manage a rectangular block of HTML than can be displayed/hidden.
• Scrollmap: a JS component to manage a scrollable game area (useful when the game area can be infinite. Examples: Saboteur or Takenoko games).
• Zone: a JS component to manage a zone of the board where several game elements can come and leave, but should be well displayed together (See for example: token's places at Can't Stop).
• bga-zoom : a JS component for zoom controls.
• bga-animations : a JS component for animations.
• bga-cards : a JS component for cards.
• bga-dice : a JS component for dice.
• bga-autofit : a JS component to make text fit on a fixed size div.
• bga-score-sheet : a JS component to help you display an animated score sheet at the end of the game.
• bga-jump-to : a JS component to add board shortcuts

Deprecated

• Deck: a PHP component to manage cards (deck, hands, picking cards, moving cards, shuffle deck, ...).
• Stock: a JS component to manage and display a set of game elements displayed at a position.

Unofficial

• BGA Code Sharing - Shared resources, projects on git hub, common code, other links
• BGA Studio Cookbook - Tips and instructions on using API's, libraries and frameworks
• Common board game elements image resources
• Using AI for BGA game development

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Game Development Process

• First steps with BGA Studio
• Create a game in BGA Studio: Complete Walkthrough
• Tutorial reversi
• Tutorial hearts
• BGA Studio Guidelines
• BGA game Lifecycle
• Pre-release checklist
• Post-release phase
• Player Resources - add player help/rules to your game page

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Guides for Common Topics

• Translations - make your game translatable
• Game Replay
• Mobile Users
• Compatibility

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Miscellaneous Resources

• Studio FAQ
• Tools and tips of BGA Studio - Tips and instructions on setting up development environment
• Studio logs - Instructions for log access
• Practical debugging - Tips focused on debugging
• Troubleshooting - Most common "I am really stuck" situations
• Studio Bugs - Reports against Studio itself (not BGA!)

This PHP file describes all the material of your game.

This file is include by the constructor of your main game logic (yourgame.game.php), and then the variables defined here are accessible everywhere in your game logic file.

Using material.inc.php makes your PHP logic file smaller and clean.

Example from "Hearts": if you define this in material.inc.php:

$this->colors = array(
    1 => array( 'name' => clienttranslate('spade'),
                'nametr' => self::_('spade') ),
    2 => array( 'name' => clienttranslate('heart'),
                'nametr' => self::_('heart') ),
    3 => array( 'name' => clienttranslate('club'),
                'nametr' => self::_('club') ),
    4 => array( 'name' => clienttranslate('diamond'),
                'nametr' => self::_('diamond') )
);

... you can access "$this->colors" everywhere in your PHP game logic file.