Help needed with online Yahtzee

[Farcewipe]

I am trying to develop an online Yahtzee game capable of having at least 4 players at once. I have no problems with the logic and implementation of the game but I am just stuck as to the best way to get it online. Either using applets or just applications. Would i have to setup a server somewhere or could the first player just act as a host?

Any ideas much appreciated!
Cheers.

[GabrielBailey74]

server/client(s) (jars).
Just connect them to ONE server, (yours).
Could be hosted locally or via another hoster, best be with you so that changes/constants can be changed.
(Wouldn't want your whole game to be controlled by the first user).

[Farcewipe]

thats what i was thinking. Would everyone have to forward ports on routers and such? I could do this easily over a local network just unsure of how to get the data across the internet.
Thank you for your quick response!

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[Mickelukas]

You can have one user act as a server and make sure they open their firewall if it just is a program for a few friends. Due to cheating and so on that won't work if you aim bigger though. If you want to make it more professional I'd suggest placing your own server somewhere (can be your own computer and let people connect to it using your ip, much cheaper than renting a server).

As for applet vs application, why not both? It's easy enough to convert the one to the other and everyone has their own preference, (Applets ftw! ).

Mike

[Farcewipe]

Hmm there's some good ideas there. Thank you very much, will keep you posted as I go!

[GabrielBailey74]

www.no-ip.com, a DNS service, you could port forward with, use to use it when I ran a client/server, just connect all the clients ip's to the DNS (port forwarded on your machine/server).