Phparcade
PHP/MySQL Arcade site based on the old GameSiteScript 4.0 (by permission). Site contains significant code updates and features, including Responsive Design and the ability to play and publish HTML5 games. Please see below for more details.
Install / Use
/learn @Sageth/PhparcadeREADME
Description
This is a Responsive arcade script written in PHP that is -- in spirit -- based on the old (no longer supported or maintained) version of GameSiteScript 4. Nearly all of the code has been rewritten for better adherence to new coding standards.
Features (screenshots below)
- Add/edit pages via GUI
- Add/edit games manually
- Custom languages possible via .PO files, English default
- Customizable theme modules and uploading
- Database-driven design, including stored procedures and indexed queries
- External email support (e.g. Google Apps for Work, Gmail)
- HTML5 games and other custom code implementations
- Internal high score system for some game types, primarily ibPro v2
- Bootstrap 3 and Bootstrap 4-based themes
- RSS Feeds
- Supports PHP7!
- User administration and profiles
Additional Notes
- The examples provided in the Wiki are for CentOS 6 using non-default repositories. This code has not been tested on Apache. It may work with some basic .htaccess conversions.
- This code can be found on GitHub and on GitLab.
Supported/Tested Platforms:
- Please review the .travis.yml file in the
masterbranch. - Please note that MySQL is not tested and is not officially supported, however, it probably works with MySQL 5.7+
Support Information
Installation
- See details on the GitHub Wiki or GitLab Wiki
Credits
- Binary Theme for use of the Responsive Theme
- CDNJS is used for CDN-hosted javascript files.
- Google ReCaptcha is used for bot verification
- PHP Mailer is used for email notifications.
- JetBrains has been incredibly helpful and I'd like to thank them for their products and
continued offering of an open source license.
Developers:
- Sage Russell - Project maintainer, developer.
Contributors
- Thank you to BennyJake for your contributions.
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