Poker client development
by Joel Reymont · in Jobs · 07/29/2005 (10:35 am) · 3 replies
Folks,
I have a number of prospects looking for developers to build a client to my poker server. One of the clients is offering 3K and until December. The client would look like this http://wagerlabs.com/OpenPoker5.png or, to be more precise, like http://www.partypoker.com.
I would prefer a poker client that works on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX which means SDL, Torque, RealBasic or BlitzBasic as far as I know.
My site is http://wagerlabs.com and the technical info is at http://wagerlabs.com/tech.
There's not much logic in the poker client as the server tells it what to do. You can download the server (built in Erlang) from http://wagerlabs.com/openpoker.tgz and look at the protocol in PROTOCOL.TXT. Installation instructions are also included.
The connection is plain TCP right now, although it will move to SSL later on.
I would also be willing to share revenue (10% say) with anyone who builds an open source poker client that works with my server. My licenses sell for $7-12k.
Please let me know what you think and feel free to join http://groups-beta.google.com/group/openpoker? to post technical questions.
Thanks, Joel
I have a number of prospects looking for developers to build a client to my poker server. One of the clients is offering 3K and until December. The client would look like this http://wagerlabs.com/OpenPoker5.png or, to be more precise, like http://www.partypoker.com.
I would prefer a poker client that works on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX which means SDL, Torque, RealBasic or BlitzBasic as far as I know.
My site is http://wagerlabs.com and the technical info is at http://wagerlabs.com/tech.
There's not much logic in the poker client as the server tells it what to do. You can download the server (built in Erlang) from http://wagerlabs.com/openpoker.tgz and look at the protocol in PROTOCOL.TXT. Installation instructions are also included.
The connection is plain TCP right now, although it will move to SSL later on.
I would also be willing to share revenue (10% say) with anyone who builds an open source poker client that works with my server. My licenses sell for $7-12k.
Please let me know what you think and feel free to join http://groups-beta.google.com/group/openpoker? to post technical questions.
Thanks, Joel
#2
I'll take a look at your protocol and the tech specs on the server you have available, I might be able to pull something off for you in Java.
07/29/2005 (3:15 pm)
Can't use Torque (or any of the other engines you mentioned, I believe) for an OpenSource client - against their License Agreements, Terms of Service, etc.I'll take a look at your protocol and the tech specs on the server you have available, I might be able to pull something off for you in Java.
#3
07/30/2005 (3:18 am)
Yes, apologies, make that available freely to those who purchase a license of the underlying engine. 
Torque Owner Joel Reymont
The graphics are very simple too as masks are available. To draw the poker room at http://wagerlabs.com/openpoker5.png, for example, I draw the carpet, the chairs and the table. I even have the RealBasic code to do this.
I do not have the code to draw the card and chip sprites, or to draw the Fold, Call, etc. buttons. The artwork is available, though.