Hi guys,
I have been looking at this site for a long time, but this is my first time posting a question. This is more of a general design question, and i guess im just looking for some ideas. Anyway here goes:
I am writing an applet/server for my boss that is much like the yahoo! games
applets. I have written the main applet that connects to the server, has a chat window at the bottom, and a dynamically updating list of tables you can join and start playing. My problem is this - when a player clicks on a button to join a table, i need to display an applet that has just chat capability with the people in the room (just like yahoo or any other game app), and play the game. Do i need another server instance for each table? Or is there a way to do it with the main server i already have, and some crafty threading? I really am not sure what to do and any discussion would be appreciated.