Hi everyone !

I would like to develop a Football Manager-type game in C# and I have a few questions.

I developed in a few object-oriented languages before and I'd like to continue that way. Obviously, each and every entity of my game will be a class (Players, Teams, ...) but should I pair my game with a database (SQL database more likely) ? If I do, how can I make sure that the game is playable by anyone? Is a .sql file in my repository all I need?

Also, I looked for a framework to build my game in 2-D but it seems like XNA/Monogame or Unity are a bit complicated or inappropriate for the type a game I want to create. Should I stay with Windows Forms, or is there a framework more adapted to my needs?

Thanks for your answers !

Hi LeSmou,

are you planning to support multiplayer?

Are all players on one computer or playing over the network/internet?
Do you expect the players to be online for the whole game?
Or is it more like a browser game, where every player makes his moves sometime during the day and after some time the results are calculated?

SQL/Database:

A databased is used to store data. So the first question is, what data do you wish to store and from where do you want to have access to it?

E.g. a offline game can store it's states (savegames, player settings etc.) in any form you wish. You could just wirte a file to the disk.
Regarding the sql-file: sql-files are usually used to store information on modfication of realational databases. So, no, don't use this to save data locally on a computer. See: https://fileinfo.com/extension/sql

And: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_database_management_system for an overview how databases are used.

If you plan to release your game i would advise against directly connecting to a database server. Use a webservice for that. (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_service)

C'/WIndows Forms:

Windows Forms is way to implement such a game. Another approach would be a browser based game (also possible to write in C#).

Maybe you could provide some additional information how you want your game to be played?

Hi Lesmou,

Sounds like a nice game idea! I have always wanted to develop a Football Manager-like game myself and also have some experience in C# and MonoGame. Let me know if I can help or if you want to join up together.

Anyway, best of luck!

Cheers,

Jaap