Step by step guide to set up an online flash game site

This post attempts to show you step by step how to easily set up an online flash game site just like the one below.
Visit the site -> Sleek & Free Online Flash Games

free online flash games site

With a site like this you can make money from the site through pay per click programs and affiliates related to the gaming industry.

I will cut the crap and begin to reveal how to create an online flash game site just like the one at SleekPage.com.

Steps to create an online flash game site

Just go to eBay and purchase the scripts for this flash game site. Hahaha… and you must have thought I’m a hardcore game programmer.
On the eBay site, you can either choose to bid or buy the codes for $5. Read through the site to find out more about what you’re about to bid or buy.
Assuming you’ve purchased the scripts, you’re now ready to set up the flash games script on your site.
You will be sent a url to download the scripts.

Download the scripts

Download Online Games Scripts

Download the first link which is the PHP Game Website Script (72.1MB)
You can choose to download the second link later. It’s just a big database of 1300 Games for you to add in. Wow!
Proceed by unzipping the the first link. You should see the following files.

Downloaded online flash games scripts

Set up the environment on your local machine

The requirements to run the game site is PHP, mySQL and Apache. This is the so called LAMP environment.
If your machine is not set up with this environment, simply download and install XAMPP. XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl.
Once your environment is ready you’re ready to set up the game database.

Set up the game database

Open the file allgamesbackup.sql and copy the content of the file.
Launch PHPMyAdmin from XAMPP console.
Create a database called GamesDB.
Click on the SQL tab.
Paste the content of allgamesbackup.sql to the textarea.
Now for the moment of truth… click GO! Your games database will be populated with games. Yeehaa! Games database done sir!
To check if the sql script went well, click on the database GamesDB, you should see four tables.

Categories
Games
GamesToday
Playstats

Set up the php scripts

Go to your htdocs folder. This is where you should place all php scripts.
Copy all files and folders (screenshot above) into the htdocs folder.
You now need to configure some settings. Launch the file db.cnf.php
This is where you put in your database’s username, password, host and its name.
Once that’s done, you should be ready to view your very own Games Site.
Launch your browser. The url of your site should be http://localhost/gamescript150games/index.php
Assuming everything went well you should see your games site.
Wait a sec… why does the top looks like this?

Games basic top

instead of this?

Sleek page top

This is where your creativity comes in!

Overall game site design

To modify the top banner, open the file index.php and search for the script [div class="head"]. This is where you should put your top banner codes. You can also place any form of advertisement here. In the case of Sleekpage, I placed adsense code but blue links.
To change the overall colors of the site, open the file styles.css
If you need to change a specific color but do not know where to change it in the styles.css, you can try this trick!
Download ColorPic. It’s a free download. After installing it, what you do is select the color that you want to change. Colorpic will reveal to you the color code, for example #FF0000.
Go to styles.css and search for #FF0000 and replace it with the color code that you like. Save the css then refresh the page. You should see the colors changed.
To modify the right sidebar, open the file index.php search for the script [div class="right"]
To modify the footer, open the file footer.inc.php
To modify the main content of game site, open the file templates.tpl.php

Upload to web host

The moment of truth…. to upload all these hard work heavily modified files to your web hosting.
What? You’re telling me you don’t have a web host and domain name? That’s cool mate… read on.

Where to get a reliable web host

I got to tell you that Sleekpage.com is safely and reliably hosted on… Bluehost.com
There are two links here. You decide which to click on Bluehost.com [No Affiliate Link attached] or Bluehost.com [With my affiliate link on] .
Bluehost allows me to host 6 domains on one account. That’s the main reason why I went with them. The domains that I host with them are:

I apologize for the shameless self promotion, but it’s important for you to know.

Where to get a free web host

If you only need to host this game site, then you probably don’t need to host 6 domains. You can host for free!
Go to Awardspace.com. They let you host php and mysql for free. This is an Awardspace review I wrote sometime back.
You will need to try setting up the online games site on awardspace. I cannot confirm that this will work. Previously I hosted Wordpress and Forums on awardspace without much problems. Just that the site sometimes go down. But hey… it’s free.

Conclusion

Phew… this is a long post.

Once your site is up, you will need to drive traffic to your site. Otherwise it will be tough for you to make some money from the site. You first goal would be to earn at least $5 for you to obtain your return on investment. Depending on which hosting and domain you went for, you’ll probably want to cover that. Anyway, getting traffic to your game site and monetizing it is a big topic by itself. So… good luck.

To those of you who successfully set up a games site after reading this post please leave a link on the comments below. It will be a showcase of your very own online flash games site. If you encounter any problems while creating the site, just ask. I’ll try my best to answer it. Hope you like this step by step guide to set up an online flash game site. Enjoy!

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Comments (43) Posted in Help! I'm a Beginner, Wang Internet Articles

43 Responses to 'Step by step guide to set up an online flash game site'

PlugIM.com - July 16th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
Step by step guide to set up an Online Games site and make money…

A good way to make money via adsense would be to set up a game site for gamers. Since most gamers are relatively young and unaware of how adsense works, the CTR is really high! Try it!…
Flash Games Dude - July 24th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
I just created a Free Flash Game site. its a few weeks old. http://umbla.com I’m going to follow this tutorial step by step however including the game packs… which i did not do with that previous site.

Thanks for all the detail. Step by step helps soooo… much.

Big Thanks
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Web Dragon Ball - April 12th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Hi there,
I was looking for this exact information. I am working on a site now and was thinking to place some online games, maybe not a huge database but this will work just fine since the investment is not that big too.

Thank you.
John Black - April 13th, 2008 at 6:47 am
It was a nice read, thanks for detailed screenshots.
free online games - April 25th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Interesting article. Me too I like to create flash games but I want the script for free. Do you know some free script.
bedava oyunlar - May 1st, 2008 at 2:58 pm
looks like good script I Am Thinking try
Kral oyun - May 6th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
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yemek tarifi - May 6th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
THANKS so much
emo resimleri - May 6th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
thank you very much
Luca - May 6th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
Sorry, do you know how make a link to see a page only with the file of specify category?
Ciao!
+18 Oyun - May 18th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
I have already an arcade flash game web site and that makes earn me some dolars:)
+18 oyun - May 18th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
thankksss
william - May 21st, 2008 at 4:34 pm
the PHP resource directory has a free script.
just query in google
kız oyunları - May 23rd, 2008 at 8:01 pm
thanks a lot for this blog
+18 oyun - May 25th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
thanksssssssss
Free Niche Affiliate Marketing Guide - May 26th, 2008 at 3:02 am
Great Step by step guide for setting up an online flash game site. Great information
Thanks!
Addicting Games - Unbeatable GameSpace - May 27th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
This is a really nice tutorial for your basic arcade, i have one suggestion though. If your going to try to actually make money off of it and have very intense plans for your arcade. I highly recommend looking at much more advanced scripts such as phparcadescript and onarcade. Even gamesitescript if you really want something nice to work with. I can recommend phparcadescript myself because that is the script I use currently. They have the biggest community base I have seen so far and offer many many modifications and support along with the script. Still though, this is a very tutorial for your average arcade starter! Cheers!
igre - May 27th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
sweet tutorial dude, thanks a bunch
Facestat - June 1st, 2008 at 9:31 pm
What a great step by step. Thanks!
play online games - December 24th, 2008 at 4:13 am
They are some good scripts that you can find to build flash games portal. Do a search on google for arcade script and you’ll find hapiness
Saç Modelleri - January 22nd, 2009 at 10:48 am
good e-book, thank you so much

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alikos - February 2nd, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Увлекательно. Хотелось бы еще чего-нибудь интересного на эту же тему.
Rocket Spanish Reviews - February 5th, 2009 at 6:52 am
Just a comment on how to monetize a game site. Because the traffic that you drive to your site is usually just there to play a game, you want to attract their attention and text ads for these types of people are usually not enough. This is where you would want to display image based ads to get your ads noticed. Even better, show ads and banners the allow the users to get involved like those ads that allow you to shoot a target or something similar.
dantel - February 17th, 2009 at 7:04 am
kadın güzellik
kadın - February 17th, 2009 at 7:11 am
thanks admin
Anisha - February 19th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
What makes someone pick a certain flash game site over another and what are those sites?
What about that certain site makes you go to that one over others, Newgrounds over Armorgames or something like that. Is it the interface, collection, accesibility, etc. Any comments would be appreciated.
seal of approval - February 22nd, 2009 at 7:25 am
That’s a great tutorial on developing a flash site game. By now i can develop my own website on flash game. Thanks you for the help. I wold be appreciate any help in adding more content.
gaming online - March 23rd, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Very wonderful tutorial. More information on flash games pleas. Thanks.
Adam Hangman - May 3rd, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Really godd scripts…keep it up buddy
and keep on posting such intresting post in future too

Cheers
rebecca - May 18th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
play games for free
Jirka - June 15th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Jaký je to url ke stažení toho scriptu???? nejde my spustit e-bay
boyama oyunları - June 24th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Really godd scripts…keep it up buddy
and keep on posting such intresting post in future too

Cheers
dantel - July 13th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
thank you for scripts..
dantelsepeti - July 13th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Very wonderful tutorial. Thanks..
jump higher - July 14th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
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oyun - September 13th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
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locksmith - September 24th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
I will definitely pass this link onto my friends, He enjoys these type of things..
rajguru - October 29th, 2009 at 2:54 am
Now a day we are finding lots of ready made flash sites on internet. but when we make it our own that is completely different and thanks for sharing this good step by step process and for me its an easy thing after reading your post.

looking more from you,
all the best.
ziggy - December 31st, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Hey, where do you get the scripts from ebay? I mean, which one do you buy?