   Help point me in the right direction (want to create a racing Facebook game)
  I came up with, what I thought, was a semi-original idea for a game.  After doing some searching, I found at least three games like it on Facebook:http://apps.facebook.com/street_racer/http://apps.facebook.com/car_madness_new/http://apps.facebook.com/proracer/You could include this one too (exact same as car madness just with motorcycles):http://apps.facebook.com/motorcycle_new/Basically, I want to know what would be a good way to go about implementing a game like this, and, if possible, what sort of work load would I be looking at.  I'd imagine using HTML/CSS to create the GUI for the game, and possibly PHP for the backend stuff.  Are these the languages that would be the best way to do this.  If not, please suggest another approach.That is just how I envisioned it, but I have very little experience when it comes to programming (I am currently studying programming, just haven't had a chance to put my knowledge to practical use).Thanks in advance.   
  Well it would be really easy if you use any engine to create it. Going by the simplicity of your game you can use Uniyty3D game engine(Video Tutorials are also there). As your are mainly a designer and less of a coder well you can easily avoid the headache of learning too much coding if you use Unity3D game engine. Its available for free on www.unity.com. It uses the fbx format for its GUI templates and backend you can code with &#106avascript or C#. So with little effort you can learn to use Unity3D and you are good to create the racing game you are thinking of.   ;  Well it would be really easy if you use any engine to create it. Going by the simplicity of your game you can use Uniyty3D game engine(Video Tutorials are also there). As your are mainly a designer and less of a coder well you can easily avoid the headache of learning too much coding if you use Unity3D game engine. Its available for free on www.unity.com. It uses the fbx format for its GUI templates and backend you can code with &#106avascript or C#. So with little effort you can learn to use Unity3D and you are good to create the racing game you are thinking of.   ;  I had never really considered using an engine, actually.  Although I am not much of a programmer, I think this would be good experience for me.  Also, the game seems like it would be fairly simple to create as it is essentially a text based game with pretty graphics to hide that fact.But I will definitely look into that game engine and give it a whirl.  Appreciate the help.   ;  There are more than 50 game engines available over the gaming world, I would prefer for you to use Unity3D only because it avoids too much coding and suited for Graphics designers mostly who want to avoid coding mostly. I have worked in many engines and this is one engine basic engine I started with, its simple but very much effective and strongly. Most important its easy and learning can be fast. You get the software for free and guess what 3D Buzz provides you with all the Video tutorials so basically that makes it more easy for any beginner.   