Darkstar : the Java game server / by Brendan Burns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burns, Brendan.

Series:

O'Reilly shortcuts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Video games.

Interactive multimedia.

Java (Computer program language).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (77 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly Media, Inc., [2007]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

So, you have a great idea for the next big multiplayer game. Maybe it's a virtual world based on your favorite sci-fi television show. Or maybe it's an online bowling league for you and your friends. Regardless, the challenge of building a networked multiplayer computer game goes far beyond having a great idea. It can be so significant that it prevents great games from becoming reality. Darkstar breaks down this barrier of complexity. It provides an easy-to-use library of functions that handles the challenging aspects of networked game development for you. Further, it provides a robust, industrial-strength server that can scale with your game as it grows in popularity. With Darkstar, you can quickly turn your idea for a multiplayer game into a (virtual) reality.

Contents:

""Introduction""; ""Multiplayer Games""; ""The Architecture of Multiplayer Games""; ""An Application Server for Games""; ""The Darkstar Game Server""; ""Your First Game""; ""Clients and Client Communication""; ""Server-Side Client Handling""; ""Client-Side implementation""; ""ServerSessionListener""; ""ServerSession""; ""SimpleClient""; ""Client-Server Authentication""; ""Sending Objects""; ""Managing Game State with Persistent Objects""; ""The DataManager and ManagedObjects""; ""ManagedReferences""; ""The Challenge of Concurrency""; ""Generating Action with Tasks""

""Creating and Running Tasks""""Periodic Tasks""; ""Tasks and Server Performance""; ""Task Exceptions and Retry""; ""Efficient Client-Client Communication Through Channels""; ""Creating Channels""; ""Managing Channel Participants""; ""Channel Communication""; ""Space Game!""; ""Game State""; ""Game Server""; ""Game Client""; ""Serialization""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 29, 2013).

OCLC:

173959602