Towards a high-level design approach for multi-server online games

8th International Conference on Intelligent Games and Simulation, GAME-ON 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 10-17

  Ploss, Alexander ^a   Glinka, Frank ^a   Gorlatch, Sergei ^a   Müller Iden, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Game development methodology; Game middleware; Online games; Real time framework

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT APPROACH; DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY; FLEXIBLE DESIGNS; GAME DEVELOPMENT; HIGH-LEVEL DESIGN; MIDDLEWARE SYSTEM; ON-LINE GAMES; REAL-TIME FRAMEWORK;

INTERNET; MIDDLEWARE;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 67649394849     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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