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Living City, A Collaborative Browser-Based Massively Multiplayer Online Game

Ferrara, Emilio and Fiumara, Giacomo and Pagano, Francesco (2010) Living City, A Collaborative Browser-Based Massively Multiplayer Online Game. [Conference Paper]

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This work presents the design and implementation of our Browser-based Massively Multiplayer Online Game, Living City, a simulation game fully developed at the University of Messina. Living City is a persistent and real-time digital world, running in the Web browser environment and accessible from users without any client-side installation. Today Massively Multiplayer Online Games attract the attention of Computer Scientists both for their architectural peculiarity and the close interconnection with the social network phenomenon. We will cover these two aspects paying particular attention to some aspects of the project: game balancing (e.g. algorithms behind time and money balancing); business logic (e.g., handling concurrency, cheating avoidance and availability) and, finally, social and psychological aspects involved in the collaboration of players, analyzing their activities and interconnections.

Item Type:Conference Paper
Additional Information:ISBN: 978-963-9799-87-5
Subjects:Computer Science > Human Computer Interaction
ID Code:7643
Deposited By: Ferrara, Dr. Emilio
Deposited On:01 Oct 2011 00:35
Last Modified:01 Oct 2011 00:35

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