VoroGame: A Hybrid P2P Architecture for Massively Multiplayer Games

Peer-to-peer (P2P) architectures have recently become very popular in massively multiplayer games (MMGs). While P2P gaming offers high scalability compared to client/server architectures, it introduces several major issues related to data distribution and game state consistency. In this paper, we re...

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Main Authors: Buyukkaya, E., Abdallah, M., Cavagna, R.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Broadcasting
Computer architecture
Network servers
Peer to peer computing
Scalability
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Summary:Peer-to-peer (P2P) architectures have recently become very popular in massively multiplayer games (MMGs). While P2P gaming offers high scalability compared to client/server architectures, it introduces several major issues related to data distribution and game state consistency. In this paper, we report our initial version of VoroGame, a P2P architecture for MMGs that addresses these issues by combining a structured P2P overlay based on a distributed hash table (DHT) for data distribution, with a Voronoi diagram used for virtual game world decomposition and semantic overlay support. The resulting hybrid architecture enables a fully distributed management of data and state information, and ensures efficient dissemination of game state updates to relevant peers.
ISSN:2331-9852
DOI:10.1109/CCNC.2009.4784788