A challenge for reusing multiplayer online games without modifying binaries

Yugo Kaneda; Hitomi Takahashi; Masato Saito; Hiroto Aida; Hideyuki Tokuda

doi:10.1145/1103599.1103612

A challenge for reusing multiplayer online games without modifying binaries

Yugo Kaneda, Hitomi Takahashi, Masato Saito, Hiroto Aida, Hideyuki Tokuda

Faculty of Environment and Information Studies

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Abstract

In this paper, we advocate the problem of reusing Multiplayer Online Game (MOG) in Client-Server (C/S) architecture. The problem is that MOG services cannot continue to be provided because of high maintenance cost for operating game servers. Additionally, it is caused by the decreasing service users who getting tired of the game and game providers who have faced difficulties in collecting charge of the game service. It is important that every user can play MOGs at any time whether game servers of game providers run them or not. We describe a challenging method for solving the problem. Our solution provides a middleware which is inserted under the game applications to switch network architecture from C/S to Peer-to-Peer (P2P). By exploiting this method, the network architecture of MOGs can be easily changed from C/S to P2P under some restrictions without modifying binaries.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 4th ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Network and System Support for Games, NetGames 2005
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
ISBN (Print)	1595931562, 9781595931566
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1103599.1103612
Publication status	Published - 2005 Oct 10
Event	4th ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Network and System Support for Games, NetGames 2005 - Hawthorne, United States Duration: 2005 Oct 10 → 2005 Oct 11

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Other	4th ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Network and System Support for Games, NetGames 2005
Country/Territory	United States
City	Hawthorne
Period	05/10/10 → 05/10/11

Keywords

Client-Server Architecture
Middleware
Multiplayer Online Games
Peer-to-Peer Architecture
Reuse

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Computer Networks and Communications
Human-Computer Interaction

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Kaneda, Y, Takahashi, H, Saito, M, Aida, H & Tokuda, H 2005, A challenge for reusing multiplayer online games without modifying binaries. in Proceedings of 4th ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Network and System Support for Games, NetGames 2005. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 4th ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Network and System Support for Games, NetGames 2005, Hawthorne, United States, 05/10/10. https://doi.org/10.1145/1103599.1103612

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