ActionScript for Multiplayer Games and Virtual Worlds

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ActionScript for Multiplayer Games and Virtual Worlds
By Jobe Makar




Publisher:  New Riders Press
Number Of Pages:  312
Publication Date:  2009-08-02
ISBN-10 / ASIN:  0321643364
ISBN-13 / EAN:  9780321643360


Product Description:


The demand for multiplayer games and virtual worlds has exploded over the last few years. Not only do companies want them for site stickiness through social networking, but developers have tremendous interest in exploring this niche area. While developing multiplayer content is challenging, it isn’t as difficult as you might think, and it is fun and highly rewarding!

ActionScript for Multiplayer Games and Virtual Worlds explains fundamental multiplayer concepts from connecting to a server to real-time latency hiding techniques. In this book you’ll learn:

How to connect users to achieve real-time interaction
When to make decisions on the server versus the game client
Time synchronization techniques
How to use dead reckoning smoothing to hide network latency
About tile-based games the isometric view
Techniques for customizing and rendering avatars in a virtual world

In addition, you’ll learn everything that goes into building:


A real-time multiplayer tank battle game
A real-time multilayer cooperative game
A virtual world


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