An Augmented-Reality MMORPG Game
Introduction
The game designed in this project is a multi-player online role-playing game based on Android platform. Characters in this game gain experience from killing creatures, gathering fruit and collecting equipment, in order to upgrade character level and strengthen character attributes. Augmented Reality (AR) is applied to this game. GPS coordinates of client devices are used to control the behavior of characters. Multiple players can play simultaneously on the game server and players can communicate and co-operate with each other while playing.
Architecture of the Gaming System
World Server keeps the virtual world running and exchanges information of the virtual world with Android clients. Each World Server covers a part of the virtual world which corresponds to an area of the real world.
Login Server handles login requests from Android clients and assigns a world server to each client according to their GPS locations.
World Database stores information of the corresponding world server, including attributes of creatures, plants, buildings and equipments etc.
Login Database manages user account data and status of world servers.
Character Database stores all the information of player characters such as their attributes, skills, pets, equipments and social relations.
Android Client provides the user interface.
Members
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Architecture of the World Server
World server is the core component of the gaming system. It consists of four subsystems:
Object subsystem that manages objects in the game world
Map subsystem that deals with position of objects
Action subsystem that controls behavior of units
Network subsystem that communicates with clients