For A Number Of Game Network Middleware Architecture Design And Development

According to the architecture, nowadays mainstream online games can be classified into two types:client games which based on client-server architecture and web games which based on browser-server architecture. Client games have outstanding performance and excellent playability, e. g., brilliant image, vivid sound, exciting stories, immediate response to input, comfortable game handling and interesting content, so young people, especially teenagers, love this kind of online games. Compared to client games, web games are easier to play and more timesaving. Because of these advantages, white-collar workers enjoy them very much. What about trying to integrate these two kinds of online games? It is wonderful to build a harmonious and fantastic online game world while keeping the basic architecture and gameplay features of each type. Let all the players have fun together in the same virtual world!The paper is about how to design and develop a new kind of network middleware which can integrate client games and web games based on Unity game engine. It introduces the whole approach and development process of the middleware. And the paper places the emphases on describing the solutions to the problems on integration and the functionalities of the network middleware. In addition to online games, this middleware can also be used in a lot of different fields concerning network communication between client side and web side. It has certain utility value and development prospects.