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A decent (ideally simple) C# MMO game server example?

Ziker · 2021-04-01T15:49:39

Hi everyone,This is my first post here, but hopefully not the last one (and hopefully I'll be able to provide support rather than asking for it shortly).I'm a software engineer with a few years of experience, working predominantly with C# (but also other tech stacks).I'm very keen to learn more about game dev and figured that the best way to do that in my case would be to look at some good examples.And so here I am: I'd like to ask you guys if there are any example games (MMO) / game servers that you'd recommend me to take a look at in my pursuit of knowledge? What I'm interested in finding is the libraries and project structures most suitable for use in game dev (server side) and certain techniques specific to building real-time game server.Ideally I'm looking for .NET Core / C# examples, but Java, Go or Rust would do too. The aspects I'm interested in the most are networking, communications (protocols, encryption, etc.) and state management.While I have a pretty decent idea how I could approach it, I also value the lessons that come from people who've been there before me.Thanks in advance!

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Started by Ziker March 16, 2021 12:11 PM

10 comments, last by Armchair-Advisor 3 years, 2 months ago

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April 01, 2021 03:49 PM

Ziker said:
What I'm interested in finding is the libraries and project structures most suitable for use in game dev (server side) and certain techniques specific to building real-time game server.

Network Solutions

I made good experiences with SmartFox Server 2X (link). It is free for less than 100 concurrent users.

You may also take a look at ZeroMQ (link).

Unity

Unity is a fantastic tool for game development, and possibly terrific to create an MMORPG client. However, it is not the right tool to create an MMORPG server.

Books

When you are interested in MMORPG server architecture, you may look at IT-HARE (link). The guy has also published two books that are really worth reading, yet nothing for the faint of the hearth.

Blog

Finally, you might visit my blog (link) on the design and programming of MMORPGs. I just unlocked an article on Scalable MMORPG server architecture (link).

Best Wishes!

Novel MMORPG design ideas: https://www.mmo-blueprint.com

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