Server-Based Game Development

This course builds on the foundations of gameplay in HTML5 as students develop an increasingly complex game. It also introduces a new set of technologies in networking the game client. Topics include:

• Collision detection using basic physics and pathing on a 2D grid
• Server-side game state storage
• Game server architecture including server-side arbitration
• Authentication, security, hack prevention, event logging
• Network errors and recovery
• Leaderboards and achievements via Web services
• Integration and use of a physics library

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