Hello,
we are happy to announce the birth of a new SmartFoxServer tool called BlueBox.

The BlueBox enables players under restricted network configurations (firewalls, proxies, etc..) to play and enjoy fast multiplayer apps and games with little to no noticeable performance loss.

All the details here!

Hello everyone,
the first update coming in September deals with data structures and the importance of knowing what’s behind them to choose the right one and boost your game performance to the extremes. We have a new article by Michael Baczynski, from Polygonal Labs talking about Lists, LinkedLists and their inner working.

The article is brilliant and offers nice visual examples that will help better grasp the concepts explained. At the end of the article you will find more links to other data structures related articles by Michael.

Enjoy the reading

A new game and a new multiuser application have been published in the Games section. Leave your comments and ratings!

• Space Cruiser 77, by Arthur: an old style shoot’em’up game.
• Tiles Game, by Chris Lindsey: from the creator of Letters Game, a new SmartFoxServer-based collaborative multiuser application where users can interact with each others on a shared virtual board and compose drawings on it using colored tiles

Have fun!

Hello everyone,
we have published an interesting pathfinder by Paul Spitzer which implements the A* algorithm in a 3D environment, using Papervision.
You can check the prototype by following this link.

Additionally we have a new game called “Mouse Goto” by Adix which will challenge your visual memory and mouse dexterity. Play here!
Enjoy

We have published a new article in two parts by Lapo, that analyzes the many aspects of creating Massive Multi-player Online (MMO) Virtual Worlds using SmartFoxServer. It contains an overview of the application architecture, client and server design, integration with other server technologies, scalability, security and a lot more…

Enjoy the reading