Client Server Programming

• A simple way to make a distributed game is to use client server techniques.
• This is what early on line games did, but they didn't call it Client Server.
• Roughly, the game runs on the server.
• The clients have limited functionality but provide mutliple sources of input.
• The trick is to get the input and output correct.
• Currently, the server has to get streaming video to the user.
• The user has to get input to the server rapidly.
• If you've got reasonble bandwidth this isn't too difficult.
• Client-server is used for Massively multiplayer online role-playing games too.
• We have an entire MSc on this, and I've taught a lot of this stuff before. Do you have any questions about the technology?