• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.97-106
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• 2015

In an Unity engine for multi-player online games, the main thread processing game logic must be separated from the network thread that is responsible for network packet communication. Packet communication between the network threads needs to drop packets that overlap in order to improve the rendering speed. In this paper, the packet discard policy of network thread is proposed for an Unity engine for multi-player online games. The proposed method is the hybrid method of both Partial Packet Discard and Periodic Packet Discard methods to improve the rendering speed by periodically discarding overlapped network packets managed by the queue. The rendering speed of the proposed method is analyzed and its effectiveness is verified by various packet generating simulations of the Unity engine for multi-player online games.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.12B no.4 s.100
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• pp.459-464
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• 2005

The online game system could be largely divided into two parts: servers and clients. Clients accesses to a game server and analyzes the packets transmitted from a server. A game server manages users information and database. U a game server allows a new client to access the server to execute a game, it should accept the access request of the new client maintaining the online connection of the existing users. In this paper, we compare Process method and Thread method within the multiple jobs process methods of a server. Then we propose an asymmetric distributed multi server architecture that is adequate to asymmetric distributed architecture that is widely applied to most game servers. The proposed asymmetric distributed multi server architecture includes login server, game server, communication server and database server to perform its own feature independently. Comparing its other architectures, it shows better performance economically and technically. Especially it improves the stability and expandability of a server.

• Review of KIISC
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.15-21
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• 2016

온라인 게임 서비스의 약관과 관련하여 실무상 많은 분쟁이 있는 쟁점으로서 약관과 운영정책이 어떠한 방식과 절차를 거쳐야지만 게임 운영정책이 계약의 내용이 될 수 있는 지와, 게임 서비스 운영정책의 운용과 관련하여 자주 분쟁이 발생하는 영역으로서 게임 봇(Bot)을 이용한 게임 이용자와의 법적 분쟁 시 게임 이용자의 행위를 증명하기 위하여 어떠한 데이터를 기록하고 관리하여야 하는 지에 대하여 살펴보았다.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.101-112
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• 2007

Along with the development of mobile technology, mobile game has undergone a change from downloadable game to network game, where a large number of users connect to server and play real-time game with a mobile phone. In order to develop these mobile network games economically, a proper, suitable game engine is needed. This study proposes the result of design and implementation of RWMMO-GE(Realtime Wireless Massively Multiplayer Online RPG Game Engine) that is used to develop a mobile network game. The structure of RWMMO-GE, which is the research result of this study, consists of major components such as Network/Client Module, Object Module, Map Tool, Script Editor, and Character Editor. The characteristics of the multiplayer mobile game developed by this engine is that a large number of players can play real-time game in a single map, which implies a possibility of a new business model in this area. This research is a result of the RWMMO-GE supported by 2006 IT Excellent Technology Support Project(No:A1300-0601-0125) of IITA(Institute Information Technology Advancement).

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2003.07d
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• pp.1339-1342
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• 2003

클라이언트-서버 구조의 온라인 게임에서 서버의 역할은 매우 중요하다. 그러나 서버에 너무 많은 사용자가 동시에 접속할 경우에는 과도한 부하로 인하여 안정적인 서비스를 제공하지 못하는 경우가 발생할 수 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위하여 여러 대의 분산 서버를 활용한 방법이 사용되고 있다 분산 서버 구조에서는 부하가 특정 서버로 집중되는 것을 막는 것이 전체 시스템의 성능 향상을 위하여 필요하다. 이를 위하여 부하 평형 기법을 사용하고 있으며 관련 연구도 활발히 진행 중이다. 본 논문에서는 분산 서버를 이용한 온라인 게임 서버의 구조를 설계하고, 대량 사용자의 제약을 극복하기 위한 하나의 방안으로 다중 서버 시스템에서 실행되는 게임 서버 프로세스들에 대한 부하 평형 기법을 제시한다. 제안된 기법에서는 전체 게임을 소규모의 여러 게임 세상(Game World)으로 나누고 서비스가 진행되는 상황에서 게임 세상을 게임 서버들 사이에서 이동시킨다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.7 no.10
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• pp.115-125
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• 2007

This study analyzed the importance of user activity, communication between users and identity establishment by growth and change of player's character through users' communication structure and then it classified such an importance into activity by group, dealings, information sharing, duel and strategy performance. It also looked into the plans to revitalize smooth social relationship and suggested for users to behave with responsibility in virtual society. In the virtual space where thousands of people connect and interact with each other every day, users find out their identities through human relationship with others proceeding solo story. What is more important is that users consider virtual space as a society and feel collective responsibility on words and behavior against others.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.02a
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• pp.824-829
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• 2006

한정된 자원을 사용할 수 있는 게임 AI 분야에서는 시스템 자원을 적절하게 활용하여 현실감을 극대화 시키려는 노력이 중요한 이슈이며, 3D 게임에서 캐릭터들의 자연스러운 경로 탐색은 현실성을 높이는 중요한 척도 중 하나이다. 기존 연구에서는 주로 정적인 지형, 객체들을 적절하게 회피하는 경로에 대한 연구가 많이 진행되었다. 그러나 최근 널리 이용되고 있는 다중사용자가 접속하는 온라인 RPG 게임에서는 기존 방법을 그대로 적용하기에 많은 연산량이 필요한 문제점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 네비게이션 메시(Navigation Mesh) 기반으로 최적화된 A*, 그리고 밀개(Repulsors)의 방법을 통하여 동적인 환경에서 자연스러운 경로탐색을 수행하며 3D 게임에 적용 가능한 연산량을 충족하는 경로탐색 시스템을 제안하였다.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.79-92
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• 2015

The trend in the domestic MMORPG online game market is on decline because of the change in customers attitude and the advent of mobile or foreign games. The underlying cause of depressed domestic game market is that it has been failing to provide quality service arising from not revising existing game design. For this reason, this paper sets out to gather game users' opinions and to analyze successful domestic and foreign games comparatively to approve the importance and necessity of scenario development and to solve current problems in the MMORPG market. As one solution, this paper proposes a new design method, TIME FLOW scenario technique. This technique aims to establish a system in which story and environment change as time progresses and thus can provide different contents to its users over time. It is expected to enable a new frame for game design environment and to restructure education environment for human resource cultivation.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.9 no.11
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• pp.151-162
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• 2009

The objective of this study is to uncover the standard and procedure of the review for the online game to export to China and try to find a plan how to solve a problem such as regulation for the online game imported into China depending on a protective policy for homemade game. The literatures related to the policy of China online game industry and the present condition of the wholistic restriction are reviewed and the standard and procedure of the review of China online game which is veiled was able to find definitely by using the case study on Korean company which was a great success as localization in China. As a result of this study, we found that the key factor on the review standard of China online game is the anti-social personality, such as 'the overthrow of Chinese socialist system', 'the territorial issue as the eviction of Hong Kong or the acknowledgment of Taiwan government', 'independence problem of the minorities', and 'damage to property as national treasure', et cetera. While the review of the homemade game in China takes about a month through just two steps in review process on online game, that of foreign game is required over at least three months through four steps in it. Moreover, it is difficult for foreign games to obtain the license due to total amount regulation for online game by 'General Administration of Press and Publication of the People's the Republic of China'. In the case of the joint-venture company, it is most important to the smooth communication between Korean company and Chinese company in order to overcome these strong regulation for online game review in China. Furthermore, as Chinese company in outward appearance it is need to be positioned absolutely in Chinese marketplace. The definite positioning strategy enables foreign companies to avoid the strong regulation about the foreign game in China. To understand, finally, deeply politics, society, and culture presented in Chinese ethics textbook permits the foreign companies to predict the exact standard of the review for online game. Therefore, this study is concluded with key implications to sustain guidelines on the deliberation for foreign companies which want to export online game to China to improve the predictability and accountableness about the review of the online game in China.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.9 no.10
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• pp.1322-1331
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• 2006

Concurrency control is one of the important factors to maintain consistent conditions of a game because most participants of the game should be shared information to play the game through a distributed network system. replay delay times should establish in every event and the received event should be saved and performed simultaneously for Concurrency Control. However, it is not easy to practice the event with same speed in environment having various moving speed. Therefore, expansion have to be provided. In other words, one of the most important factors of a game's efficiency is the process of bandwidth and delay. the process of concurrency control method based on scalable prediction for Multi-platform games would minimize the loss rate of a event and then would improve the interaction capacity of a game. It also might get reliability between clients. This paper analyzes some problems in terms of a layout of a game that integrates a cable and a wireless system. In addition, this paper provides methods to expand bandwidth and delay that might be an obstacle of a On-line game and to ensure reliability between a server and a client.