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ZebroGaMQ: Communication Middleware for Mobile Gaming

ZebroGaMQ provides an easy and reliable way to publish and consume messages in the context of mobile multiplayer games. A prototypical game involves:

  • A Python server
  • Android applications
  • JavaScript applications
  • Java J2SE applications
  • C++ applications
  • iOS applications

Here are the most powerful features of the middleware:

  • Clients of ZebroGaMQ don’t have to handle the low-level details of reception of messages, they just need to define a behaviour on the consumption of these messages.
  • Disconnection management of Android devices: you just have to focus on publishing your messages, the middleware handles for you the loss of network connection inherent to mobile networks.
  • Game instances management: you can create several instances of your game, and let players use those instances in parallel.

ZebroGaMQ is presented with a demonstrator game called aMazing, a geolocalized multiplayer game for Android devices.

Installation and tests

For the server side (mandatory)

  • Erlang ≥ R13B03,
  • RabbitMQ Server ≥ 3.1.3,
  • Python ≥ 2.6,
  • Pika version ≥ 0.9.5

For Java applications

  • Java ≥ 1.5,
  • Maven ≥ 2.2.1
To run the tests on Unix/Mac:
cd test
./java-integration-test.sh
To run the tests on Windows:
cd test
java-integration-test.bat

For Android applications

  • ADT plugin for Eclipse ≥ 12.0.0,
  • Android SDK API level ≥ 7
To run the tests on Unix/Mac:
cd test
./android-integration-test.sh
To run the tests on Windows:
cd test
android-integration-test.bat

For iOS applications

  • XCode ≥ 5.0.2,
  • iOS SDK API level ≥ 7
To run the tests on Unix/Mac:
cd test
./ios-integration-test.sh

For JavaScript applications

  • Node.js ≥ 0.4.10,
  • NPM ≥ 1.0.106,
  • AMQP library (to install with NPM) = 0.1.0,
  • XMLRPC library (to install with NPM) ≥ 0.8.1
To run the tests on Unix/Mac:
cd test
./javascript-integration-test.sh
To run the tests on Windows:
cd test
javascript-integration-test.bat

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