Want to spend more time developing compelling, interactive game play rather than getting bogged down in network details? You can with Net-Z: a fully extensible, high-level distributed game state engine designed to build a MP game with. Net-Z's major assets that enable it to eclipse the opposition are:

  • innovation: we've done away with inefficient, traditional message passing and brought networking into the 21st century with Duplicated Objects: a type of decentralized, distributed object customized to meet game developers' networking needs. You will rejoice at the intuitive descriptive approach we use that greatly accelerates the implementation of a fully functional networking layer tailored to your specific game.
  • high-level API: we have done all the hard work (so you don't have to) and implemented features such as fault tolerance, Duplicated Object migration, data extrapolation, and local corrections. This advanced functionality means your game will transparently recover from faults, will be more tolerant of latency effects, and will function well under adverse network conditions. Naturally, this can only lead to enhanced game performance and reliability.
  • easy integration: you don't need to be a network expert to Net-Z-enable your game. Net-Z's efficient API means typically it only takes a day or two to network a game as most functionality can be implemented in just a few lines of code. You also have the luxury of being able to network your game at virtually any time during development, including close to the shipping deadline.

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How this benefits you:

  • gives you more time to focus on the important things in life - your game
  • reduces your network integration time to just a few days
  • makes networking a trouble-free, pleasant experience
  • enables you to create higher quality games leading to more happy gamers

Supported platforms:

  • PlayStation® 2
  • Xbox™
  • GameCube™ *
  • Microsoft Windows®
  • Microsoft PocketPC
  • Linux

* = Under development