1. Darkstar John, Ya-Ching, Akash, Lynne, Rick Jesse

2. TeaM DaRksTaR 5 programmers Advisor- Jesse Schell

3. Client Project: SUN MICROSYSTEMS Point of Contact: Jim Waldo Project Darkstar Director: Karl Haberl

4. WHAT IS DARKSTAR? An open source software platform – Eliminate problems – Simplify development For MMOGs

5. Goal Usability test for Project Darkstar – Scalability – Learning curve Our Plan – Using it!

6. Create a MMO infrastructure – Server: Project Darkstar (JAVA) – Client: Panda3D (python) Goal

7. Panda3D embraces Project Darkstar – Panda3D can have networking capability – Project Darkstar integrated with game engine. Goal

8. FINAL ACHIEVEMENT Complete MMO infrastructure (for team) Weekly usability report (for client) Panda3D deployment (for ETC and client)

9. OVERVIEW

10. ZONING Client 1 Client 2 Client 3 ZONE AZONE B

11. ZONING Server Client 1Client 2Client 3 Position Zone A Zone BPosition Zone AZone B Position

12. DEMO PREAMBLE 100% Technical – No fancy art – No game design

13. ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS Login System Persistence Chat System Inventory Maps Autonomous Agents

14. SCALABILITY Dynamic World – Players play World Expands – Players leave World Contracts

15. SCALABILITY Compartmentalized – Planets – Minigames Tested to 25 players – Client can test further

16. USABILITY TESTING Weekly report Source code Getting feedback from our client

17. PANDA3D DEPLOYMENT Example code Installation package Breakthrough

18. FEEDBACK Soft opening Playtest

19. WHAT WENT RIGHT Finished MMO infrastructure Panda3D integration Client satisfaction “ Panda3D integration is great.” “ Feedback is much better than any other team we’ve worked with.” – Jim Waldo

20. WHAT WENT WRONG Learning network programming/PDS 2 platforms, 2 programming languages Lack of art

21. WHAT WE LEARNED Network programming MMO framework development Software platform testing

22. THE ROAD AHEAD Testing and Further Research. Integration with Panda 3D

23. THE ROAD AHEAD Simple Zip Installer. Large scale networking.

24. THE ROAD AHEAD Framework for future pitches.

25. THANK YOU