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Multiplayer (Database, Users,etc) for game

I'm am looking to add multiplayer into my game (2D Platformer in XNA C#) My worlds are quite large (Up to 30 Million tiles max, Average 20 million maybe. 2000x10000). You could say the game is quite ...
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game multiplayer service development

I'm currently working on a multiplayer game. I've looked at a number of multiplayer services(player.io, playphone, gamespy, and others) but nothing really hits the mark. They are missing features, ...
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Implementing an online database

I'd like to get into online games programming. I thought that as a start i'd be a good idea to implement an online database that would store the progress and score for a game i have made, i'll ...
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Using Google App Engine to Perform World Updates vs an Authoritative Server

I am considering different game server architectures that use GAE. The types of games I am considering are turn-based where the world status would need to be updated about once per minute. I am ...