Exit Games Photon

Description

Fast, Simple & Elastic

Photon is a fast and simple-to-use socket-server to build scalable MMOGs, FPS or any other multiplayer game or application. Cloud support, demos, our in-house engineered SDKs and a great support with quick turn-around times (engineers in US and Europe) plus our Photon Socket-Server FREE license make choosing Photon an easy decision. That is why several AAA developers and the world's leading mobile social gaming network OpenFeint (more than 70 million registered users) have chosenPhoton.

Made for Mobile

The Photon network engine is tuned for for mobile devices: its small foot-print and slim binary protocol allows low round-trip times in mobile networks. Photoncomes with multiple client libraries not only for the major mobile platforms but also for browsers or PC/Mac making it a true cross-platform product.

Key Benefits

• High Performance C++ Core: The power-boost needed for efficient and scalable client-server communication. Photon's Core Communication layer is built on C/C++ to allow the maximum amount of data being sent back and forth between server and clients at the ultimate possible speed
• Reliable UDP: UDP is the only protocol to use when it comes to professional first person shooters or MMOs. Photon provides a reliability layer on top of UDP so every event can be send reliable or unreliable. Photon's UDP handling is based on mature, high-performance Windows socket technology (IOCP).
• Power-Ups for MMOGs and FPS: Photon's SDKs include important Power-Ups to extend Photon's basic network communication features. The "Lite-Power-Up" contains lobby features and manages rooms as they are needed for match-making, such as in first person shooters or other non-MMO multiplayer games. The "MMOG Power-Up" provides an intelligent interest management framework which significantly reduces the client-side load. A must-have for any MMOG.
• Dynamic Scaling: To create a robust back-end that even scales for thousands and thousands of concurrent users is a tough challenge. Photon's Cloud Power-Up provides you exactly that for the Amazon EC2 cloud and multiple other cloud services. It's a high professional solution that is now available to everyone.
• Free License: Photon's pricing is ideal for mobile apps. You can start with the free Photon100 concurrent user license and while your customer base grows you simply follow our hassle-free license upgrade path, extending when you need it and as you need it.

About Exit Games

Exit Games is the leading provider of network engines for the development of online games on multiple platforms. Exit Games products are used by leading entertainment industry customers such as Bigpoint, Walt Disney, Square Enix, Taito, Konami, World Golf Tour and E! Entertainment to create online, social and community-based games and applications. Exit Games was founded in 2003 with venture capital funding and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, with an office in Portland, Oregon, USA. For more information, please visit the company website www.exitgames.com or download the Photon product sheet.