?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Living+City%2C+A+Collaborative+Browser-Based+Massively+Multiplayer+Online+Game&rft.creator=Ferrara%2C+Emilio&rft.creator=Fiumara%2C+Giacomo&rft.creator=Pagano%2C+Francesco&rft.subject=Human+Computer+Interaction&rft.description=This+work+presents+the+design+and+implementation+of+our+Browser-based+Massively+Multiplayer+Online+Game%2C+Living+City%2C+a+simulation+game+fully+developed+at+the+University+of+Messina.+Living+City+is+a+persistent+and+real-time+digital+world%2C+running+in+the+Web+browser+environment+and+accessible+from+users+without+any+client-side+installation.+Today+Massively+Multiplayer+Online+Games+attract+the+attention+of+Computer+Scientists+both+for+their+architectural+peculiarity+and+the+close+interconnection+with+the+social+network+phenomenon.+We+will+cover+these+two+aspects+paying+particular+attention+to+some+aspects+of+the+project%3A+game+balancing+(e.g.+algorithms+behind+time+and+money+balancing)%3B+business+logic+(e.g.%2C+handling+concurrency%2C+cheating+avoidance+and+availability)+and%2C+finally%2C+social+and+psychological+aspects+involved+in+the+collaboration+of+players%2C+analyzing+their+activities+and+interconnections.&rft.publisher=ICST&rft.date=2010&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7643%2F1%2F&rft.identifier=++Ferrara%2C+Emilio+and+Fiumara%2C+Giacomo+and+Pagano%2C+Francesco++(2010)+Living+City%2C+A+Collaborative+Browser-Based+Massively+Multiplayer+Online+Game.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7643%2F