On the development of browser games - Technologies of an emerging genre

Abstract

Browser games are played directly in web browsers. Consequently they do not need software installation. A modern browser game is a sophisticated combination of client and server software. Nowadays there is a wide range of different technologies used to implement browser games. Traditional implementation technologies have gained new competitors, browser plugin players, which allow sophisticated graphics. In this paper we present technologies that are used to implement browser games and also accessories used in those. Towards the end of the paper we also discuss the future of the browser game genre.