Kaneva Game Platform

The Kaneva Game Platform (KGP) is a game development solution geared towards end-to-end MMO games of the first-person shooter and RPG genres. KGP features many current graphic rendering capabilities, while providing back-end and networking features required for supporting hundreds of thousands of simultaneous players.cite web
url=http://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cfm?loadFeature=149&bhcp=1
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title=Kaneva: An MMO Engine For Everyone
first=Dana
last=Massey
date=2005-06-30
accessdate=2006-09-12] It is developed by Kaneva, Inc. [http://www.kaneva.com/] , an Atlanta-based technology firm.

KGP is an integrated, unified system that includes the game client updater/launcher, editing suite, artificial gaming intelligence, and server components. The business model on which Kaneva is based provides a unified platform so that game studios can focus on adding features to their worlds rather than trying to assemble and integrate disparate parts together. The idea is that studios may bring games to market faster with richer content at a much lower cost. KGP provides a comprehensive game design and runtime environment to create and run MMO games. It utilizes an extensible blade architecture for function-specific engines that allow for third-party or custom enhancements. The Lua/Python interface provides flexibility for gameplay and AI customization.

Components

Kaneva Game Client

The Kaneva client has an integrated 3D graphics engine, physics engine, software update system, and a scalable, secure communication layer and customizable controls for custom actions. The graphics engine provides a wide gamut of special effects and techniques by leveraging DirectX, such as normal mapping, an advanced particle system, and FX shaders.

Kaneva Game Studio

Designed with usability as its number one goal, the Kaneva Game Studio may be used to quickly and intuitively create worlds, as well as modify and extend any existing game worlds and simulations. The editor imports art assets from 3ds max, as well as a variety of Ogre-compatible applications, such as Maya and Blender.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

The Kaneva AI component also provides support for non-player controlled agents.

Kaneva Game Server

The Kaneva Game Server is a modular system that can run one or many worlds and may have separate AI components plugged into each running instance of the game server.

tatus

The Kaneva Elite Developer Program website cites 113 active KGP projects, ranging from simple, single-player puzzles to the massive multi player (such as Virtual World of Kaneva) with over 10,000 registered players.

References

External links

* [https://elite.kaneva.com/ Official site - Kaneva Elite Developers]
* [http://www.kaneva-fr.limited-dev.com/index.php/ Communauté française.]