- Jogre
Infobox Software
name = JOGRE
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developer = Bob Marks
latest_release_version = 0.2.3
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genre =Game Engine
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website = http://jogre.sourceforge.net/JOGRE (pronounced Joe-ger) is the
acronym for "Java Online Gaming Real-time Engine".JOGRE is a Java based
client/server game engine and API created by Bob Marks. It is used for the easy creation and execution ofonline real time games.Multiplayer games programmed so far include
Abstrac ,Backgammon ,Battleships ,Camelot ,Car Tricks ,Checkers ,Chess ,Chinese Checkers ,Connect4 ,DOTS , Go,Grand Prix Jumping ,Hex ,Ninety Nine ,Octagons ,Propinquity ,Reversi ,Spades ,Tetris ,Texas Holdem andTicTacToe etc. JOGRE is designed to be anopen source equivalent to popular gaming websites such as Yahoo! Games.It has been used academic institutions, such as universities as part of the course work.cite web| title = "Using Open Source Software Contributions in an Internship Program"| publisher= Laurie Butgereit,Meraka Institute| url=http://researchspace.csir.co.za/dspace/bitstream/10204/1607/1/Butgereit_2007.pdf| accessdate = 2008-03-29] . It has also been used in specialized gaming courses cite web| title = "Serious Games"| publisher=Diane Pozefsky, University of North Carolina| url=http://www.cs.unc.edu/~pozefsky/| accessdate = 2008-03-29] .
JOGRE is currently in alpha release 0.2.3.
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External links
* [http://jogre.sourceforge.net/ Website] at
SourceForge
* [http://www.jogre.org Gaming website (still in development)]References
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