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Database Research Opportunities in Computer Games

Database Research Opportunities in Computer Games. Presented By: Emiliano Miranda. Goals. Motivate database community to contribute to gaming Spread use of database technology beyond traditional approaches Provide another channel boosting interest in computer science.

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Database Research Opportunities in Computer Games

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  1. Database Research Opportunities in Computer Games Presented By: Emiliano Miranda

  2. Goals • Motivate database community to contribute to gaming • Spread use of database technology beyond traditional approaches • Provide another channel boosting interest in computer science

  3. Why Research for Games? • Almost everybody knows somebody who plays games! • Video game sales totaled to about $10.5 in 2009 • Developments here can possibly be applied to other fields • The more people that use database technology the better!

  4. Game Architecture • Depends on game • Data-Driven • Authors classify game architecture by network connection • May not be perfect, but probably reasonable • Types • Non-networked • Non-persistent • Persistent

  5. Architecture - Game Loop • Fairly universal • Speed loop usually measured in Frames Per Second (FPS) • Authors describe three main phases in loop • Querying state of world • Updating state of world • Drawing new state of world

  6. Research Areas • Refining database engines for games • Query processing • Indexing • New languages • Adaptation of game algorithms • Steering is a challenge • Set-At-A-Time Processing • Consistency for Multiplayer Games • Non-persistent and persistent games have different approaches

  7. Questions? • Why is the query-update model of the simulation engine an appropriate candidate for the application of database technology?

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