On the Development of Browser Games – Current Technologies and the Future

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. Especially we concentrate on use of game engines in browser game development, and give thoughts what kind of features such game engine should possess. Towards the end of the paper we discuss the future of the browser game genre, and also the future possibilities of a web browser as a gaming platform.