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Arianne is an open source multiplayer online games framework and engine to develop turn based and real time games. It provides a simple way of creating games on a portable and robust server architecture. The server is coded in Java and can use Python for your game description, provides a MySQL backend and uses an UDP transport channel to communicate with dozens of players. Our reference clients are coded using Java and the C language in order to achieve maximum portability and use open technologies too.

* [[history|History Of Arianne]]

* [[helpArianne|How To help Arianne]]: Become an Arianne Hero!

* [[differences|What makes Arianne different]]

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== Games documentation ==

=== http://arianne.sourceforge.net/screens/stendhal.jpg Stendhal ===

Check all the Stendhal game info at [[Stendhal| Stendhal Wiki section]]

=== http://arianne.sourceforge.net/screens/mapacman.jpg Mapacman ===

mapacman was our reference game used to test work done in Marauroa. It was the main test platform of Delta² algorithm. It is coded in Python on both the client and server sides but unfortunately it is now not working because of the major changes made to Marauroa 1.00. We plan to recover it soon after the Marauroa 1.00 release.

* [[HowToBuildMapacman|How To Build Mapacman]]

* [[InitialStepsWithMapacman|Initial Steps With Mapacman]]

=== http://arianne.sourceforge.net/screens/gladiators.jpg Gladiators ===

Gladiators was our reference game which was used to kick off Marauroa. It is programmed using the Blitz library on the client side and uses Java on the server side. Unfortunately, the resulting client wasn't portable and so it was abandoned since Marauroa version 0.4x

* [[HowToBuildGladiators|How To Build Gladiators]]

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= Blogs of Arianne developers: =

* [[MiguelAngelBlanchLardin|Miguel Angel Blanch Lardin]]

* [[StephenIerodiaconou|Steve I.]]

* [[WaldemarTribus|Waldemar Tribus]]

* [[Ragnar-GD|Ragnar]]

* [[User:Danter|Danter]]

* [[MatthiasTotz|Matthias Totz]]

* [[The_Paranoid|The Paranoid]]

* [[TeamOfArianne|Team Members, Past & Present]]

= Project Documentation =

When editing please follow these [http://www.oreilly.com/oreilly/author/stylesheet.html guidelines]

To do a release it is important to read our [[ ReleaseProcedure |release procedures]].

== Overall design documentation ==

Do you want to know how Arianne works? Do you want to develop with us? Do you want to create a game using Arianne? Read these documents and if you have any questions or comments on them please use the relavent discussion tabs.

* [[DesignOverview|Design Overview]]

* [[NetworkDesign|Network Design]]

* [[GameDesign|Game Design]]

* [[DatabaseDesign|Database Design]]

* [[RolePlayingDesign|Role Playing Design]]

== General ==

* [[HowToWriteGamesUsingArianne|How To Write Games Using Arianne]]: mapacman <br>This long document describes how to write an online game similar to Pacman, from the game design to the game deployment, using Arianne and Python.

* [[HowToWriteAdventureGamesUsingArianne|How To Write Adventure Games Using Arianne]]: Stendhal <br>This long document describes how to write an online game similar to Zelda, from the game design to the game deployment, using Arianne and Java2D.

* [[ChatdServerClientExample|Simple Chat Client/Server Example]] <br>This is a very short description of how to create a simple chat application using Arianne and Python.

== Frameworks documentation ==

=== Marauroa ===

* [[MarauroaObjectives|Objectives]]

* [[HowToBuildMarauroa|How To Build]]

* [[InitialStepsWithMarauroa|Initial Steps With Marauroa]]

====Developers API====

* [[MarauroaAPIDefinition|Marauroa API Documentation]]

=== pyarianne ===

* [[pyArianneAPIDefinition|pyarianne (Python) API Documentation]]

* [[pyArianneAPIExample|pyarianne (Python) API Example]]

=== ariannexp ===

* [[HowToBuildAriannexp|How To Build ariannexp]]

* [[HowToUseAriannexpInYourProject|How To Use ariannexp in your project]]

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= Miscellaneous =

* [[GamesBuiltUsingArianne|Games Built Using Arianne]]

* [[OtherMultiplayerRolePlayingEnginesAndGames|Other Multiplayer Role Playing Engines And Games]]