Press

August 2010Flash Multiplayer Virtual Worlds

Packt Publishing has released the book entitled Flash Multiplayer Virtual Worlds that analyzes the many aspects of MMO development using SmartFoxServer Pro. The book touches a lot of topics: from basic architecture to techniques for building the world and avatars, server side coding, designing quests and lots more.
The publication is available both in printed and electronic form. You can read more details on the publisher's website.

June 2010Flash & Flex Developer's Magazine

The June 2010 issue of FFD Magazine contains an article written by Fernando Bevilacqua. It is an interesting analysis of the protocols used by SmartFoxServer Pro and provides suggestions on how to use them while developing server-side code. In particular the raw-protocol adds efficiency for small and fast updates as required by real-time action games. You can download the magazine's issue on the FFD website, or get it directly following this link.

February 2010Adobe's Edge Newsletter

In this Adobe's EDGE newsletter issue Samuel Rivello interviews a developer from GAIA Online team about their latest MMO, zOMG. The article discusses the design approach, challenges and workflow used in the development including the advantages of using SmartFoxServer Pro in the backend.
You can read the interview here.

February 2010Experimental Game Dev Podcast Show

An in-depth interview to the SmartFoxServer's project leader where he discusses the origins of the product, its evolution, the successful projects built with it, scalability and lots more. The interview is available on the podcast's website.