MiMaze
The Multicast internet Maze

MiMaze is the first multiplayer game with a distributed architecture using the multicast bone (MBone).
It is a real-time interactive game where players are fighting in a virtual environment. MiMaze was derived from iMaze (release 3.0, in 1995). This work focusses on the transmission control mechanisms that have to be used to make it possible to play a real-time multiplayer game on the Internet. Our major contribution is to have designed and implemented a completely distri buted communication architecture based on IP multicast. The major elements of MiMaze architecture are a multicast communication system based on RTP/UDP/IP, and a distributed synchronization mechanisms to guarantee the consistency of the game, regardless network delay.

Researches on MiMaze are done by Laurent Gautier, Emmanuel Léty and ChristopheDiot in the RODEO laboratory of INRIA.
MiMaze is designed by LaurentGautier.
VRML/JAVA extension is designed by Emmanuel Léty.

What's new?

• MiMaze 3D in VRML
• Publications about MiMaze: its design, its advanced features and the first experiments on the MBone.
• Download the last release and the NEW Windows version of MiMaze and MiMaze3D now !!!.

Choose your topic:

• Main features
• Communication architecture
• MiMaze with live 3D voice
• Future work
• How to play MiMaze
• Screen shots
• Video of MiMaze3D (40Mo) or 3 short parts : Part1 (5Mo), Part2 (5Mo), and Part3 (2Mo)
• Download MiMaze (Unix & Windows)

Related work:

• Links

Comments, suggestions:

• Laurent.Gautier@sophia.inria.fr
• Emmanuel.Lety@sophia.inria.fr
• Christophe.Diot@sophia.inria.fr

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