2. An Insight on Browser Games’ Breakthroughs and Challenges
Case Study: Canaan
An Insight on Browser Games’ Breakthroughs and Challenges
Aaron Hsu
Chairman, XPEC Entertainment

3. Browser Games What is a Browser Game?
Basic characteristics of a browser game:
Typical Online Game
Browser Games
Web Browser
Technology

4. Genres of Browser Games
What is a Browser Game?
Genres of Browser Games

5. Genres of Browser Games
What is a Browser Game?
Genres of Browser Games
Simulation Game
Travian
Ikariam
Farmville
Barbie Girls

6. Fallen Empire: Legions
What is a Browser Game?
Genres of Browser Games
First Person Shooter
Quake Live
Fallen Empire: Legions
Brave Arms
Battlefield Heroes

7. Genres of Browser Games
What is a Browser Game?
Genres of Browser Games
Casual Games
Partypoker
Bejeweled
Zuma Blitz
Chess Game World

8. Genres of Browser Games
What is a Browser Game?
Genres of Browser Games
Massively Multi-player Online Role Playing Game
Runescape
Dofus
Dark Orbit
Canaan

9. What is Canaan? Browser Based and Flash Game
Massively Multi-player Online Role Playing Game - MMORPG

10. What is Canaan? Cute and Attractive Intelligent Navigation System
Very low minimum computer requirements
SNS integrated

11. Released in 11 languages in 9 Regions
Canaan Languages
China
North America
Europe
Japan
Korea
Indonesia
Taiwan
Spain
Released in 11 languages in 9 Regions

12. Canaan’s Achievements
50 Million Registered Users!!
Awards
China Web Games Summit 2008
Best Browser Game
Bahamut Players’ Community
Most Popular Browser Game 2010
Taiwan Game Show 2010
Gamestar Browser Game 3rd place
17173.com
Top 10 most popular browser games 2010

13. How Canaan Became a Success
Superb Graphics
Customizable Avatar
Unique fashion system that shows the distinction of the character
Flexible wardrobe system that adjusts to the characters movement

14. How Canaan Became a Success
Using particle systems to create special effects
All 64 kinds of special effects’ file size are only 232KB!!!
High Rendering performance : the page simultaneously support the fighting units of 20 cast skills

15. How Canaan Became a Success
Smooth game loading
Well-designed data compression and storage format, reducing the size of the web client greatly.
10 Map of the World, 12 copies of maps,
battlefield maps 3
1,000 kinds of equipment, 1,500 species of props
700 monsters, 100 species of pets
1000 NPC game
Game client resources do not exceed the total size of 100MB!

16. How Canaan Became a Success
Flow Saving technology
The average single-user message traffic (both directions): less than 3Kbps Reasonable segmentation of the resource loading mechanism, allowing the player to more quickly enter the game Map the size of public resources (login to the game download only once): 4MB A map size of the resource: 4MB For the first time into the game resource downloads: 4 +4 = 8MB Loaded again with a map downloaded (buffered): 0MB 512Kbps speed conditions, for the first time login to the game just time-consuming: 8MB/512Kbps ≈ 2 分钟 512Kbps speed conditions, the switch only takes a map: 4MB/512Kbps ≈ 1 分钟

17. How Canaan Became a Success
Rich Game Content
pet
mailbox
union
combat system
seamless base map
equipment system
religion
shops
friends
Instance dungeon
skill
auction PK
Avatar

18. XPEC web game technology UI
Modular, highly customizable UI system, greatly improving the efficiency of the development of the game interface
Client Logic UI
UI Module A
UI Module B
UI Module C
Other Client Engine Module
Client Logic UI
UI ClientTightly Coupled
UIClientLoosely Coupled

19. Browser Game’s Challenges
Perform the same way client based games do!
Limitations
Hardware
Software
Strategic game design is the only way to go around these limitations.

20. Browser MMORPG’s Potentials
Browser based games have a very promising future.
The technology enables the game to be accessed anywhere without the need of specific hardware.

21. Browser MMORPG’s Potentials
Growing list of internet capable devices

22. Browser MMORPG’s Potentials
MMORPG Factor
Role-playing
Social interaction
Culture
Economics
Development
This genre has a unique stimulus on gamers. It has the tendency to attract and retain more players longer compared to others. Competition is continuous and the challenge is never ending.

23. Browser MMORPG’s Potentials
The inevitable growth of social networking services that helps in promoting social gaming.
Technology keeps being updated every now and then, developing a browser game as good as client based games is not too distant.

24. Browser MMORPG’s Potentials
Cloud Computing Technology will impact on Web Games progress
Netbooks
Mac PC PC
Yahoo
Bing
Bounty Hounds
MySpace
Facebook
Online Games
Google
XPEC
Canaan
Microsoft
Ipad
Consoles
Smartphones

25. Conclusion Browser MMORPG is fast advancing with today’s technologies.
The future of gaming appears to be in browser based game’s direction.
It’s only a matter of time when the advantages of other gaming technologies can be experienced in browser games

26. Q & A