Game Networking

The Game Networking Course will cover the techniques and technologies required to create network-enabled games. Students will learn basic networking principles, network protocols, game-specific networking techniques, and various APIs and encapsulation techniques. In addition to connection-oriented and connectionless communications methods, students will also learn various network architectures (including the client/server model and peer-to-peer model) and the standard Windows/Unix Sockets API in C/C++.

Course Outline

• The Internet Protocol (IP)
• Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
• Server Networking
• Networking Architectures
• User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
• DNS and IPv6
• APIs and Frameworks