Abstract

Common Object Request Broker (CORBA) is a mechanism to create, deploy, and manage objects in a distributed environment. These objects are generally referred to as distributed components or CORBA components. CORBA is an open standard that addresses object orientation, distribution transparency, hardware independence, operating system independence, language independence and vendor independence. This report first highlights: What is CORBA? Why is CORBA needed? How is CORBA used for developing applications? Second, this report shows how the CORBA architecture is used to develop distributed object-based game applications. Then, a CORBA-based application of gomoku game is given. The game is implemented with VisiBroker 4.0 (a CORBA 2.3 specification compliance product) and C++ language. The game can be run on any platform for which a CORBA product (for instance, VisiBroker or Orbix) is installed. The approach used in this report can be easily used for other games in the distributed environment.