OpenPlay is an

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cross-platform

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library created by

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OpenPlay compiles and runs on the

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s. OpenPlay is a high-level networking solution for game applications. It is known for its abstraction of ''game'' and ''player'' on top of an automatically managed networking core. As of version 2.0, it includes the NetSprockets

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from

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. NetSprockets, a subset of Apple's now obsolete

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, was created by Apple and

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. NetSprockets was ported to OpenPlay by Freeverse Software.

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External links

OpenPlay project page
on SourceForge
OpenPlay project page
on GitHub Application programming interfaces Linux APIs macOS APIs Software using the Apple Public Source License Video game engines Windows APIs {{mac-stub

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