RAGE Architecture for Reusable Serious Gaming Technology Components

Table 1

Communication modes of client-side assets.

Client-side requests	Communication modes
Asset to asset	These communications require a once-only registration of the Asset Software Component at the AssetManager: (i) Publish/Subscribe; (ii) Asset Method call
Asset to game engine	With bridge: (i) Web services (e.g., outside world); (ii) Game engine functionality; (iii) Hardware, operating system; Without bridge: (i) Publish/Subscribe
Game engine to asset	(i) Asset Method calls; (ii) Publish/Subscribe