Programming design and object-oriented development paradigms of an Android-based distributed social game system

Abstract

The present work demonstrates the mechanisms, programming design choices and paradigms of developing an Android-backed online turn-based social game application. Each step of theprogramming process is detailed, and the underlying implemented concepts and reasonings for the different modules are explained using the Model – View – Controller architectural pattern. Software engineering design choices are compared and exemplified at each stage of the development phases, givingsuggestions for improving the logic behind such a distributed service. This paper also shortly presents insights on the usage of an online cloud database (Firebase, from Google) in order to handle player data in real-time using JSON format.