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Project Darkstar
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<p>Project Darkstar is a discontinued <a href="/facts/Open-source_software/HzTaB8E9">open source</a> framework for <a href="/facts/Massively_multiplayer_online_game/b1e4hutw">MMOG</a> development, written in <a href="/facts/Java_/9ScgFyAL">Java</a> and deployed as <a href="/facts/Game_engine/lojx7lTG">game engine middleware</a>. Project Darkstar began as a personal project of Jeff Kesselman in 1999, later becoming a research project at <a href="/facts/Sun_Microsystems/VJ9EzEFd">Sun Microsystems</a>, aimed to "help developers and operators avoid a range of serious, yet typical, problems associated with massive scale online games, virtual worlds, and social networking applications today, including zone overloading, data corruption, and server underutilization." </p>