Game system, method for distributed data processing, and program for distributed data processing

A method for distributed data processing for multiplayer games in which a considerable number of players participate, the method causing a plurality of game servers running a server program that performs game processing to perform:

• a receiving step of receiving, from among a plurality of player terminals of the players, an operation on a character operated by a player from a player terminal connected to its own server;
• a processing step of performing game processing for the operation;
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• a controlling step for performing control associated with different sections within the same area under management of the game servers, the controlling step including receiving, when a character of a player moves from one section to an adjacent section, from another server in charge of the adjacent section, information on a character of a player present in the adjacent section to the one section, and performing all processing for the player corresponding to the character present in the section with which the controlling step performs associated control on the basis of the received information.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing therein a program for distributed data processing for multiplayer games in which a considerable number of players participate, the program causing a plurality of game servers running a server program that performs game processing to embody:

• a receiving function that receives, from among a plurality of player terminals of the players, an operation on a character operated by a player from a player terminal connected to its own server;
• a processing function that performs game processing for the operation;
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• a controlling function that performs control associated with different sections within the same area under management of the game servers, wherein the controlling function receives, when a character of a player moves from one section to an adjacent section, from another server in charge of the adjacent section, information on a character of a player present in the adjacent section to the one section, and performs all processing for the player corresponding to the character present in the section with which the controlling function performs associated control on the basis of the received information.