This is the future home of some massively interlinked wiki pages describing how the Volity system works. For the time being, you can read a somewhat outdated but still largely correct description of the system in [this essay].

There is also a game developer's overview which describes just the stuff you need to know to create a game.

Volity concept index

Jabber entities

The Volity network entirely comprises only a few different types of entities, all of which are simply connections to the underlying Jabber network.

• parlor
• referee
• player
• table
• bookkeeper
• client (Not really a component per se, but the software that enables human players to become parts of the Volity machine.)

Other key concepts

• ruleset
• UI file
• UI finder
• game finder
• reputation system