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Part IIIb: Server-Side (deployment, optimizations, and testing) of 64 Network DO's and DONT's for Game Engines

June 15, 2015 by “No Bugs” Bunny

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If your game is the only one working when all the competition is down, it improves user perception about your app a lot.

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Most importantly, however, this approach allows to keep your players happy – and this is one thing which really matters

Filed under: On.System ArchitectureDistributed systemsOn.ProgrammingNetwork Programming

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Part IIIa: Server-Side (Store-Process-and-Forward Architecture) of 64 Network DO's and DON'Ts for Game Engines

June 8, 2015 by “No Bugs” Bunny

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A Panegyric to Store-Process-and-Forward architecture

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"With proper logging, in most cases a bug can be found from one single crash/malfunction.

Filed under: On.System ArchitectureDistributed systems(Re)ActorsOn.ProgrammingNetwork Programming

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Part IIb: Protocols and APIs (continued) of 64 Network DO’s and DON’Ts for Game Engine Developers

June 1, 2015 by “No Bugs” Bunny

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You shouldn't count on outsmarting all those millions of highly motivated hackers operating in an environment under their own control.

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Burst consisting of several million packets, may start causing observable issues for a mid-size ISP.

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Part IIa: Protocols and APIs of 64 Network DO’s and DON’Ts for Game Engine Developers

May 25, 2015 by “No Bugs” Bunny

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While using framework is fine, forgetting about it is not.

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Even if you're forcing the auto-update every time the game app starts, there still are users who were online at the moment of the update, and those who found a way to bypass game updates

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