Gaming: From Gameplay to Scalable Online Worlds
Gaming: From Gameplay to Scalable Online Worlds Today’s games blend fast, engaging play with online worlds that feel alive. A single match can run on multiple servers, with players from around the world sharing the same rules and spaces. To keep things smooth, developers move from a purely local experience to scalable online systems that grow with demand. Three layers matter: game logic, networking, and data. The game logic runs rules, physics, and progress. Networking handles how players see each other and how events travel, while data storage keeps progress and world changes safe and recoverable. When a world must support thousands of concurrent players, these layers must scale together. ...