Comments on: Loadtesting for Open Beta, Part 1

By: checker

checker — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:51:27 +0000

Thanks! I like doing these kinds of nitty gritty posts, whether about tech or small design problems.

By: Jamin Grey

Jamin Grey — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:16:50 +0000

I enjoy the blog posts like this – they’re excellent sources of information that might be useful to me if I ever get into multiplayer game development. I like The Witness’ posts for the same reason (but more geared to graphical solutions).

By: checker

checker — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 06:15:03 +0000

Yeah, definitely, I just don’t know if there are more people that know about it and decided not to sign up and will all try to register for open beta, or if it’s a smaller number of people. No clue, hence the nerves!

By: SignT

SignT — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 06:25:26 +0000

Checker, have you considered that there is a bunch of people who didn’t purchase your game simply because they won’t be able to get their hands on it immediately? I know a couple of friends who is waiting for the beta to open up before purchasing the game, just to ensure a better playing experience and hopefully can get their hands on the game immediately.

By: checker

checker — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:39:41 +0000

Not assuming anything! It’s definitely worth testing, though, assuming those messages become the top performance problem. We shall see!

By: Anthony Fenili

Anthony Fenili — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:09:09 +0000

Oh sure, now you’re assuming that compression won’t take more CPU/memory resources that won’t bottleneck you in the process of reducing network bandwidth… :)

By: keith

keith — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 04:08:27 +0000

248 people! I bet it’s like the matrix watching their messages fly by.

I like these technical posts. Gives me a better understanding of all the things you have to go through before the game is complete(?)