Containerize Your Game Server for the Best Multiplayer Experience

Explore the challenges and benefits of containerizing game servers for multiplayer experiences in this 25-minute talk. Discover how Docker containerization enables portability, fast deployment, and predictability when scaling up fleets of dedicated game servers across multiple regions, data centers, and providers. Gain insights into managing thousands of servers on-demand, deploying to both bare metal and cloud VMs, and leveraging autoscaling for cost reduction. Learn about containerizing Unreal Engine 4 game servers, orchestrating game servers, and potential challenges in migrating existing controller logic. Presented by Raymond Arifianto from AccelByte and Mark Mandel from Google, this talk provides valuable information for game developers looking to optimize their multiplayer infrastructure.

Intro
What is a Game Server for? Fast paced, realtime, multiplayer, games where latency and performances are critical parts of the Game
What is a Game Server?
Challenges in managing
Managing Thousands of
Deploy Game Server to Bare Metal
Deploy Game Server to Cloud VM too
Lower cost with autoscaling
Benefits of Docker Containers
Sample Containerizing Unreal Engine 4 Game Server
How to Orchestrate Game Servers
What's harder with a game server in a container? • Migrating existing Controller logic might be challenging o e.g. Game Server manages multiple processes within
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