Ease Game Development with Pretia's Game Server Hosting

Intro

Pretia’s multiplayer solution offers developers a comprehensive system that can accommodate players at scale, opt for flexible game server networking methods, leverage a customizable matchmaker with built-in matchmaking algorithms, and more. So developers can focus on building engaging gaming experiences. I don’t mean to go over all features to overwhelm you, but rather explain our game server hosting in particular which possibly has been a challenging and complex topic.

To begin with, a developer can choose one of two game server hosting modes that Pretia supports: Relay Server and Authoritative Dedicated Game Server(DGS).

Relay Server

This mode is a straightforward and simple solution for those who prefer to manage one single repository. Other than this gain, its drawbacks are also obvious, depending on the implementation, the host-player can have more amount of computation to do, and also, the host-player can have slight advantages in terms of network latency.

Authoritative DGS

Fleet

In spite of their differences, Pretia’s multiplayer system manages both modes consistently. This is achieved by grouping Game servers of a game together as a Fleet in which you can define the minimum and maximum servers, and the servers scale accordingly. Fleets expose their configurations and analytic data for various managing purposes. You may also replicate Fleet across regions so that players can choose to play on a low-latency session and have a fast gaming experience.

Final words

You probably already have it in your mind that Pretia’s solution is succinct yet comprehensive, and do remember that this game server hosting is the foundation and on top of it, you can definitely expect more out of it by employing our matchmaking, powerful AR, and other techniques. So, how about planning your next game with Pretia?

About the Author

Graduated from Nanjing Normal University with a BS degree in Computer Science. Worked as SWE for a number of companies of various industries. Highly experienced in backend engineering. Joined Pretia in 2020.