i3D.net can be categorized as an infrastructure provider that offers compute and connectivity resources to support multiplayer games. The company started as a game hosting company and therefore its entire infrastructure stack is perfected for multiplayer games to ensure low ping times and high frame rates. Due to our focus on the video gaming industry, and seeing the difficulties described in this (and other) article, we’ve started developing software that would make the management of multiplayer titles easier. One of those products is an Orchestrator that manages your game server capacity based on CCU. Effectively managing your game servers as efficiently as possible, minimizing overhead and therefore costs.
Our orchestrator spins up game sessions and instances automatically based on the demand, and does so both on i3D.net compute resources, which we control fully to ensure the quality of the network and compute, and major cloud providers. Our own resources are built to reach areas where other networks cannot, as we understand that a video game’s customer base can often extend beyond borders and traditional network routes.
We offer the flexibility for our customers to choose the cloud provider of their choice from options including GCP, Azure and AWS (Amazon Web Services) to ensure that when your game blows up, it can launch game instances in multiple regions, across multiple providers to keep your game resilient and your community online 24/7, regardless of the CCU.
The orchestrator lets you create and customize your fleets, define deployment regions, and select preferred cloud providers. It enables you to define your own usage parameters and decide your scaling strategy in whatever way suits you best.
As mentioned in earlier articles, the overheads incurred to run a 24/7 infrastructure team are no longer necessary to run a multiplayer title. Entrust your game to people who do that full time with experience and talent.
