Player joins
Follow the request from the game client.
Gaming startup / infrastructure
When the servers look healthy, but players cannot join.
A multiplayer problem can sit between systems that each appear to be working. We help gaming teams trace the complete path from a player joining to a server becoming available for the next match.
The challenge
Get players into the match.
A gaming startup needed help understanding why available infrastructure did not always translate into playable matches. Looking at a running container alone was not enough to explain the player experience.
The tools
AgonesDigitalOceanKubernetesUnityPhoton Fusion
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Connect the whole workflow.
Our investigation followed the connection across Kubernetes, Agones, the game server and the networking service. We built a focused reproduction to examine server readiness, session visibility and recovery when a connection was lost.
Session & server
Check matchmaking visibility and server readiness together.
Match lifecycle
Review allocation, connection loss and recovery.
Make the next step concrete.
The work made failures reproducible and separated infrastructure health from actual match availability. That gives the team a concrete way to review lifecycle changes, recovery behaviour and deployment decisions.
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Tell us what you’re building.
Share your idea or current build, target platforms and where you need help. We’ll discuss a practical scope, milestones and a way of working together.
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