AliCloud Global Acceleration (GA) + Functional Computing (FC) Global Co-Service Program: No Latency for Casual Gamers to Connect Globally

A set of global game architecture based on the advanced technology of AliCloud, allowing your casual games to easily serve global players.

With the rapid expansion of casual games in the global marketplace, game developers are faced with a central challenge: how to provide players spread across different continents withStable, low-latency gaming experience?

Under the traditional architecture, game servers are usually deployed in a single region, resulting in high latency and poor experience for remote players, which seriously affects player retention and game reputation.

If you're struggling with network latency and infrastructure costs when your game goes overseasIf you are looking for a cost-effective solution for global co-service, then AliCloud's Global Acceleration (GA) and Functional Computing (FC) combo solution will provide you with a cost-effective solution for global co-service.

Global Game Architecture Overview

The core design ideas of this program are“Requests are processed close to home and data are synchronized globally”. By optimizing the transmission path through AliCloud's global acceleration network, player requests are intelligently routed to the nearest function computing node for processing, and a globally unified database is used to ensure data consistency

AliCloud Global Acceleration (GA) + Functional Computing (FC) Global Co-Service Program: No Latency for Casual Gamers to Connect Globally - LikaCloud

This workflow ensures that access requests from players around the world are delivered asThe optimal path is processed, which provides for the gaming experience at the infrastructure level

Core Products and Components

1. AliCloud Global Acceleration (GA)

Global Acceleration GA is the program'snetwork backboneIt intelligently optimizes the transmission path through AliCloud's global coverage of more than 2,800 acceleration nodes, dramatically reducing the latency and jitter of cross-country accesses.

play a role: Responsible for accessing and accelerating player traffic and forwarding player requests to the nearest function computing processing node in a fast and stable manner.
Key Configurations: It is recommended to enable smart routing technology and select the main acceleration zones based on the distribution of game users.
Why choose itGA does not need to be concerned with the operation and maintenance of the underlying network facilities compared to building its own global network, and it providesMillisecond scheduling capabilityand an availability commitment of up to 99.991 TP3T.

2. AliCloud Functional Computing (FC)

The function calculates the FC asProcessing core of the game's business logic. It's an event-driven, fully managed Serverless computing service that lets you run code without having to manage a server

play a role: Handle player requests in close proximity, such as login verification, score reporting, leaderboard lookups, and other lightweight game logic.
Key Configurations: Create a separate function for the game service, setting the appropriate memory size and timeout.
Why choose it: FC hasMillisecond elastic scalabilityIt can easily handle the bursts of traffic common to casual games, and you only pay for the time the code actually runs, which can lead to significant cost savings during low peaks of gameplay5.

3. Cloud Database Redis Edition

Cloud Database Redis Edition isGlobal Gaming Data HubAs a high-performance in-memory database, it provides high-speed data read/write capability for games.

play a role: Stores global game data, such as player account information, global leaderboards, game session status, and other data that requires high-speed access.
Key Configurations: Ensure high availability by choosing a clustered version of the instance deployed across availability zones. Enable persistence to prevent data loss.
Why choose it: Providedmicrosecond delaydata access experience and supports a globally harmonized database access portal to ensure consistency in the data seen by all players1.

Summary of program benefits

This solution provides a full range of technical support for casual game developers with the following core advantages:

⚡ Global low latency: Optimize transmission paths through globally accelerated GA with FC proximity processing.End-to-end latency reduced to less than 2-3 seconds, reducing 60% or more compared to traditional solutions.
? Extreme elasticity: The function calculates the FC can be realized according to the game flowSeconds of automatic capacity expansionThe new game will be launched and the event promotion will bring a flood of traffic, without the need to reserve resources.
? Cost Optimization: using Serverless architecture, billing based on actual usage, and running at almost zero cost during low peak gaming periods.Comprehensive cost reduction of 50% or more.
? Stable and reliable: Based on AliCloud's global infrastructure, providing 99.99% service availability.Automatic Disaster Tolerance Switching, guaranteeing that the game service lasts forever.

Application Scenarios and Applicable Customers

Applicable Business Scenarios

This program is particularly suitable for the following game scenarios:

Light Casual Games: such as chess, elimination, casual competition, ultra-casual, H5 and mini-games.
Global Games: The type of game that needs to allow global players to interact within the same server.
Real-time Leaderboards: The need for a globally harmonized ranking system for game competitions.
Player Data Synchronization: A system that requires real-time synchronization of player progress and achievements across regions.

Applicable Customer Characteristics

The solution is best suited for gaming companies with the following characteristics:

The program may or willExpansion of Gaming Business to Overseas Marketsof the development team.
PursuingFast go-live and iteration, teams that want to focus on game logic rather than infrastructure operations and maintenance.
expectationOptimize operating costs, especially teams that avoid over-reserving resources for peak traffic.
The team is small to medium sized and lacks a strongGlobal IT infrastructure operations and maintenance capabilityThe gaming company.