A Billion Players, Vectors and AI, without Melting the Database!
Learn how to scale your game backend from zero to a billion players while enriching data with AI and vector embeddings for improved engagement and retention. This session covers proven patterns used by top online games, simplifying live services backends and avoiding costly, complex solutions during game development.
Games launch at the lowest cost, but need to be ready for that massive scale, or end up on the front page of reddit. And scale isn't your only worry, enriching your gaming data with AI and vector embeddings to improve outcomes such engagement and retention, shouldn't break the bank or create unnecessary complexity! This session will share some of the patterns and practices followed by some of the biggest online games, covering topics such as scaling from zero to a billion players and beyond, adding AI embeddings to your data, all while simplifying the live services backend stack. Learn how to make informed decisions during game development, and be ready to run hot without melting the database!