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How a browser game like Lagos Life gets built
Original video: “Lagos Life: How to Develop a Money Making Browser Based Game Like this” by Ifeanyi Williamchi
What it covers
Not a gameplay video. A developer’s explainer on what it takes to build a browser game at this scale: HTML, CSS and JavaScript on the front end, a back end and database to remember every player, game engines, and hosting strong enough for 160,000 people online at once.
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Takeaways
- Launch-week lag was mostly server load from unexpected traffic.
Numbers come from the live game build and may change after updates.