The Conf 2017 - How a Ruby on Rails server became a viable solution to a realtime strategy game for mobiles?

In this talk I share a bit of my experience working on a mobile gaming company, developing the backend for their game, and showing why a Ruby on Rails server environment was a viable option for their realtime strategy game.

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1. How a Ruby on Rails server became a viable solution to a realtime strategy game for mobiles? : #qa @cefigueiredo
2. Carlos Figueiredo @cefigueiredo cefigueiredo works at can be found on Bar tables after events ;)
3. 1 million $ answer #qa @cefigueiredo
4. Know what problems you really need to solve and solve only that #qa @cefigueiredo
5. Don’t anticipate a solution wait it be needed, if it does #qa @cefigueiredo
6. You can only sell what you have… So have it as soon as possible #qa @cefigueiredo
7. Time is the most expensive resource Spend it wisely #qa @cefigueiredo
8. What is Battleplans? Attack and Conquer game #qa @cefigueiredo
9. What is Battleplans? Many Heroes and troops possible #qa @cefigueiredo
10. What is Battleplans? Raise the army playing the game #qa @cefigueiredo
11. What is Battleplans? Capture and hold bases #qa @cefigueiredo
12. What is Battleplans? Attacker movements squads during attack #qa @cefigueiredo
13. What is Battleplans? Defenders just setup defense plans #qa @cefigueiredo
14. CHEATER!!! It’s not that realtime! #qa @cefigueiredo
15. It’s not cheat… It’s the same squad structure with tools to plan when move and where to #qa @cefigueiredo
16. Defenses notifications List who attacked and results all that asynchronously #qa @cefigueiredo
17. Surprise Not even the communication with servers are realtime #qa @cefigueiredo
18. Don't over engine The simplest solution can be enough #qa @cefigueiredo
19. Stay alert to identify issues Often they are tricky to identify a cause #qa @cefigueiredo
20. Add complexity on demand To solve a specific problem #qa @cefigueiredo
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22. Know what measures matters more For us was data consistency over performance #qa @cefigueiredo
23. Questions? #qa @cefigueiredo
24. Thank you @cefigueiredo cefigueiredo Bar tables after events ;) You can find Battleplans both on GooglePlay and AppStore. Enjoy! and me on… #qa @cefigueiredo