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Beamable Leverages PubNub to Enhance Game Development Experience

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Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms
Applicable Industries	Cement Construction & Infrastructure
Applicable Functions	Product Research & Development
Use Cases	Construction Management Infrastructure Inspection
Challenge	Beamable, a live game server platform, was initially a game developer that turned popular entertainment brands into successful games. They understood the challenges of game development, which include creating an engaging story, coding the software, and building the infrastructure for many individual components. Game servers require complex features, tooling, and performance characteristics. Ensuring that the tools are intuitive, the technology is easy to implement, and it performs at scale is challenging. In 2015, Beamable's platform was growing faster than their previous pub/sub solution could handle. They needed a Unity-compatible pub/sub system to push information from server to client. They also required a robust Unity SDK, infrastructure they could afford to forget about, and flexible pricing that supported their growth without worrying about financial penalties. Read More
About Customer	Beamable is a live game server platform for developers looking to build live game features and workflows into their Unity or Unreal game project. They provide game developers with the ability to rapidly add social, commerce, and content management to their games. Initially, Beamable was a game developer, turning popular entertainment brands like Star Trek and Game of Thrones into hugely successful games. Having built several successful games, they understood the challenges and launched a new business to help other developers eliminate the difficult creation of server-based game technology so creators can stay focused on a game’s differentiators. Read More
Solution	Beamable chose to partner with PubNub, having used their chat capabilities in their previous games. PubNub was able to adapt to Beamable's need to have potentially hundreds or thousands of games using a common backbone. Today, Beamable uses PubNub to provide the vital infrastructure for all server-to-client messaging, synchronizing the state between their backend and end-user clients in real time. This includes common applications like chat or more behind-the-scenes functionality like notifying a client if a new content update is available or a specific player has received a new message, item, or offer. With PubNub, Beamable can provide a smooth experience, a highly reactive feeling app, and the ability to build novel experiences for players worldwide. They are confident in the reliability of PubNub’s 99.999% SLA. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms

Applicable Industries

Cement

Construction & Infrastructure

Applicable Functions

Product Research & Development

Use Cases

Construction Management

Infrastructure Inspection

Challenge

Beamable, a live game server platform, was initially a game developer that turned popular entertainment brands into successful games. They understood the challenges of game development, which include creating an engaging story, coding the software, and building the infrastructure for many individual components. Game servers require complex features, tooling, and performance characteristics. Ensuring that the tools are intuitive, the technology is easy to implement, and it performs at scale is challenging. In 2015, Beamable's platform was growing faster than their previous pub/sub solution could handle. They needed a Unity-compatible pub/sub system to push information from server to client. They also required a robust Unity SDK, infrastructure they could afford to forget about, and flexible pricing that supported their growth without worrying about financial penalties.

About Customer

Beamable is a live game server platform for developers looking to build live game features and workflows into their Unity or Unreal game project. They provide game developers with the ability to rapidly add social, commerce, and content management to their games. Initially, Beamable was a game developer, turning popular entertainment brands like Star Trek and Game of Thrones into hugely successful games. Having built several successful games, they understood the challenges and launched a new business to help other developers eliminate the difficult creation of server-based game technology so creators can stay focused on a game’s differentiators.

Solution

Beamable chose to partner with PubNub, having used their chat capabilities in their previous games. PubNub was able to adapt to Beamable's need to have potentially hundreds or thousands of games using a common backbone. Today, Beamable uses PubNub to provide the vital infrastructure for all server-to-client messaging, synchronizing the state between their backend and end-user clients in real time. This includes common applications like chat or more behind-the-scenes functionality like notifying a client if a new content update is available or a specific player has received a new message, item, or offer. With PubNub, Beamable can provide a smooth experience, a highly reactive feeling app, and the ability to build novel experiences for players worldwide. They are confident in the reliability of PubNub’s 99.999% SLA.

Impact #1	The partnership with PubNub has allowed Beamable to focus on their differentiators, rather than worrying about their infrastructure. They have found a partner that allows them to provide their customers with a robust solution to build highly engaging and interactive games and the confidence to support huge audiences across various devices and operating systems. PubNub has been a reliable partner for stability and uptime over many years. The development time saved when building and operating the technology, the features they can offer in their platform, and the success of the games of their customers are major indicators of a successful partnership that continues to provide value. PubNub continues to roll out new and interesting features that open new possibilities, allowing Beamable to deliver novel features to their customers and their players.

Impact #1

The partnership with PubNub has allowed Beamable to focus on their differentiators, rather than worrying about their infrastructure. They have found a partner that allows them to provide their customers with a robust solution to build highly engaging and interactive games and the confidence to support huge audiences across various devices and operating systems. PubNub has been a reliable partner for stability and uptime over many years. The development time saved when building and operating the technology, the features they can offer in their platform, and the success of the games of their customers are major indicators of a successful partnership that continues to provide value. PubNub continues to roll out new and interesting features that open new possibilities, allowing Beamable to deliver novel features to their customers and their players.

Benefit #1	Beamable's platform was able to grow faster than their previous solution could handle.
Benefit #2	Beamable is confident in the reliability of PubNub’s 99.999% SLA.
Benefit #3	Beamable has seen millions of players across various devices successfully use their products.

Benefit #1

Beamable's platform was able to grow faster than their previous solution could handle.

Benefit #2

Beamable is confident in the reliability of PubNub’s 99.999% SLA.

Benefit #3

Beamable has seen millions of players across various devices successfully use their products.

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Beamable Leverages PubNub to Enhance Game Development Experience

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