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WorkHigh-Scale Gaming Infrastructure Platform
Gaming / Entertainment
High-Scale Gaming Infrastructure Platform
Built and operated the full technology stack behind CraftiGames, a large-scale Minecraft network serving 50,000+ daily active players and 500,000+ monthly active users, including game servers, internal tooling, and workflow automation, continuously for over 10 years.
ClientCraftiGames
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50K+
Daily Active Users
500K+
Monthly Active Users
10+
Years in Production
5+
Team Size
What We Delivered
Full-stack gaming platform serving 500K+ monthly active users
Custom tooling for moderation, player support, and operations automation
Custom admin panels and internal tooling for a team of 5+
Auto-scaling Kubernetes infrastructure with zero-downtime deployments
Problem
Running a gaming network with hundreds of thousands of players means dealing with sudden traffic spikes, keeping everything online during updates, and making sure players across different servers stay in sync. On top of that, doing all of this with a small team means you need smart tooling and automation to keep up.
Solution
We built a system of separate services on Kubernetes, each handling a specific job: matchmaking, player data, game state, and real-time communication. Beyond the core platform, we built internal tools, admin panels, and custom automation that handles content moderation, player support, and day-to-day operations. This gives a team of 5+ the ability to run a platform serving half a million monthly users. The whole system supports updates with zero downtime and has been running continuously for over a decade.
Technology Used
KubernetesJavaRedisMySQL / MariaDBDockerPrometheus / GrafanaNginxPythonReact
Impact
50,000+ daily active players across a network of game servers
Platform has been running and evolving continuously for over 10 years
A team of 5+ keeps a platform running for half a million monthly users, made possible by the custom tooling and automation we built
Traffic spikes are handled automatically without anyone having to step in
Architecture Highlights
Auto-scaling infrastructure that adjusts to player activity in real time
Fast in-memory data layer so game state stays in sync across servers
Custom automation that handles moderation, player support, and routine operations without manual intervention
Custom admin panels and tools that let the team manage everything from one place
Lessons Learned
After a decade of running this, simple and reliable always wins over clever and complex
Automation works best when you point it at specific, repetitive tasks, not when you try to automate everything at once
Tools your team actually uses every day are worth more than any off-the-shelf product
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