Behind Massive Screens | EP 16 | The Magic Of Online Programming

Beyond Games

In this episode of Behind Massive Screens, we delve into the subject of online programming together with Senior Online Programmer Omar Elbehaedi to find out what makes online games tick. We also delve into the subject of why code is beautiful and discuss that most forbidden topic – netcode.

You head into a Team Deathmatch, the Dark Zone, or a 4000-player battle in a space MMORPG. The players are located all over the world. The bullets are flying. But how does the technology that makes all this possible actually work? What do the online programmers do behind the scenes to make sure the information is sent over the Internet, in the most effective way, and that all those connections are stable?

Resources

Books:

A Tour of C++ 3rd edition, by Bjarne Stroustrup - https://www.stroustrup.com/Tour.html

C++ Templates: The Complete Guide 2nd Edition by David Vandevoorde, Nicolai Josuttis, Douglas Gregor - http://www.tmplbook.com/

YouTube channels:

That Dev Ops Guy YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@MarcelDempers

Onur Mutlu Lectures - https://www.youtube.com/@OnurMutluLectures

Tools:

Kubernetes - https://kube.academy/

Intel VTune

Valgrind

perf (Linux)

Prometheus

Loki and promtail

Grafana

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