Code Wizards CEO reflects on 24 years of keeping games online

Code Wizards' CEO, looking back on 24 years of keeping games online, says a smooth launch comes down to proactive troubleshooting ahead of time rather than firefighting after the fact. He boils launch preparation down to 5 key points, including load and soak testing at 120% of expected peak concurrent players, and a communication plan that covers both engineering and the community. As for where AI sits in development, he says AI code generation offers limited help on large-scale systems and closed console platforms, and is currently mainly used to speed up experimentation and produce rough-draft art and placeholder dialogue.

AI-written from the coverage · updated 2 h ago

Not enough continuous observations to chart a trend yet.