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braains2 moves 10x the data per frame of the original braains.io: 3D, 100 players per room instead of 50, 30 Hz instead of 15. Per-player bandwidth still fell from about 300 KB/s to about 35 KB/s. #gamedev #unity3d #indiedev

6/10/26, 2:00 pm4 reposts12 likes

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Cost per monthly active user went from $0.024 to $0.0027 on AWS bandwidth, with nobody hand-tuning serialization. The saving paid for servers in South America, near most of the players.

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Our favourite row is the last one: release candidate in 4 weeks instead of 15. The full table: kinematicsoup.com/blog/braains2-case-study-reactor-scene-fusion

kinematicsoup.comCase Study: Braains2, 10x the Data, 8x Less Bandwidth | KinematicSoupHow braains.io developer Jayun Noe used Reactor and Scene Fusion to double the player count, double the update rate, and cut bandwidth costs to 1/10th of the original game.