So you use Docker to keep the build system unchanged between builds? That’s genius if so and cuts deeply into MSBuild’s main advantage (comprehensively delineated system settings).
I think there might be a misunderstanding. I'm just talking about the multiplayer service infrastructure, not the whole game.
Despite doing a lot and having a lot of smaller moving parts, the mp infra is of moderate code size and build complexity is not a concern. The whole thing compiles in less than 5 minutes, and can be done with nimble (the package manager). We have a docker builder image that spits out the final production image containing the apps, and a docker-compose setup then runs those as needed.
Any kind of per-platform specifics are handled in nim itself (when defined(Linux): etc) and via nim.config/nims.nim, to link in platform libraries.
Despite doing a lot and having a lot of smaller moving parts, the mp infra is of moderate code size and build complexity is not a concern. The whole thing compiles in less than 5 minutes, and can be done with nimble (the package manager). We have a docker builder image that spits out the final production image containing the apps, and a docker-compose setup then runs those as needed.
Any kind of per-platform specifics are handled in nim itself (when defined(Linux): etc) and via nim.config/nims.nim, to link in platform libraries.