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by Rohansi 435 days ago
The first two problems are nothing, IMO. Server <> client sync is handled by your engine or, if you need to roll your own, it's not that hard. Syncing to a database is more tedious than difficult.

Getting rid of a game engine on the server side adds a lot more work. I don't think it would even balance out.
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flockonus 434 days ago
Having implemented the first two for a web game i absolutely guarantee you those are far from "nothing". It takes considerable diagraming & handling to coordinate FE + API on state changes.

If they in fact can solve that (haven't checked myself), it would be a massive time saving for development.

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Rohansi 434 days ago
Maybe I'm just used to it having implemented it several times. But my point is that they require a relatively fixed amount of effort. Once it's implemented you shouldn't need to touch it again.
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