The 5 backend tools every game developer needs

Great ideas aren’t enough.

At the recent Game Developer Conference Europe in Cologne, I met a lot of developers with creative and innovative ideas. Some of these ideas could have a big impact on the game industry. Unfortunately, most of these developers were making easily avoidable infrastructure mistakes, like building onsite rather than in the cloud — a shortsighted decision that greatly hinders their ability to scale. Great ideas only get game developers so far; they also need the proper architecture tools.