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It has some major issues unfortunately, including massive input lag and frequent latency spikes. This makes most deaths that occur feel very random, rather than
by TTPrograms 10y ago
It has some major issues unfortunately, including massive input lag and frequent latency spikes. This makes most deaths that occur feel very random, rather than the result of skilled play. These issues were around months ago, so I'm not sure it's simply the result of any recent virality referenced in this article.
- syngrog66 10y agolag/latency most likely due to combination of high/increasing traffic plus imperfect arch/code. but traffic is a Very Good Problem to have for a game, especially if his revenue comes from advertising, and is passive. if I were him I'd focus first on identifying & fixing his bottlenecks, and consult a cheatsheet list like this to see if he's overlooked anything: http://synisma.neocities.org/perf_scale_cheatsheet.pdf http://synisma.neocities.org/perf_scale_cheatsheet.pdf
- GunlogAlm 10y agoLag spikes -- yes, definitely, and they're annoying. But are you sure the 'input lag' you're referring to isn't the small (by design) delay between moving the mouse and the snake moving?