Scalify news http://www.scalify.com/blog All news and information about Badumna Network Suite Wed, 16 May 2012 01:04:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Starfish Ventures invests $2M in Scalify http://www.scalify.com/blog/?p=61 http://www.scalify.com/blog/?p=61#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 01:04:11 +0000 steve http://www.scalify.com/blog/?p=61 Continue reading →]]> Starfish Ventures today announced a $2,000,000 investment in Scalify, a networking technology designed for fast and efficient creation of multi-user applications, especially online games and virtual worlds.
Scalify’s core technology, Badumna, uses the end-user network to deliver most of its functionality instead of relying on large server-farms. This leads to games that are more attractive to play, have better performance and lower operating costs.
The market for online games has undergone explosive growth in recent years, with many popular games attracting over a million players per day very soon after launch. However, this rapid growth can create major infrastructure challenges for game publishers.
The traditional client-server model for online games relies on communication to be centralised, which slows gameplay, is difficult to scale quickly, and reduces the number of players online at any one time. By allowing traffic to be carried peer-to-peer, Badumna resolves these issues and enables publishers to create new types of games that were previously either impossible or impractical.
Scalify released the first version of the Badumna product last year and it is now being used to power games across the US, Europe and Asia. The investment funds will be used to expand the company’s sales and marketing capability and increase the range of game development platforms supported.
Starfish Investment Director Anthony Glenning joins the Board of Scalify. Mr Glenning was the founder of Tonic Systems, which was acquired by Google in 2007. He said: “The online gaming market is large and is growing quickly, but is hindered by the traditional client-server model which is expensive and limits scalability. We recognised Scalify’s unique solution for peer to peer games, especially in terms of scalability and reducing traffic to the server”.
Steve Telburn, CEO of Scalify, said: “We always get a great reaction to our product from customers, so we’ve always been very keen to expand its reach. We’re thrilled that this investment will now enable us to show Badumna’s full potential.”
The company’s core technology was developed by NICTA, Australia’s Information and Communications Technology Research Centre of Excellence. The NICTA peer-to-peer research team saw that the traditional client-server architecture created many problems for multi-player applications such as online games and virtual worlds, and undertook a four-year research program to design and develop a better approach.

]]> http://www.scalify.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=61 0 Badumna 2.1.1 has been released http://www.scalify.com/blog/?p=58 http://www.scalify.com/blog/?p=58#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 05:27:00 +0000 steve http://www.scalify.com/blog/?p=58 Badumna ver 2.1.1 has been released. This includes a minor bug fix related to MySql and Dei Server. If you are using MySql as your backend database then you should install this patch release.

]]> http://www.scalify.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=58 0 Badumna 2.0 out now! http://www.scalify.com/blog/?p=42 http://www.scalify.com/blog/?p=42#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:54:32 +0000 steve http://www.scalify.com/blog/?p=42 Continue reading →]]> We are pleased to announce the release of Badumna 2.0, the next generation of Badumna.
Badumna now comes with a completely optimised core that significantly improves the performance of Badumna. It also includes a bunch of new features to make multiplayer networking even easier.

Badumna 2.0 includes a distributed validation system that allows developers to design fully secure cheat-resistant applications without having to compromise on the scalability offered by Badumna. Distributed validation system raises the bar on cheating and can offer the security of a client-server architecture on-demand with its ability to dynamically switch between client-server mode and peer-to-peer mode. This version also marks the release of our C++ bindings which are available as a separate download. Badumna can now support any C++ based game engine.

Badumna 2.0 also includes a Statistics Server package that allows game publishers to track live user activity and obtain various analytics. Fully source code for this package is provided for developers to extend the functionality as per their requirements.

To learn more about all the new features included in Badumna 2.0, please feel free to browse our website and review the developer documentation. Thanks again for all your support and we look forward to helping you build bigger and better games.

Happy gaming!

]]> http://www.scalify.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=42 0 Scalify wins a merit award at the 2011 national iAwards ceremony http://www.scalify.com/blog/?p=50 http://www.scalify.com/blog/?p=50#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:45:10 +0000 steve http://www.scalify.com/blog/?p=50 Continue reading →]]> Scalify won a merit award for its innovative product Badumna, at the
2011 national iAwards ceremony in the media and entertainment category.
The iAwards are delivered by Australia’s peak industry bodies – The
Australian Computer Society (ACS), Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA), and Pearcey Foundation. They honour Australian companies that are at the
cutting edge of technology innovation. Badumna was designed to overcome
the problems with conventional networking products. Badumna’s innovative architecture provides a highly scalable platform that can support millions of users with minimal
infrastructure.

Winning an iAward demonstrates that Scalify is at the cutting edge of
innovation and is constantly pushing those limits. The Scalify team was congratulated by Prof. Rob Evans, NICTA’s Victorian Research Laboratory Director. “Their enthusiasm and ingenuity has resulted in a truly innovative and disruptive technology that can help games developers and service providers save money and deliver a superior experience to their customers.”

For more information on Scalify, visit www.scalify.com. To learn more about iAwards, visit www.iawards.com.au.

]]> http://www.scalify.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=50 0 Now shipping Badumna 1.4.2 http://www.scalify.com/blog/?p=36 http://www.scalify.com/blog/?p=36#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:58:03 +0000 admin http://www.scalify.com/blog/?p=36 Continue reading →]]> A new update of Badumna is now available for download. This update includes improvements to the chat service and also a few additional features. Refer to the change log in the user manual to learn about the new features in this update.

]]> http://www.scalify.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=36 0 Badumna now with XNA support! http://www.scalify.com/blog/?p=34 http://www.scalify.com/blog/?p=34#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 06:41:31 +0000 admin http://www.badumna.com/scalify/blog/?p=34 Continue reading →]]> We are pleased to announce a new release of Badumna (ver 1.4.1). Apart from a couple of minor bug fixes, this version includes support for the XNA game development platform. This version comes with an XNA package that includes a complete XNA demo with detailed instructions on how to use Badumna.

Happy gaming to all XNA users!

]]> http://www.scalify.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=34 0 Badumna 1.4 out now! http://www.scalify.com/blog/?p=30 http://www.scalify.com/blog/?p=30#comments Sun, 24 Oct 2010 23:56:57 +0000 admin http://www.badumna.com/scalify/blog/?p=30 Continue reading →]]> We’re proud to announce the commercial release of the Badumna Network Suite.

Badumna Network Suite is a complete networking solution for fast and efficient creation of multiplayer applications, especially online games and virtual worlds. Badumna utilises a decentralised architecture that eliminates major problems with conventional client-server solutions – poor scalability and performance, high operating costs and the separation of players into different servers or shards.

More than 600 game developers tried out our beta and many of you have seen how Badumna could completely change the way multiplayer games are developed and published. Many new games powered by Badumna will be launched over the next two months, so keep an eye on our showcase: http://www.scalify.com/showcase.php

Badumna is now available in three different versions. Badumna Indie provides independent developers with a complete multiplayer networking solution for just US$200 per game.  Badumna Pro MMO is designed for larger MMOs and is provided via a flexible monthly ‘pay as your grow’ subscription fee based on the number of concurrent players. The subscription fee is significantly less than the monthly cost of the servers and bandwidth that would be required to host your MMO without Badumna.  Badumna Custom is designed for non-MMO social games and enterprise applications and is priced based on an assessment of your specific application requirements.  Further information regarding pricing can be found here: www.scalify.com/store

The new version contains a bunch of new features to make multiplayer networking even easier.  Badumna 1.4 includes a distributed lookup service that eliminates the need to hard code server addresses in your client code, distributed Non-Player Characters (NPCs) that are automagically hosted on client machines rather than servers, fully automated HTTP tunnelling support and complete support for buddy lists.  Further information regarding these changes can be found in our developer documentation : http://www.scalify.com/support.php

Make sure you browse our new website to learn more about Badumna, review the new developer documentation, check out the showcase of some Badumna powered applications and participate in our new user forums.

Thanks again for your support and suggestions and we look forward to helping you all build bigger and better games.

]]> http://www.scalify.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=30 0 Badumna 1.3.1 now available http://www.scalify.com/blog/?p=28 http://www.scalify.com/blog/?p=28#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 06:41:29 +0000 steve http://www.badumna.com/scalify/blog/?p=28 Continue reading →]]> We have released an update of Badumna Network Suite. Apart from a few fixes, this update includes an enhanced Seed Peer package that is Dei Server compliant. We would like to thank all the developers for providing very constructive feedback. Your support and feedback will help us take Badumna to the next level.

]]> http://www.scalify.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=28 0 Badumna 1.3 released http://www.scalify.com/blog/?p=26 http://www.scalify.com/blog/?p=26#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:38:43 +0000 steve http://www.badumna.com/scalify/blog/?p=26 Continue reading →]]> We are pleased to announce the release of a new version of Badumna Network Suite. This release includes exciting new features such as a Unity package, authentication and user management system, and support for file streaming. For a complete list of features, please go to the “Features” section. Download now and start playing!

]]> http://www.scalify.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=26 0 ARN Channel http://www.scalify.com/blog/?p=20 http://www.scalify.com/blog/?p=20#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:31:26 +0000 steve http://www.badumna.com/scalify/blog/?p=20 NICTA gaming platform geared for Q1 release. The research institutes MMO platform to reduce cost of hosting servers. Read more…

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