THE SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE OF PALIA

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The MMO Palia has a complex architecture, using Unreal Engine for its game engine and a microservice approach with services for specific player features. The game uses ScyllaDB (column store) for its main database along with PostgreSQL for specific use cases where a relational model is necessary. This article goes into deep detail about the architecture of the MMO and the reasoning behind each decision.