Scalability of web applications with Ruby on Rails

in comparison to an existing Massively Multiplayer Online Browser-Based Game

Bachelor Report – B.Sc. Computer Science

Universität Bremen / AG Rechnernetze

Thorben Schröder (walski@tzi.de)

Tutor: Carsten Bormann (cabo@tzi.de)

Introduction

In this paper I will explore if it is possible to develop a
Massively Multiplayer Online Browser-Based Game (MMOBG) with Ruby and Rails
which is able to handle the same load as the existing MMOBG
Tribal Wars while not exceeding the costs of
operation of Tribal Wars.