Mothwire Journal
Making the Range Run Faster
A focused performance milestone aimed at making everyday gameplay faster and more efficient.
Claim the Range has grown considerably, and performance is becoming an increasingly important part of development.
This milestone focused on measuring actual application behavior rather than guessing where improvements were needed. We reduced the amount of CSS and JavaScript loaded by the main game screen, simplified several database operations, and improved how resource balances are retrieved.
The work produced measurable improvements in local testing without changing the game's established appearance or mechanics.
Performance work is not always exciting to look at, but it provides an important foundation for a multiplayer game that needs to remain responsive as its world and player activity grow.