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MidnightStudio’s Gaming Platform Modernization on AWS: Achieving Real-Time Scalability, Security & Performance

Overview

MidnightStudio, a rapidly-growing multiplayer Rummy gaming company, struggled with performance bottlenecks, frequent traffic spikes, and growing security threats as their user base expanded across India and global regions.
CloudGenX partnered with the studio to re-engineer their platform using a highly scalable, secure, and globally optimized AWS architecture.

Primary Goals and Objectives

✅ Enable real-time scalability during tournaments and peak hours
✅ Reduce gameplay latency for users across India & international markets
✅ Automate backend operations using serverless architecture
✅ Strengthen security posture against bots, DDoS bursts, and API attacks
✅ Improve visibility & traceability for debugging and audits

Performance & Scalability

• Serverless microservices using AWS Lambda

• FPGA-powered EC2 F1 for matchmaking, scoring & fraud detection

• CloudFront CDN for low-latency global content delivery

Security Enhancements

• AWS WAF rulesets for bot mitigation and API protection

• Full audit coverage using AWS CloudTrail

Data & Observability

• Ultra-fast NoSQL architecture via Amazon DynamoDB

• Centralized monitoring & alerting via CloudWatch

• Long-term log retention on S3 for analytics & compliance

Key Deliverables and Milestones

🔸 Modernized cloud-native gaming architecture
🔸 Deployed scalable real-time game event processing
🔸 Implemented secure API layer with WAF
🔸 Built low-latency global DynamoDB data model
🔸 Automated CI/CD workflows and environment setups

Business Challenges Addressed

Scalability & Performance

• Traffic surges during tournaments caused lag & downtime

• High latency for remote/global players

Security Risks

• Bot attacks, fake traffic bursts, potential DDoS attempts

Operational Overhead

• Manual scaling and patching consumed engineering bandwidth

Limited Visibility

• No unified logging for rapid root-cause analysis