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Redis Labs Helps Jelly Button Games Deliver its Applications Faster and More Reliably

Technology Category
  • Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics
  • Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Industries
  • E-Commerce
  • Software
Applicable Functions
  • Business Operation
  • Product Research & Development
Services
  • Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
  • System Integration
The Challenge
Jelly Button Games faced significant challenges with their viral hit game, Pirate Kings, which saw a massive increase in daily active users from 1,000 to 3.5 million in less than a month. This surge translated to 1 million requests per minute, overwhelming the operations staff. The game's real-time interactions required fast read and write capabilities to maintain an engaging and interactive experience. Additionally, Jelly Button needed to address high availability, seamless scaling, monitoring and management, and 24×7 support for their mission-critical Redis layer.
About The Customer
Jelly Button Games, founded in 2011 and based in Tel-Aviv, Israel, is a developer of multiplayer free-to-play games. The company is known for its popular game Pirate Kings, which has 80 million users and 100 million installs overall. Jelly Button Games leverages Redis Enterprise to manage its social functionality and session store, ensuring greater reliability and higher speed for its applications.
The Solution
Jelly Button Games implemented Redis Enterprise as a versatile solution for various needs, including caching, leaderboards, persistent database, pub/sub, and timeseries database. Redis Enterprise's high-speed transactions and user session store capabilities helped maintain latency under 25 milliseconds per operation. The platform's features, such as high availability, seamless scaling, and robust monitoring and management, were crucial in handling the massive user base and real-time interactions of Pirate Kings. Redis Enterprise's deep operational and technical expertise provided Jelly Button with the necessary support to manage their growing data size and processing needs.
Operational Impact
  • Jelly Button Games can store 13 million keys of player data and manage 20k operations per second with an average latency of 0.06 milliseconds.
  • The use of Redis Enterprise allowed Jelly Button to instantly locate players globally or within friends' leaderboards, enhancing the gaming experience.
  • The company experienced better performance for lower operational costs and decided to use Redis as their primary data storage solution.
Quantitative Benefit
  • Cost savings: up to 30%
  • Faster time to market: 50-70%
  • Reduced downtime: >90%

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