COMBO is a leading provider of game-focused layer2 scaling solutions for Web3 game developers. COMBO is leveraging the world's top game engines to build an open-source, decentralized, game-oriented Layer2 that is accessible to everyone. It aims to maximize the potential of Web3 games by connecting game developers and players with the entire ecosystem in an efficient, affordable, and secure way.

Web3 games have yet to achieve mass adoption. Apart from the common issue of an excessive focus on financial aspects, the lack of a comprehensive full-stack solution that integrates mainstream game engine functionalities with blockchain technology has posed a significant challenge in developing high-quality Web3 games.

With the launch of COMBO's Testnet, developers now have an easier time than ever before in creating Web3 games with rich content. The COMBO team possesses a deep understanding of the challenges and pain points game developers face in today's market conditions when developing Web3 games. They have customized a range of technical solutions tailored to traditional game developers and Web3 native developers, streamlining and expediting the future process of Web3 game development.

COMBO accesses Testnet through the high-performance RPC node service of NodeReal. Due to the rapid changes in gaming traffic (for example, a game event will lead to a huge number of online operations), an elastic RPC node service is the key factor for the stability and availability of the COMBO network.

NodeReal uses Alibaba Cloud’s stable infrastructure deployed worldwide, providing users with an efficient, reliable, and secure RPC node access solution. NodeReal's core technology is to split the traditional RPC nodes into virtual nodes. Then, it can cope with business traffic changes in different scenarios through dynamic load balancing and automatic elastic scaling while ensuring high performance and stability of services.

NodeReal uses cross-regional database synchronization capabilities to support players in different regions to obtain the same high-speed RPC access service. At the same time, NodeReal uses the automated monitoring, deployment, and update services built by Alibaba Cloud to ensure the stability and consistency of RPC services, improving player’s gaming experience.

Alibaba Cloud provides a safe, stable, and flexible cloud environment and can meet compliance requirements and standards in various regions worldwide, providing the possibility of a decentralized architecture and a secure and reliable infrastructure for our production environment. At the same time, products (such as ACK, ACR, ECS, WAF, and big data) are very suitable for the needs of Web3 businesses (such as elasticity, security, and efficiency). As COMBO games develop, we believe Alibaba Cloud's services that support multi-region and multi-availability zone deployment will help COMBO achieve its decentralization goals.

The architecture of COMBO is built on Alibaba Cloud's global network, security, computing, and monitoring services. COMBO uses a highly available architecture for network and computing (based on ALB, ACK, and ECS) to ensure service stability and low latency. Additionally, COMBO has established comprehensive protection based on best practices to provide stable and secure guarantees for Web3 users. Services (such as Grafana and Log Service) provide the COMBO DevOps Team with rich monitoring and analysis capabilities.

COMBO brings together developers and creatives dedicated to creating exceptional gaming experiences for Web3 players. As the Web3 gaming ecosystem evolves, game developers continuously seek solutions that provide speed, scalability, and security without compromising game performance. In collaboration with Alibaba Cloud, COMBO is actively advancing the first-ever game-focused rollup, offering high availability, low latency, and stable development tools to empower global game developers. This support facilitates the development of Web3 games for mass adoption, fostering a more prosperous and innovative Web3 gaming ecosystem.