[rabbitmq-discuss] is RabbitMQ a good choice for a small-scale multiplayer game server?

[George Oliver]

hi, I'm evaluating design choices while writing a game server. As I don't 
have a lot of experience with distributed systems I'd appreciate advice 
from you all. 

My project is a mud (real-time multiplayer text game) where you can write 
the game logic in different programming languages; for example, the 
movement system in Python and the combat system in Ruby. These systems 
communicate via message over a socket with the central server which manages 
player connections. 

I like the idea of using message queues and RabbitMQ looks like a 
particularly nice project, but I'm concerned it might be overkill for my 
needs. I'm familiar with the notes at 
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Message_Queue_Evaluation_Notes but their 
use case is much different than my own. I don't anticipate more than 500 
player connections and 50 game logic processes (though each logic process 
could have, say, 100 queues). On the other hand I'll need to find solutions 
for some of what RMQ does anyway. 

Do you think I'm setting myself up for trouble by bringing in what seems 
like a big framework for this kind of project? 


thanks, George

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