driftdb VS colyseus

(Author here) Durable Objects are a great product, especially for the “just need a sync layer” use case. The db layer mentioned in the article is built to run on either Durable Objects or (as a regular Linux process) on Plane. https://driftdb.com/

I ported some tests from jest to bun recently and have been been pleasantly surprised -- it was pretty much a drop-in replacement and the speed difference is certainly noticeable.

That said, it was a tiny and simple test set[1]. It may not be ready yet for more complex tests, as the docs warn[2]:

> You've never seen a JavaScript test runner this fast (or incomplete).

[1] https://github.com/drifting-in-space/driftdb/blob/main/js-pk...

[2] https://bun.sh/

You should check out https://driftdb.com/ Might help you

If you don't want to dive deep into backend then https://colyseus.io/ might also be an option.

Since you already know Javascript you could try to use some existing server framework at first to avoid having to do everything from scratch. https://github.com/colyseus/colyseus

Try this Node.js based server framework https://github.com/colyseus/colyseus

https://colyseus.io/ (Authoritative server, that works with many engines JavaScript/Phaser/Unity/Haxe/Defold)

If you want web based you'll likely use Javascript for frontend/client. Check if this JS game server framework has what you need https://github.com/colyseus/colyseus

Also check Colyseus. Bit similar multiplayer server framework and built on top of Node.js/TypeScript. https://github.com/colyseus/colyseus

The above project uses a Node.js authoritative game state called Colyseus (https://github.com/colyseus/colyseus) which handles the state synchronisation between clients and server.

We use Colyseus for this. Pretty easy and open source too. https://colyseus.io/