This wouldn't be flooding the server, but to serve these requests you may need a large number of live instances that might drive up costs.
I'd run a quick test to see if this'll work for your scheme. I suspect most low latency games will work well (turn based games), but a first person shooter might not (I've seen a demo to the contrary, of course). -- Ikai Lan Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine plus.ikailan.com | twitter.com/ikai On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Donnerdose <[email protected]>wrote: > Hallo, > > I would really like to use GAE for a little game server. It shouldn't > be real-time but just for a round-based game. However, as GAE does not > support any permanent connections, the only possibility to allow for > notifications of the clients for news would be to make many requests > like 60-120 per minute for updates. For example, if I programmed a > little chess program and it is white's turn, black had to ask the > server permanently on whether white did make a move (P2P wouldn't be > nice as I want the user to avoid acting as a server). > > I could also use channels but I think that the manipulation hazard is > far higher when using javascript than e.g. using a normal java applet, > so that I would rather use a normal java applet. > > So, is it allowed to make many requests towards a GAE server or would > that be considered as flooding or abusing? Are there any new > techniques for client notification which I might not have read about > so far? > > Thank you very much! > Michael > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
