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"We got to the point... where our servers were struggling," Thakkar said. "We were building Band-Aids on top on Band-Aids on top of Band-Aids, and they were all scalable solutions, and we were growing, but we needed to make sure we were planning for the future."To solve the problem, a team of 20 engineers set out to create some brand new server architecture for the Buy Runescape Gold game. After working on the reboot for more than two months, however, the team realized its approach was far too complicated, and that it had overlooked a far easier, and much simpler solution. It was a touch decision, but the team chose to put aside all that work and started over from scratch."The most inspiring part of that for me is the lesson that you should never, ever, ever be afraid to take a step back, look at your Runeacape game, look at your development team, look at what you're doing, and consider a pivot," Thakkar said.That's not to say developers should change direction whenever something isn't working, but Thakkar explained that it's important to re-evaluate your plans once in a while to keep your team from developing tunnel vision. If you're too committed to your original plans, it's easy to overlook some helpful alternatives.For even more lessons from Word With Friends' development, you can watch Thakkar's presentation in the above video, courtesy of the GDC Vault.About the GDC VaultIn addition to this presentation, the GDC Vault offers numerous other free videos, audio recordings, and slides from many of the recent GDC events, and the service offers even more members-only content for GDC Vault subscribers. Those who purchased All Access passes to events like GDC and GDC Europe already have full access to GDC Vault, and interested parties can apply for the individual subscription Beta via a GDC Vault inquiry form.Group subscriptions are also available: Runeacape game-related schools and development studios who sign up for GDC Vault Studio Subscriptions can receive access for their entire office or company. More information on this option is available via an online demonstration, and interested parties can send an email to Gillian Crowley. In addition, current subscribers with access issues can contact GDC Vault admins.Be sure to keep an eye on GDC Vault for even more new content, as GDC organizers will also archive videos, audio, and slides from upcoming 2012 events like GDC Online and GDC China. To stay abreast of all the latest updates to GDC Vault, be sure to check out the news feed on the official GDC website, or subscribe to updates via Twitter, Facebook, or RSS. In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our bloggers write about diverse topics, such as surviving layoff roulette in the Cheap Black Desert gold game industry, designing Runeacape player team-based mechanics, and more.Member Blogs can be maintained by any registered Gamasutra user, while invitation-only Expert Blogs also highlighted weekly are written by selected development professionals.We hope that our blog sections can provide useful and interesting viewpoints on our industry.

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