An open source
backend server network engine liveops platform
for game studios
Build scalable infrastructure for online multiplayer games with ease. Engineer, designer, and producer friendly.
Download the Docker files and get busy building!
How it works
Publish and ship in 3 steps
Optimize all of your game's elements effortlessly right from your admin dashboard and launch your game on the fly.
For Producers
Elements gives you the keys to collaborate with your dev team
No-code / Low-code liveops platform
Streamlines collaboration between producers and developers by building elements of your game directly in the CMS. Save time and effort with no-code low-code.
Open source network engine
Permissive licensing lets you hop right into Elements without worrying about legal agreements up front.
Easy user account management
Secure management of user PII. Boot users who break community guidelines from the Elements CMS.
Easy LiveOps content management
Create new quests or in-game items in the Elements CMS. Hand off to your developers to build the hooks. Then manage those same components via the CMS.
For Designers
Elements accelerates game development
Streamline your game design and development workflow
You've just designed a kickass game. Leave the backend services to Elements. From user access, to leaderboards and in-game missions, to Elements enables your team to manage your in-game economy instantly.
Use the game engine of your choice
Whether you're designing in Unity, Unreal or Godot, your backend infrastructure doesn't have to be rocket science. Let Elements do the heavy lifting for you.
Build your beta with the open source Elements Community edition
Build your beta on the free Elements Community edition. When you are ready to scale your game, let Elements Cloud provide you with high-performance networking and content delivery.
For Engineers
Elements is fully customizable
Use the IDE of your choice
The Elements SDK is fully available on Maven Central and will work directly within the IDE of your choice with complete debugging support for all custom endpoints and workflows.
Fully documented APIs
A fully documented SDK enables maximum productivity from your team of developers virtually eliminating guesswork.
Built on proven technology
Deploy Elements with industry standard tools like Docker, enabling maximum productivity from your development team.
Enable instant deployments
Push your code to Git, automatically triggering a pipeline that deploys the application to cloud instances. The process in Elements is fully automated, ensuring seamless updates with minimal effort and no manual intervention.
platform integration
Easy integration with all game engines
The Elements REST API has been fully tested to work with your game engine of choice
Unity
Unreal
Godot
Build on the fly
Update live content with the Elements CMS
Manage your in-game content directly in the Elements CMS. Minus the rebuild or redeployment.
Explore genuine feedback from clients
The best way to showcase our commitment is through the experiences and stories of those who have partnered with us.
"A core component of our game Drop Squad™: The Escape are the PvP and tournament modes. With Elements, the Namazu Studios team gave us a seamless solution that conjoins the spirit of both gaming worlds!"
TJ Fechser
Bush League Games
"We contracted with Namazu Studios for their expertise in iPhone development, game design, and user interfaces. Their team had an extremely efficient workflow with flexibility to accommodate our team’s way of working. I highly recommend them and would relish the chance to work with them in the future."
Dan Hewitt
Konami
"IKIN has benefited greatly from using Namazu Studios for multiple projects; Building out machine learning frameworks to create novel user experiences. Namazu has successfully built both cross-platform and embeddable back end A.I. frameworks that will be the foundation of many new experiences for users in the years to come."
Taylor Scott
CTO - Ikin
Frequently Asked Questions
We're here to answer all your questions
Quick answers to questions you may have. Can't find what you're looking for? Check out our full documentation.
Yes! Elements industry standard OIDC support. Simply copy your credentials int our CMS and you unlock immediate interoperability between your existing application and Elements.
Elements supports any language supported by the Java Virtual Machine. This includes Java, Kotlin, Scala, JavaScript, Python, and many more!
Elements unparalleled scalability places virtually no limit on the number of people playing your game at any given time.
Yes. Elements’ multi-tenant architecture allows you to publish multiple titles within a single instance of elements across multiple platforms like PC, mobile, web and console.
Elements server authoritative architecture prevents item duplication and other exploits that affect your in game economy. Elements’ CMS allows you to quickly ban bad actors disrupting your game's community.
Elements follows industry accepted best practices for access control encryption and data security, enabling your studio to comply with security regulations like CCPA and GDPR.