# MMORPG in Rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mmorpg-in-rails/168641>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 23, 2009, 12:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mmorpg-in-rails/168641 "2009-05-23T12:04:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![jeremy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@jeremy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeremy)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 12:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mmorpg-in-rails/168641/1 "2009-05-23T12:04:25Z")

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Hi I’m trying to make a simple browser based MMORPG in Rails for fun.

One of the issues that I cannot resolve is how to architect several  
universes. For example, go to [www.ogame.org](http://www.ogame.org) and you will see that the  
user can sign up to multiple universes to play in. Or kind of like WoW  
where you can sign in to separate worlds. However for my game the  
player is only allowed to ever play in the world he signed up in.

Would the best way to achieve this “partitioning” to create several  
databases? Or is there a more effective way? I don’t want to do it in  
such a way that maintenance becomes a nightmare.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![jeremy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@jeremy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeremy)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mmorpg-in-rails/168641/2 "2009-05-23T16:01:29Z")

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You are going down the WRONG path. This shouldn’t even be a question for  
you. Build your game, then if/when you need it, look into making  
multiple  
servers.  
Jason