Sony patents cloud system for developers to edit game code together
Sony describes a cloud-based system that lets multiple game developers work on the same code at the same time. Each developer uses a virtual development kit in a data center, so changes made by one person are immediately visible to others. The system also allows specific code sections to be isolated in separate workspaces to prevent one developer's testing from slowing down the group.
In the filing’s own words
Systems, methods, and code for allowing several game developers to efficiently collaborate in video game development. In one example, a data center can include a number of virtual development kits, each with access to the game code and assets for a video game. Each of a number of client devices can access and edit the game code and assets using one of the virtual development kits. Developers using the client devices can see the game code and assets in the edited form as edits are made by the various client devices. In another example, blocks of code being edited can be sequestered in a cloned workspace. This separation can help to prevent the debugging process on the blocks of code from slowing other development.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computer-implemented method of editing game code, the method comprising, with a data center: storing source code for a video game; providing a shared workspace; copying the source code to the shared workspace; providing a plurality of virtual development kits coupled to the shared workspace; and providing an interface for a plurality of client devices to couple to the plurality of virtual development kits, wherein when the game code is edited by a first client device using a first development kit in the plurality of development kits, the edited game code is accessible by a second client device using a second development kit in the plurality of development kits.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.)
- Official title
- MULTI-DEVELOPER CLOUD-BASED GAME DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT WITH SHARED AND CLONED WORKSPACES
- Publication number
- US20260299895A1
- Application number
- 19097369
- Filed
- Apr 1, 2025
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
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