Case Study: Disruptor Beam achieves 30% faster load times and console-quality visuals for Game of Thrones Ascent with Instart Logic

Disruptor Beam - Customer Case Study

Disruptor Beam, a Boston-based game developer, built the HTML5 social game Game of Thrones Ascent and faced the challenge of delivering console-quality, high-resolution art and complex gameplay to millions of users instantly. With viral growth expected and tight economics, the team needed lightning-fast time-to-interaction, smooth image loads for images much larger than typical casual games, and industry‑leading retention at a reasonable cost.

To meet those goals they complemented a scalable cloud backend with Instart Logic’s Web Application Streaming Network, which streams just enough of each image for immediate interaction while loading details in the background. Deployment was simple (DNS change) and produced an estimated 30% performance lift over traditional CDNs, easily handled the launch traffic spike and sustained tens of thousands of concurrent users, reducing lag and improving the overall player experience.

Disruptor Beam

Jon Radoff

CEO and Founder