Case Study: Cloud Imperium Games achieves scalable, secure game development with Perforce Helix

CIG Controls the Growing Universe with Perforce Helix

Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) needed a way to manage an unusually large, globally distributed game development effort for Star Citizen, including massive asset libraries, many contractors, and a highly collaborative DevOps workflow. Using Perforce Helix, CIG sought fine-grained security, reliable version control, and infrastructure that could keep up with its rapidly growing, crowdfunding-fueled project.

Perforce implemented Helix Core and Helix Streams to give CIG file-level access control, branching support for distributed teams, and a resilient server architecture with backup and failover options. The result was a scalable system handling 338,000 files in the main repository and 23 million files across streams, moving 90 terabytes of data, while improving security, turnaround, and uptime enough that CIG upgraded to gigabit fiber to support the load.

Cloud Imperium Games

Mike Jones

Director of IT