Updating a web portal for one of the largest Minecraft servers

GommeHD is a server for Minecraft, the best-selling video game of all time. It’s one of the largest Minecraft servers in Europe and definitely the largest in Germany.

GommeHD.net is the web portal for this server. There, players can communicate, purchase in-game equipment from the store, see their stats, compare ranks, and receive support. It’s the official hub for the GommeHD community.

The platform integrates with Minecraft servers through API that is highly sophisticated and has complex authorization mechanisms. Due to the number of concurrent GommeHD users varies widely, and the system needed to be able to easily handle high user traffic. Account data and other confidential information transmitted from game servers needed to be secured and protected from data leaks.

Our business analyst discussed the scope of the project with our client and helped to create specifications, requirements, and technical tasks. We transformed GommeHD.net into a mature, full-featured web portal with a clean, modern design and tight integration with the GommeHD game server’s API.

After testing several content management systems for the forum, our developers recommended Xenforo for this task. It’s a minimalist, flexible, and well-optimized platform for online communities. As for the game store, our developers created a completely custom solution, which allowed us to simplify the interface, streamline payment processes, and make the store easier to manage.

GommeHD received a new web portal that serves as the community hub and provides several long-awaited features:

• Users can now communicate with their fellow gamers using their in-game accounts.
• Players can keep an eye on server statistics and other users’ in-game stats with a simple web interface.
• GommeHD admins have an easy, centralized way to communicate with the community and share
  important information.