Behind the community
Academy Hosting
Academy Hosting is the hosting side of Academy Gaming LLC. Having that technical experience within the team helps us plan server setup and ongoing upkeep when members want to establish a group in another game. Not every game needs or supports a hosted server, so the setup depends on the game and what the group needs.
For games that support dedicated hosting, server resources give members a shared world to return to without depending on one player keeping their own PC online.
Console and file access let our team configure supported games, manage mods, and schedule restarts around the needs of the group.
Backups, monitoring, and DDoS protection help the team look after shared servers and respond when something needs attention.
Website & Discord tools
A new game shouldn't mean starting every community tool from scratch. We can reuse the systems already behind our website and Discord to introduce the game, help members find each other, and share the first sessions. That leaves more time for the people organizing the group to actually play with it.
New game pages can use the site's existing directory, event listings, and ways to join. We can give a new group a place on the website without building a separate site for it. Cloudflare Workers runs the site and its API endpoints.
Our editors manage articles and images in the community site's own CMS, with D1 storing content and R2 holding media. That gives the team one place to publish introductions, guides, and updates as a game's community develops.
EventSync brings scheduled Discord events onto the website and relevant game pages. Members can find a session for their game, and the team doesn't need to maintain a second event calendar by hand.
Cloudflare Access and application checks restrict who can use the admin area. Contact forms validate submissions, filter spam, and email the team through Amazon SES, giving members a way to raise questions and ideas.
The useful part isn't the technology itself. It's being able to find the next session, understand how to join, and catch up on what your group is doing.
A scheduled session gives people a time and place to meet. Showing it on the website helps members discover groups, including games they haven't played with us before.
View community events
Community updates and guides give the team a place to explain what's happening, share useful information, and help newcomers take part without repeating everything in chat.
Read community updatesLet the team know what you'd like to play and whether others are interested. We can look at what the group would need, from a game page and scheduled sessions to a shared server where supported.
