Systems and Methods for Efficient Content Management and Distribution for Video Game Development

A method of distributing an image file and a first plurality of data chunks in a video game development environment comprising at least one game studio that has a plurality of client computing devices and at least one cache node in data communication with each other over a first network local to the at least one game studio, wherein the plurality of client computing devices are in data communication, through the at least one cache node, with remotely located first and second servers over a second network external to the game studio, wherein the image file includes a manifest of one or more game files and of the first plurality of data chunks, and wherein each of the first plurality of data chunks is referenced by a hash of data indicative of said each of the first plurality of data chunks, the method comprising:

• executing, by a user on a client computing device, a first module;
• instructing the first module to upload the image file to the first server, wherein the instruction includes a first hash of data indicative of the image file;
• determining, by a second module at the first server in response to receiving the first hash, which of the first plurality of data chunks are missing from a second plurality of data chunks stored on the second server, wherein the determination is based on comparing the hash of each of the first plurality of data chunks with hashes of the second plurality of data chunks;
• communicating, by the second module, hashes of the missing data chunks to the first module;
• and
• uploading, by the first module, the missing data chunks to the second server.

A method of distributing an image file and a first plurality of data chunks in a video game development environment comprising at least one game studio that has a plurality of client computing devices and at least one cache node in data communication with each other over a first network local to the at least one game studio, wherein the plurality of client computing devices are in data communication, through the at least one cache node, with remotely located first and second servers over a second network external to the game studio, wherein the image file includes a manifest of one or more game files and of the first plurality of data chunks, wherein the image file resides on the first server and the first plurality of data chunks reside on the second server, and wherein the image file is referenced by a first hash of data indicative of the image file and each of the first plurality of data chunks is referenced by a hash of data indicative of said each of the first plurality of data chunks, the method comprising:

• executing, by a user on a client computing device, a first module;
• instructing the first module to query a second module at the first server in order to receive the first hash, wherein the query includes a label that references the image file;
• receiving, by the first module, the first hash from the second module;
• downloading, by the first module, the image file in response to receiving the first hash;
• determining, by the first module based on the received image file, which of the first plurality of data chunks are missing from a second plurality of data chunks stored on the client computing device, wherein the determination is based on comparing the hash of each of the first plurality of data chunks with hashes of the second plurality of data chunks;
• and
• downloading, by the first module, the missing data chunks to the client computing device.