Building the chat capabilities for the game Acorn Hunt required careful planning and implementation, much like the unseen preparation behind seemingly simple tasks on platforms like TikTok. The game, where users collaborate in teams to collect acorns, demands various supporting features such as leaderboards, analytics, and an in-game chat system. The development team utilized Momento Cache for its ephemeral data storage, taking advantage of its automatic data expiration and multiple data types for functionalities like ordering and deduplication. WebSockets were employed to facilitate real-time push notifications for new messages. Acorn Hunt, which is open source and adheres to Momento’s Node.js SDK development practices, invites users to explore its system by signing up for a free auth token.