Amazon GameLift Servers
#286 · Level 4 · Operations and specialized areas · Specialized areas (IoT, Media, Game, HPC …)Concept
Section titled “Concept”Amazon GameLift Servers runs servers for multiplayer games and matches players together. A game developer uploads their game server program to AWS, and GameLift runs it on a group of servers called a fleet. As the number of players goes up or down, the number of servers changes on its own. With FlexMatch, you can match players of similar skill based on rules. You need to add GameLift’s Server SDK to the game server, so the service can manage game sessions.
Simple example
Section titled “Simple example”Renting a playing field and a referee — the field is ready as soon as players arrive.
Why it’s needed
Section titled “Why it’s needed”When thousands of players arrive at once, adding servers and matching players of similar skill is complex.
Where it’s used
Section titled “Where it’s used”Online multiplayer games.
Azure equivalent
Section titled “Azure equivalent”Azure PlayFab Multiplayer Servers
Learn more
Section titled “Learn more”For details and the latest information, see the official documentation: