Amazon Lumberyard
#295 · Level 4 · Operations and specialized areas · Specialized areas (IoT, Media, Game, HPC …)Concept
Section titled “Concept”Amazon Lumberyard was Amazon’s free 3D game engine. A game engine is the core software for making games, with ready-made parts for things like graphics, physics and sound. Lumberyard was built to connect easily with AWS and Twitch. Amazon has discontinued it. Its successor is the open-source Open 3D Engine (O3DE), which is now a community project under the Linux Foundation.
Simple example
Section titled “Simple example”An old game-making factory whose successor is now an open-source project.
Why it’s needed
Section titled “Why it’s needed”You need an engine to make 3D games.
Where it’s used
Section titled “Where it’s used”Amazon has discontinued it; its successor is the open-source Open 3D Engine (O3DE).
Azure equivalent
Section titled “Azure equivalent”No direct match
Learn more
Section titled “Learn more”For details and the latest information, see the official documentation: