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Learning AWS Lumberyard Game Development

Create stunning 3D multiplayer games with integrated cloud-based features

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited
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|Jul 2025
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Description

Create stunning 3D multiplayer games with integrated cloud-based features

Key Features

  • Build a multiplayer 3D game from scratch using the features of Amazon's Lumberyard
  • Explore the world of Lumberyard along with Twitch and various key Amazon Web Services to build a game
  • This step-by-step practical guide will teach you how to build cross-platform games using Lumberyard

Book Description

Amazon’s Lumberyard is a 3D cross-platform game development engine for building high-quality AAA games. It makes the process of creating multi-player games and adding realistic characters, stunning terrains, and special effects much faster and more efficient.
This book will show you how to use Lumberyard to create a multiplayer 3D game with cloud computing, storage, and Twitch integration for user engagement. We will start with an introduction to Lumberyard and provide an overview of its capabilities and integration options. Once the game engine is installed, we’ll guide you through the creation of an immersive game world with characters. You’ll add animations and audio to bring the game to life. We’ll explore external interactions to support live multiplayer game play, data storage, user engagement, and the back end.
By the end of the book, you will be efficient in building cross-platform games using Lumberyard.

What you will learn

  • Explore Lumberyard's graphical user interface
  • Create stunning game worlds
  • Use Geppetto editor to create 3D characters
  • Create and animate game characters using Lumberyard's toolset
  • Create impressive gameplay to add multiplayer functionality to your game
  • Debug and play your 3D game
  • Add multiplayer functionality to your game using Amazon GameLift
  • Integrate with Amazon cloud services to support cloud computing and storage
  • Engage your users during gameplay with Twitch

Who this book is for

The book caters for those who have an interest or desire to create their own games, either as a hobbyist or to enhance their skills as a professional games developer. The book requires previous knowledge of software development. Experience with C++ will also be beneficial.

Table of Contents

  1. Welcome to the Lumberyard
  2. Planning Your Game in the Lumberyard
  3. Constructing an Immersive 3D Game World
  4. Creating 3D Characters
  5. Animating Your Characters
  6. Creating Gameplay
  7. Creating Multiplayer Gameplay
  8. Bringing Your Game to Life with Audio and Sound Effects
  9. Employing Cloud Computing and Storage
  10. Engaging With Users Using Twitch
  11. Providing Your Game to the World
  12. Stretching Your Lumberyard Wings
https://github.com/packtpublishing/learning-aws-lumberyard-game-development
PDF ISBN: 978-1-78646-885-7
Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
Copyright owner: © 2016 Packt Publishing Limited
Publication date: 2025
Language: English
Pages: 268
Related subjects:
Computer sciences,
Computer sciences, other
BISAC subjects:
COM012040,
COM051070,
COM051000
Thema subjects:
UMK,
UMX,
UM

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