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Learning AWS Lumberyard Game Development

By : Dr. Edward Lavieri
Book Image

Learning AWS Lumberyard Game Development

By: Dr. Edward Lavieri

Overview of this book

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.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Learning AWS Lumberyard Game Development
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Planning your Lumberyard development process


Each game development process is unique. Even game studios that are releasing a sequel to a successful game will have differences in how they develop each game. Team composition, goals, timelines, and tools are all subject to change. The following game development process diagram provides an overview of how the major components and sub processes might work together:

Here are some Lumberyard tools that can be used by individuals or teams on your game project to simultaneously work on major components of the game. These tools are presented in alphabetical order so no importance or significance levels should be assumed. In some cases, the tools are embedded in a project component description. So, not all items listed below are names of specific Lumberyard tools.

There is some overlap, as several different teams will need to use more than one tool. As appropriate, references to this book's chapters are provided so you know where to find additional...