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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

Using sample asset packages


When learning to use a new game engine, such as Lumberyard, it can be beneficial to use sample projects and asset packages for testing and familiarization. For audio testing, you can use almost any package, or even create your own level from scratch. Downloading and installing asset packages is more complicated than it seems.

The following section walks you through the process of downloading, installing, and configuring an asset package for use. This is an optional section that will result in the BeachCity Asset package being installed on your computer. The installation process is lengthy and the hard drive space requirements are large.

BeachCity Asset package

In order to see how audio is implemented in a game, let's review an existing game example. The following steps will guide you through the process of downloading and installing the BeachCity Asset package and configuring Lumberyard to use it:

  1. In a browser, navigate to the AWS Lumberyard download page: https:...