This course describes Game Server hosting options on AWS. It identifies key technical and business requirements that influence selecting a Game Server hosting solution. The course describes AWS Game Server hosting solutions including Amazon GameLift, FleetIQ Game Server Groups, container-based solutions using Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, and AWS Fargate, and solutions based on Amazon EC2 and AWS core services.
- Course level: Intermediate
- Duration: 1.25 hours
Activities
This course includes videos, e-learning interactions, decision-making scenarios, and knowledge checks.
Course objectives
In this course, you will learn to:
- Describe Game Server hosting options offered by AWS.
- Describe common technical and business requirements for game server hosting.
- Distinguish between AWS Game server hosting options by key technical and business requirements.
- Apply requirements to selecting a Game Server hosting solution.
Intended audience
This course is intended for:
- Game designers
- Game developers
- Game producers
Prerequisites
We recommend that attendees of this course have:
- Familiarity with game development and general knowledge of game server hosting on computers or in data centers
- Completed Getting Started with AWS Game Tech (https://www.aws.training/Details/eLearning?id=47467) or equivalent knowledge
- Foundational understanding of cloud computing and AWS, equivalent to AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Course outline
Part 1: Introduction
- Welcome to Game Server Hosting on AWS
- Course objectives
- Introduction to the course
- Course outline
- Game Server Hosting
- Define a Game Service
- Game Server Hosting on AWS
- Amazon EC2 and AWS core services
- Container-based solutions
- Amazon GameLift
- Amazon GameLift FleetIQ Game Server Groups
Part 2: Business and Technical Requirements for Game Server Hosting
- Management Responsibility
- Common responsibilities identified in the Game Tech layers model
- Developing a basic Game Server requirements list
- Requirements
- Cost
- Development effort
- Features
- Latency
- Portability
- Controls
- Scaling
Part 3: Game Server Hosting with AWS Core Services
- Amazon EC2 and AWS Core Services
- Review of AWS services commonly used in game hosting solutions
- Matching Game Server hosting requirements
Part 4: Game Server Hosting with Containers
- Using Containers for Game Servers
- Container abstraction and Game Server abstraction
- Docker
- Container orchestration and Game Server management
- Container Services on AWS
- Running containers on Amazon EC2 instances
- AWS Fargate
- Amazon ECS
- Amazon EKS
- Mapping EKS abstractions (pods) to Game Servers
- Mapping ECS abstractions (tasks) to Game Servers
- Building a Game Server Hosting Service with Containers
- Player placement into Game Sessions
- Game Session Lifecycle Management
- Instance shopping for lower costs
- Matchmaking integration
- CI/CD for Game Servers
- CI/CD for Game Servers development and deployment
- Using CI/CD for global scale deployment of games
- Example of Containerized CI/CD for Game Servers
- Matching container solutions to Game Server hosting requirements
Part 5: Game Server Hosting with Amazon GameLift
- Amazon GameLift
- Overview of GameLift layers and key features
- Matching Game Server hosting requirements
- Amazon GameLift FleetIQ Game Server Groups
- Overview
- Matching Game Server hosting requirements
Part 6: Selecting Game Server Hosting Solutions
- Game Hosting Examples and Practice Scenarios
- Apply key learnings to solve Game Server hosting scenarios
Part 7: Completion
- Knowledge Assessment
- Summary
- Review and summary
- Course survey
- Next Steps
- More training and certification
- Additional resources
