AWS Ramp-Up Guide: Game Tech

Created for game producers, developers, and systems operators, this guide can help you master game production in the AWS cloud, including
game-specific solution design and operational considerations for hosting games on AWS. If you're specifically interested in digital courses and labs
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Learn the fundamentals of AWS Cloud

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AWS Ramp-Up Guide: Cloud Practitioner Ramp-Up Guide

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Data Analytics Fundamentals 3.5 hours Digital Training »
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Step 1: Learn AWS Game Tech fundamentals

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AWS Game Tech 15 minutes Webpage »
Game Developer Resources 1+ hour Webpage »
Getting Started with AWS Game Tech 90 minutes Digital Training »
Introduction to Scalable Game Development Patterns on AWS 3.5 hours Whitepaper »

Step 2: Dive deeper into AWS Game Tech

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Game Server Hosting on AWS 75 minutes Digital Training »
Amazon GameLift Primer 2 hours Digital Training »
Using Amazon GameLift FleetIQ for Game Servers 90 minutes Digital Training »
Game Server Hosting with Amazon EC2 90 minutes Digital Training »

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Why Analytics for Games 1 hour Digital Training »

Building an Analytics Pipeline for Games 90 minutes Digital Training »
Amazon Lumberyard Primer 90 minutes Digital Training »
Serverless Real-Time Analytics for Mobile Gaming 5 minutes Architecture Diagram »
Serverless Notifications for Mobile Games 5 minutes Architecture Diagram »
Build a real-time leaderboard with Amazon Aurora Serverless and Amazon
3 hours
ElastiCache Tutorial »
Build a turn-based game with Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon SNS 2+ hours Tutorial »
Modeling Game Player Data with Amazon DynamoDB 2 hours Tutorial »
Amazon GameLift 2+ hours Documentation »
Amazon Lumberyard 2+ hours Documentation »

Explore additional resources

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Learn best practices for game development, including how to build

Architecture Best Practices for Game Tech game backends, operate game servers and workloads, and implement
game analytics.
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AWS community.
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Read about the latest launches from AWS Technical Evangelist Jeff
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Search for AWS service guides, API references, tutorials, projects, SDKs,
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and toolkits.
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Review AWS Support’s responses to AWS customers’ most frequently
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