Amazon GameLift Servers

Let Amazon GameLift Servers do the heavy-lifting of deploying and managing dedicated game servers so you can focus on developing games. Amazon GameLift Servers reduces the burden of scaling servers with fluctuating player demand while providing low latency and low cost. The example architecture describes this process. A game session request is sent after platform and player authentication. Amazon GameLift Servers FlexMatch searches for like-minded players to join the game, creates a matchmaking ticket, and places players into the matching process. The match is determined and the matchmaker passes the information to the Amazon GameLift Servers game session placement queue. A search occurs for an available fleet instance that provides the lowest latency to the player. The fleet instance is notified of the intent to begin a game, which exposes an IP address, and the chosen server listens on a particular IP port. The IP address and port are returned to the game when the match is set up. The match is created and allows matchmaking results to be passed back to the game. The game has the IP address and port to contact, and a session token for the Amazon GameLift Servers game server. The game now makes a connection to the Amazon GameLift Servers game server assigned to the player’s match, players arrive, and fun begins for the players.  

Amazon GameLift Servers provides the flexibility specific to your needs. You can choose to use Amazon GameLift Servers FleetIQ to onboard server workloads to the cloud using your existing tools or software, independent of adopting any other managed Amazon GameLift Servers features. Gradually moving live games or launching new games to the cloud with the cost savings of EC2 Spot instances possible only with Amazon GameLift Servers FleetIQ. You can save on cost, speed time to market, and deliver a reliable player experience. It locates the optimal available game server to host a game session that provides players an optimal gameplay experience. For game hosting, the best resources deliver the highest hosting viability at a low cost. Amazon GameLift Servers FleetIQ enables this by allowing only optimal instances types in the Autoscaling group and placing new game sessions effectively across the group's available resources.  

Peer-to-Peer and listen servers are often viewed as a low-latent, cost-effective solution for games. However, they can create poor player experiences with host interruptions and dependencies on your players having good internet connections. Amazon GameLift Servers customers like Ubisoft, Behaviour Interactive, and Illfonic migrated their P2P or listen server infrastructure to GameLift to achieve low cost and low latency dedicated game servers.  

Match players based on rules you define with Amazon GameLift Servers FlexMatch. Whether you choose to build your matchmaking based on player skill, latency, or custom criteria, Amazon GameLift Servers FlexMatch’s simple but powerful rules language makes it easy to quickly create robust player matchmaking. Amazon GameLift Servers FlexMatch pairs the matchmaking service with a customizable rules engine. Once a match is formed, Amazon GameLift Servers FlexMatch hands the match details to a queue of your choice. The queue searches for available hosting resources on your Amazon GameLift Servers fleets and starts a new game session for the match.  

Amazon GameLift Servers supports cross-platform play to connect your community and broaden your player pool of potential matches.