Package gamelift provides the API client, operations, and parameter types for
Amazon GameLift.
Amazon GameLift provides solutions for hosting session-based multiplayer game
servers in the cloud, including tools for deploying, operating, and scaling game
servers. Built on Amazon Web Services global computing infrastructure, GameLift
helps you deliver high-performance, high-reliability, low-cost game servers
while dynamically scaling your resource usage to meet player demand.
Get more information on these Amazon GameLift solutions in the Amazon GameLift Developer Guide.
Amazon GameLift managed hosting -- Amazon GameLift offers a fully managed
service to set up and maintain computing machines for hosting, manage game
session and player session life cycle, and handle security, storage, and
performance tracking. You can use automatic scaling tools to balance player
demand and hosting costs, configure your game session management to minimize
player latency, and add FlexMatch for matchmaking.
Managed hosting with Realtime Servers -- With Amazon GameLift Realtime
Servers, you can quickly configure and set up ready-to-go game servers for your
game. Realtime Servers provides a game server framework with core Amazon
GameLift infrastructure already built in. Then use the full range of Amazon
GameLift managed hosting features, including FlexMatch, for your game.
Amazon GameLift FleetIQ -- Use Amazon GameLift FleetIQ as a standalone
service while hosting your games using EC2 instances and Auto Scaling groups.
Amazon GameLift FleetIQ provides optimizations for game hosting, including
boosting the viability of low-cost Spot Instances gaming. For a complete
solution, pair the Amazon GameLift FleetIQ and FlexMatch standalone services.
Amazon GameLift FlexMatch -- Add matchmaking to your game hosting solution.
FlexMatch is a customizable matchmaking service for multiplayer games. Use
FlexMatch as integrated with Amazon GameLift managed hosting or incorporate
FlexMatch as a standalone service into your own hosting solution.
This reference guide describes the low-level service API for Amazon GameLift.
With each topic in this guide, you can find links to language-specific SDK
guides and the Amazon Web Services CLI reference. Useful links:
Amazon GameLift API operations listed by tasks
Amazon GameLift tools and resources