Amazon GameLift
Amazon GameLift is a dedicated game server hosting solution that deploys, operates, and scales cloud servers for multiplayer games. Whether you’re looking for a fully managed solution, or just the feature you need, GameLift leverages the power of AWS to deliver the best latency possible, low player wait times, and maximum cost savings. Amazon GameLift leverages the AWS global infrastructure for managing game servers. Match players into game sessions and autoscale that start one, hundreds, or even thousands of instances simultaneously, without thinking about scaling with fluctuating player demand. Game services provide basic multiplayer game support, like matchmaking, session directory, player data, and player analytics. With AWS, you can use services like AWS Lambda that provide serverless, scalable, and flexible computing, or features in services like Amazon GameLift FlexMatch, for matchmaking.
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GameBench
Between our Android app, cross-platform Desktop app, and a CLI option for automation - performance testing has never been more accessible. Every time your game is launched Studio SDK records in the background, providing alerts only when you need them. Plug and play to measure the performance of any application, with zero code changes required. WIndows and Android are available now; ChromeBook alpha available now, beta Q3 2022, iOS alpha Q1 2023. Game performance benchmarking for ISPs, mobile operators, device manufacturers and OEMs. 5G, 4G and fixed wireless performance testing and platform comparisons for cloud gaming. Latency diagnosis and optimization for platform-ISP cloud gaming partnerships. Assessment and feasibility for new subscriber offerings in gaming and streaming media. Game performance benchmarking for game developers and publishers. Bespoke testing and monitoring services.
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Roblox
Roblox’s mission is to bring the world together through play. We enable anyone to imagine, create, and have fun with friends as they explore millions of immersive 3D experiences, all built by a global community of developers. Roblox is powered by a global community of over two million developers who produce their own immersive multiplayer experiences each month using Roblox Studio, our intuitive desktop design tool. Any experience imaginable can be created on Roblox. Roblox is ranked as one of the top online entertainment platforms for audiences under the age of 18 based on average monthly visits and time spent (Comscore). Our popularity is driven purely by the community with millions of people signing up through word of mouth every month. Be creative and show off your unique style! Customize your avatar with tons of hats, shirts, faces, gear, and more. With an ever-expanding catalog of items, there’s no limit to the looks you can create.
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Galapagos
Galapagos is a server-side framework that can be used to develop multiplayer, Turn Based games for popular mobile platforms. It uses a service based approach offering a list of APIs through which you can directly implement all basic functionalities of a Turn Based game. Written in Python, Galapagos uses WebOb and Requests libraries to handle HTTP requests and responses. Nginx in the frontend acts as reverse proxy. Galapagos stores game data in our servers using MySQL. Python and MySQL database interact using PyMySQL. Games with multiplayer feature allow more than one player to play the game. All the players play the same game together. Games that use this strategy require the player to wait for his turn while his opponents complete their turn of play. This is one of the many ways mobile games are played and our gaming platform can be used to build games with such a logic.
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