Preface

As you can guess from the title of the book, this book is designed to introduce game developers to Lumberyard. Lumberyard is a new, open source 3D game engine that provides game developers with the ability to create live multiplayer games with the integration of key Amazon Web Services.

This book teaches the reader how to use Lumberyard to create a multiplayer 3D game with cloud computing and storage and with Twitch integration for  its user engagement.

This book will start with an introduction to Lumberyard and an overview of its capabilities and integration options. Once the game engine is installed, the book guides the reader through the creation of an immersive game world with characters. Animations and audio will be added to help bring the game to life. External interactions will be explored to support live multiplayer game play, data storage, user engagement, and backend support.