During this Jam Journey, we launched new hands-on Jam challenges on GAMES with Amazon GameLift as the new AWS Console service added to Jam platform! You are going to challenge your skills on how to secure, store, deliver, protect, and host your games in the AWS Cloud. The course is available for three months after you start, so that you may learn at your own pace and schedule.
Learners would benefit most from this hands-on journey if you have:
- Foundational understanding of cloud computing and Amazon Web Services (AWS) equivalent to Cloud Practitioner Essentials;
- Basic familiarity with the AWS services used below.Â
Challenge Information
Challenge Titles Services Used Learning ObjectivesSecurity for Games Amazon GameLift- Create a Multi-Region Fleet on Amazon GameLift
- Set up a Queue for global session placement
- Create an Alias for easy updates to your queues
- Create Amazon DynamoDB tables and modify the RCUs
- Modify Amazon DynamoDB table configurations
- Create partition key and sort key according to specifications
- Configure Amazon CloudFront with multiple Origins and Origin Group
- Setup a simple serverless webpage using Amazon CloudFront and Amazon S3 using High Availability configuration
- Understand how OAI can host private content in S3
- Secure an S3 bucket correctly
- Restrict S3 to only allow Amazon CloudFront to access the contents
- Describe how WAFv2 rules work
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- Build a Docker Container from game source code
- Create an ECS Cluster to host the game servers
- Create ECS Tasks to run the game server instances
Activities
Are you new to AWS Jam? AWS Jam is a gamified experiential learning platform that helps you develop your AWS cloud skills through simulated real-world cases. This Jam Journey includes self-paced lab activities set up in a gamified environment. You may expect challenges, tasks, points and clues that are typical in a gamified environment.Â
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Are you interested in addition resources on AWS for Games Learning? Please check the Skill Builder AWS for Games: Cloud Game Development Learning Plan. Upon completion of the online assessment in this learning plan, you will earn a new Cloud Game Development Digital Badge!
