Amazon GameLift launches a game server update tool for faster development

When developing multiplayer games, developers are constantly creating new game client and game server builds. Being able to quickly test the latest changes is important for getting feedback on feature updates and bug fixes. This fast iteration cycle allows development without interruptions.

We’ve added a new CLI tool into the Amazon GameLift Toolkit GitHub repository which allows you to replace game server builds on active Amazon GameLift Fleets. This reduces the iteration time on development Fleets to just a few minutes, allowing developers to test changes quickly and provide updated game server versions for QA testers and other internal teams.

The CLI tool takes a game server build and the target Fleet as input, then uploads and configures the new build on all the instances of the Fleet, or ones specifically defined to be included. It can also restart game server processes on target instances to help replace hanging development server builds and quickly continue testing.

See the Amazon GameLift toolkit repository to download the tool and get started!