Help for implementing GameLift in Unity

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Hello,

I have attempted to implement Game Lift into Unity projects a few times but have been unsuccessful. I usually start off quite well, and then end up down a rabbit hole of downloading different SDK's and clicking different links in documentation that lead to another page that link to another page etc.

I also find the example battle royale tutorial quite difficult to follow. I am wondering if someone could help me in explaining how to set up a simple Unity project with Game Lift, allowing users to join and create rooms if possible.

Thanks in advance.

rePost-User-5332620 · Accepted Answer

If you are using Unity you actual have two choices with GameLift:

1) Dedicated Servers - Here you build and upload your server binaries and GameLift handles autoscaling. You need to integrate the [GameLift Server SDK](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/gamelift/latest/developerguide/gamelift-supported.html) into your server binary and the standard AWS SDK for clients (for whatever services you require) into your game client.

2) GameLift Realtime - You only provide simple server scripts (in NodeJs) and GameLift provides the servers etc.  See https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/gametech/creating-a-battle-royale-game-using-unity-and-amazon-gamelift/ - you just integrate the GameLift realtime client into your code.

Someone even has a youtube series on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaAZyqgkXDY

rePost-User-7957458 · Answer

Thank you for your help, I now have a small game where players can join a Game Lift game session.

rePost-User-3095128 · Answer

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Help for implementing GameLift in Unity

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