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  • Do you think that Star Atlas could be a worthy competitor to Star Citizen?
    Although, whatever the deal might've been, Amazon has since donated Lumberyard to the Open 3D Foundation which renamed it to the Open 3D Engine (O3DE) so they probably don't care nearly as much about upstream fixes anymore if they ever did. Source: 11 months ago
  • Unity fires manager who tweeted the company is "out of touch"
    When I Googled Amazon Lumberyard, this was the first hit: https://aws.amazon.com/lumberyard/. Source: 12 months ago
  • What are some of the most impressive uses of photogrammetry in games that you've seen?
    Some of the game engines we have now have photogrammetry technology built-in, meaning that developers can easily integrate it into their games. This allows for even more detailed and realistic environments to be created in 3D games. The most prominent being Unreal, Unity, and Lumberyard -- including new and beginner-friendly ones like Panda3D and Yahaha. All of these game engines have photogrammetry at their core... Source: about 1 year ago
  • By the time the patch hits all servers will be dead
    It really doesn't help that it started development on Lumberyard which is now a dead product. https://aws.amazon.com/lumberyard/. Source: about 1 year ago
  • Is PES unique?
    Amazon has apparently declared Lumberyard dead, incidentally: https://aws.amazon.com/lumberyard/. Source: over 1 year ago
  • What's the UI framework used in creating the AWS Cloud Quest game?
    Sumerian has been discontinued so I doubt it. Maybe lumberyard if they are trying to use their own services? Source: about 2 years ago
  • Amazon Games switches off New World's entire economy after players discover duping glitch
    They already have. AWS and AGS worked together on Lumberyard https://aws.amazon.com/lumberyard/. Source: over 2 years ago
  • I presume you're all aware of 42.10
    Section 42 pertains to Amazon Lumberyard, a 3D Game Engine. Source: over 2 years ago
  • Why do CIG, even after 9 years of development and 374 mils of raised pledges are not fixing those nasty, annoying, game breaking bugs - a mini-FAQ.
    It’s called lumberyard because that’s what Amazon decided to call it: https://aws.amazon.com/lumberyard/ (In short; they licensed cryengine, built in a bunch of native support for Twitch and AWS services and released it as open source (https://github.com/aws/lumberyard) doesn’t seem to be much uptake from studios apart from CIG and Amazon Game Studios themselves (and some of their projects were killed off... Source: almost 3 years ago

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The Best Gaming Engines You Should Consider for 2023
Powered by Amazon Web Services, a secure cloud platform built and maintained by Amazon, integration through Lumberyard means it’s significantly easier to build games with online play. It has good native support for C++, P2P, and client topology. Lumberyard also supports Autodesk Maya and Adobe Photoshop.
What Are the Best Game Engines?
CryEngine is a cross-platform engine. You can use it to create photorealistic first-person games, especially shooters. CryEngine is used in all games from CryTek, as well as other studios. As mentioned above, CryEngine was licensed and reworked to create Amazon Lumberyard.
The Top 10 Video Game Engines
Amazon Lumberyard is the engine built by Amazon (as the name suggests). According to the site, Lumberyard is “Free. Powerful. Fully Customizable.” The game engine has “no royalties or seat fees, frictionless integration with Twitch and AWS, plus much more on the horizon.”
Top 10 Mobile Game Development Tools For Intellectual Games
Amazon Lumberyard wrote in C++ and Lua scripting language and launched by Amazon. It is a cross-platform AAA game engine based on CryEngine with easy AWS and Twitch integration. Lumberyard is free, and it doesn’t require seat licenses, royalties, or subscriptions but only standard AWS fees for acquired AWS services.
11 tools to get you started making video games
Learning tools: There is a free series of getting started tutorial videos and video talks on more specific features in the engine. There is also a free training course on how to use Lumberyard with AWS.
The Best 15 Mobile Game Engines / Development Platforms & Tools in 2020
Amazon Lumberyard is the game creator engine launched by Amazon. Make use of its free tools and create your game – it can be released in different devices thanks to its cross-platform functionality. Engage your users with visually rich content through the Lumberyard’s Twitch integration.

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