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Amazon GameOn, a set of flexible APIs built on AWS's cloud infrastructure, allows easy, native integration of organized competitions & prize delivery. GameOn helps you add tournament play to your games, regardless of target framework, operating system, or hardware. With GameOn, you can invest more time in what you do best-designing great games. Join Amazon Developer Evangelist Peter Heinrich on Monday, July 23 for an introduction to the service & practical information on incorporating it into your game development.
With GameOn, you can:
Incorporate leaderboards, leagues, multi-round competitions, & user-generated tournaments into your game,
Keep competitions fun & fair by specifying entry requirements like geolocation or custom player attributes
Allow your players to compete for real-world prizes, fulfilled by Amazon, or other in-game rewards.
The Amazon GameOn APIs are available to any game developer. For more information visit https://developer.amazon.com/gameon.
Who should attend
Game developers who are interested in esports, competitive mobile gaming, trends & best practices for bringing esports to mobile, marketing managers & product managers.
This event is geared towards beginner/intermediate knowledge level.
Schedule
9:30AM-10:00AM
Check-in
10:00AM-10:30AM
The Case for Competitive Mobile Gaming
As humans, we are wired for connection & have a desire to belong. We thrive in community & often come together around a shared passion, as well as the enjoyment of competition & contest. The widespread success of professional sports illustrates this clearly, & the rise of esports demonstrates how our nature assets itself as we explore other forms of entertainment. As game developers, we can benefit from organized competition, using it to drive engagement & foster strong communities.
Level: Beginner
10:30AM-11:30AM
Getting Started with the Amazon GameOn API
Amazon's GameOn API allows you to easily incorporate competitive play in your game. It allows you to delegate the heavy lifting of managing competition events, participants, & prizes so you can focus on what you do best: making your game fun. This brief introduction to the GameOn API will explore initialization, authentication, entering a match, submitting a score, & claiming prizes.
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Level: Intermediate
11:30AM-1:00PM
Lunch & Competition
Lunch will be provided.
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