service/gamelift/doc.go

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// Package gamelift provides the API client, operations, and parameter types for
// Amazon GameLift.
//
// Amazon GameLift provides solutions for hosting session-based multiplayer game
// servers in the cloud, including tools for deploying, operating, and scaling game
// servers. Built on Amazon Web Services global computing infrastructure, GameLift
// helps you deliver high-performance, high-reliability, low-cost game servers
// while dynamically scaling your resource usage to meet player demand.
//
// # About Amazon GameLift solutions
//
// Get more information on these Amazon GameLift solutions in the [Amazon GameLift Developer Guide].
//
//   - Amazon GameLift managed hosting -- Amazon GameLift offers a fully managed
//     service to set up and maintain computing machines for hosting, manage game
//     session and player session life cycle, and handle security, storage, and
//     performance tracking. You can use automatic scaling tools to balance player
//     demand and hosting costs, configure your game session management to minimize
//     player latency, and add FlexMatch for matchmaking.
//
//   - Managed hosting with Amazon GameLift Realtime -- With Amazon GameLift
//     Amazon GameLift Realtime, you can quickly configure and set up ready-to-go game
//     servers for your game. Amazon GameLift Realtime provides a game server framework
//     with core Amazon GameLift infrastructure already built in. Then use the full
//     range of Amazon GameLift managed hosting features, including FlexMatch, for your
//     game.
//
//   - Amazon GameLift FleetIQ -- Use Amazon GameLift FleetIQ as a standalone
//     service while hosting your games using EC2 instances and Auto Scaling groups.
//     Amazon GameLift FleetIQ provides optimizations for game hosting, including
//     boosting the viability of low-cost Spot Instances gaming. For a complete
//     solution, pair the Amazon GameLift FleetIQ and FlexMatch standalone services.
//
//   - Amazon GameLift FlexMatch -- Add matchmaking to your game hosting solution.
//     FlexMatch is a customizable matchmaking service for multiplayer games. Use
//     FlexMatch as integrated with Amazon GameLift managed hosting or incorporate
//     FlexMatch as a standalone service into your own hosting solution.
//
// # About this API Reference
//
// This reference guide describes the low-level service API for Amazon GameLift.
// With each topic in this guide, you can find links to language-specific SDK
// guides and the Amazon Web Services CLI reference. Useful links:
//
// [Amazon GameLift API operations listed by tasks]
//
// [Amazon GameLift tools and resources]
//
// [Amazon GameLift API operations listed by tasks]: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/gamelift/latest/developerguide/reference-awssdk.html
// [Amazon GameLift Developer Guide]: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/gamelift/latest/developerguide/
// [Amazon GameLift tools and resources]: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/gamelift/latest/developerguide/gamelift-components.html
package gamelift