It's a complete platform to develop and share modern games for PC, console, and mobiles.

A new game engine that integrates well with Amazon cloud services and utilizes realistic rendering of CryEngine. Suitable for developing games that rely high on cloud computing. Integration with Twitch makes it easier to build a fanbase. Above all Lumberyard is free with no hidden fees and strings attached.

It's a new game engine so it's harder to find help with errors. Cloud support is only limited to AWS.

The best things about Lumberyard are definitely the tight native integration with AWS and Twitch, which is booming these days for game streaming. The out of the box support it provides for multiplayer is really convenient, even rivalling the offerings of heavyweights such as Unity and Unreal. Also the access to the free source code is a game changer offering in such a AAA game engine. It is also completely free with no revenue sharing or subscription fees.

I really don't like how restricted it is to the Amazon platform. You have to use AWS when you need multiplayer support or when deploying your games. You can't choose any alternatives that are better suited to your needs or those that are more economical. Also, the documentation is lacking which is makes it feel a bit more stressful when trying to get into this engine.

This was my first time at attempting anything of this magnitude and I must say it has been quite the experience from day one until now. One thing's for sure though, it has been a rollercoaster ride seeing Lumberyard go through its growing pains but in the end, I believe it will prevail through it all.

You can develop games on various platforms such as PC, Android, Ios, MacOs, PS4 and Xbox. It's free to use so if you feel like getting your hands dirty and making your very own game come to life, you can certainly take a gander.

If you don't have a background as a software developer, then this might turn out to be quite mind boggling. The system requirements needed to run the engine are not mediocre either. You better have at least 14gb of RAM to spare, a 3GHZ quad-core processor and a semi-high-end GPU to render all of these graphics on your machine.

I work closely with developers in numerous Games companie. i administer and monitor these services providing cost reports and assistance where required. I have played games developed on this engine and they are simply sublime

> Increase productivity with better feature and content creation > Integrated with the worlds largest streaming sight, Twitch. > Manage work using modularity making your devs more efficient > Host your game with Amazons other services for a highly available and robust server system. > FREE! It is FREE! You only pay for the other AWS service you use which begs the question, are you on the cloud?

You are unable to distribute the engine you when you have customised the engine due to licence agreements. This is understandable but still disappointing if you have spent a large amount of time souping it up.

As the game engine is still in its initial stages, and is pretty much restricted to AWS scenario, it is a bit difficult to use it as a primary tool for game creation. However, the experience all in all was a positive one and I would be open to revisiting this awesome tool sometime in the future again, after it has matured a bit.

I love the wonderful beginner tutorials provided by Lumberyard to get started. Its integrations with AWS and Twitch is pretty fantastic and works just as advertised. It also has decent 3D capabilities and the multiplayer service, GameLift is totally great when it comes to build multiplayer experiences. It also helps that the full C++ code is available to you, so that you can have a customized game engine ready for your games.

You are tied up with restrictions by Amazon in Lumberyard. Amazon's own services are pushed onto as your only choice for multiplayer services, cloud features among others. If you are not a big Amazon fan, then using Lumberyard will not be a good experience for the most part. And also, getting used to Lumberyard is a hassle if you are just starting out making games, it is recommended to get into it, after using Unity or Unreal.