Lumberyard Introduction
Introduction
Amazon Lumberyard is a AAA game engine developed by Amazon that is based on Crytek’s CryEngine. Lumberyard’s source code is freely available under a proprietary license on GitHub. Lumberyard offers a variety of unique features including tight integration with Amazon Web Services, and native Twitch integration that supports live streaming and audience participation. Lumberyard comes packed with a free version of Audiokinetic’s Wwise for audio solutions as well as plugins for Allegorithmic’s texturing software, Substance, and the real-time character animation SDK, Emotion FX. The software is currently in beta and supports building games for PC (Microsoft Windows), consoles (PlayStation 4, Xbox One), mobile (iOS, Android), as well as for VR (Oculus Rift, HTC Vive).