Integrate Amazon GameLift Servers FleetIQ into a game client - Amazon GameLift Servers
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Integrate Amazon GameLift Servers FleetIQ into a game client

This topic describes the tasks required to prepare your game client or matchmaking service to communicate with Amazon GameLift Servers FleetIQ in order to acquire a game server to host a game session.

Create a method that allows your game client or matchmaker to request a game server resource for players. You have a couple of options for how to do this:

  • Have Amazon GameLift Servers FleetIQ choose an available game server. This option takes advantage of Amazon GameLift Servers FleetIQ optimizations to use low-cost Spot Instances and for automatic scaling.

  • Request all available game servers and select one to use (often referred to as "list and pick").

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