Preparing your game for FlexMatch
Use Amazon GameLift Servers FlexMatch to add player matchmaking functionality to your games. You can use FlexMatch with a managed Amazon GameLift Servers hosting solution or as a standalone service with another hosting solution. If you want to add FlexMatch to an Amazon GameLift Servers FleetIQ solution, use it as a standalone service. For more information on how FlexMatch works, see How Amazon GameLift ServersFlexMatch works.
Matchmaking solutions require the following work:
Create a matchmaker with your custom matchmaking rules For more on creating the matchmaker, see Buiding a Amazon GameLift ServersFlexMatch matchmaker.
Update your game client to allow players to request a match.
For games that use Amazon GameLift Servers hosting, update your game server to manage match data and optionally backfill empty slots on matches.
The topics in this section cover how to add matchmaking support to your game clients and game servers.
See the roadmap for your preferred FlexMatch matchmaking solution: