Post on 12-Feb-2017
Nick LandrySenior Technical Evangelist – Microsoft
nick.landry@microsoft.com
Blog: AgeofMobility.com
@ActiveNick | github.com/ActiveNick
Developing Connected Games
with a Cloud Backend
Gameacon 2015
Atlantic City, NJ
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Online multiplayer gameGame hosted online (e.g.
browser-based games)
Game with online
leaderboards & achievements
Game with persistent player
or character profiles onlineGame with cloud saves
Game with online social
player features (e.g. chat, VoIP,
social media sharing, etc.)
Peer-to-Peer networked
game with a matchmaking
server
Massively Multiplayer Online
(MMO) game (e.g. RPG, RTS,
FPS, etc.)
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• Photon
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Cloud Computing Models
On-Premises( Private Cloud )
Networking
Compute
Storage
Virtual Machine
Operating System
Applications
Data & Access
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Host Develop Consume
Using Azure as a Backend for Gamesaka “The Microsoft Cloud”
Titanfall
(Respawn / EA)
Halo 5: Guardians &
Halo: Waypoint
Crackdown 3
(Realtime Worlds / MS)
Forza Motorsport
(Turn 10 Studios / MS)
Minecraft
(Mojang / MS)
Age of Ascent
(Illyriad Games)
Crime Coast
(Pixel Squad)
Zoo Tycoon Friends
(Behaviour Interactive /
MS)
Spectra
(Gateway Interactive)
Project Sanitarium
(Radication Games)
Elastagames Cloud
Predictions
Titanfall
Game sessions hosted
using Azure
Hosted using >100,000
Azure Virtual Machines
Platform Services
Security & Management
Infrastructure Services
APIManagement
Content DeliveryNetwork (CDN)
MediaServices
HDInsight
DataFactory
EventHubs
MobileEngagement
ActiveDirectory
Multi-FactorAuthentication
Automation
Portal
Key Vault
BiztalkServices
HybridConnections
ServiceBus
StorageQueues
Store /Marketplace
HybridOperations
Backup
StorSimple
SiteRecovery
Import/Export
SQLDatabase
DocumentDB
RedisCache Search
Tables
SQL DataWarehouse
Azure AD Connect Health
AD PrivilegedIdentity Management
OperationalInsights
CloudServices
Batch Remote App
ServiceFabric
Visual Studio
ApplicationInsights
Azure SDK
Team Project
VM Image Gallery& VM Depot
AppService
Web Apps
MobileApps
IoT
Su
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APIApps
LogicApps
NotificationHubs
MachineLearning
StreamAnalytics
IoT Hub
PowerBI
Add value to your Linux investments
Embrace open source DevOps
Bring the tools you use and love
Build hyperscale at hyperspeed
Azure
footprint
17 regions worldwide in 2015
Data Centers
Regional Partners
Getting started
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REST API
Management portal
Scripting (Windows, Linux and Mac)
Select image and VM size
New disk persisted in storage
Cloud
BlobStorage
Comprehensive Networking
Windows Server
Linux
Boot VM from new disk
General Purpose
Basic
Standard
Optimized Compute
Performance Optimized
Network Optimized
Cloud
Services
Service
Fabric
arbitrary data formatsarbitrary data formats
internet accessible http/rest
schema-free data model
managed as a service
elastic scale
transactional processing
rich query
Microsoft
Azure
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Microsoft
Azure
Halo Series
Matchmaking &
Community on Azure
Uses Service Bus &
DocumentDB
• Every game needs a marketing website
Azure App Services
Web Apps
Mobile Apps
Logic Apps
API Apps
Auto Patching and Auto Scale
.NET, Java, Node.js, PHP, Python…
Integrate with SaaS and on prem
Continuous integration with VSO,
Github, Bitbucket, and more…
Node.js Express
.NET Web API
SQL Table Storage
Blob Storage
WNS & MPNS
APNS GCM
Mongo DB
Notification Hubs
Source Control
Facebook Twitter Microsoft Google Azure Active Directory
Windows 10
Windows Store
iOS
Android
Xamarin
Phonegap
Any REST client…
Win 10 Mobile
Windows Phone
iOS
Android
HTML 5/JS
SDKs
REST A
PI
Hybrid Connections
DemoAzure App Services
Dead Rising Series
Tracks user interactions
in real time
Detailed bug reports
from testers
Destiny
Collects Telemetry from
most user actions
Uses data to balance
game weekly
• Apply at aka.ms/bizsparkapply
• Visual Studio Enterprise Edition
• Office 365 Subscription
• Windows licenses
• Server software licenses
• All licenses are yours to keep
• No commitment to buy
aka.ms/bizsparkapply
Microsoft
Azure
http://aka.ms/unityplugins
https://github.com/bitrave/azure-mobile-services-for-unity3d
http://aka.ms/kqd1xf
http://www.websocket.org
http://buildnewgames.com/websockets
• Adam Tuliper: http://www.adamtuliper.com
• Jason Walters: http://glitchbeam.com
• Stacey Mulcahy http://thebitchwhocodes.com
• Dave Voyles http://www.davevoyles.com
• David Crook http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dave_crooks_dev_blog
• Sarah Sexton http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sarahsays
• Amanda Lange http://secondtruth.com
• Nick Landry http://AgeofMobility.com
• Sidney Andrews http://www.seesharprun.net
• Chad Carter http://devgame101.com
http://aka.ms/trymsazure
• Free software & Azure credits for startups and indie game studios: http://aka.ms/bizsparkapply
https://manage.windowsazure.com
https://portal.azure.com
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Cloud+Cover
http://friday.azure.com
http://aka.ms/azurechatrblog
http://www.visualstudio.com
Microsoft
Azure
http://news.xbox.com/2013/10/15/xbox-one-cloud/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/videos/how-halo-4-is-using-service-bus/https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/how-halo-5-guardians-implemented-social-gameplay-using-azure-documentdb/
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/08/how-crackdown-3-uses-the-cloud-to-make-whole-cities-destructible/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/how-halo-5-guardians-implemented-social-gameplay-using-azure-documentdb/
http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/10/titanfall-cloud-explained/
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/age-of-ascent-msdn
http://www.crimecoast.com/ https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/DevRadio/DR1620
http://www.spectragame.info/
http://elastagames.com/ https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/DevRadio/DR1616#time=1m01s
http://sanitarium.radicationgames.com/ https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/DevRadio/DR1614http://pcgamereport.com/project-sanitarium/
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/119401/GDC_Canada_How_Dead_Rising_2_Analyzes_The_Zombie_Menace.php
http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1022355/User-Research-on
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Thank You!Slides are in SlideShare. Demos are on GitHub.
Slideshare: www.slideshare.net/ActiveNick
Blog: www.AgeofMobility.com
Twitter: @ActiveNick
Mobile Apps: www.bigbaldapps.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/activenick
GitHub: github.com/ActiveNick
Email: nick.landry@microsoft.com