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aws-games / cloud-game-development-toolkit

A collection of infrastructure as code templates and configurations for deploying game development infrastructure on AWS
https://aws-games.github.io/cloud-game-development-toolkit/
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Feature request: Game Development Workstation AMI #289

Open henrykie opened 2 months ago

henrykie commented 2 months ago

Use case

The process of creating a workstation on AWS for Unreal Engine development is manual and tedious. I need to provision an instance, install a remote desktop server, configure graphics drivers, install IDEs and download the engine.

Solution/User Experience

Provide a Packer template for building AMIs capable of UE (and other C++ game engine) development. Parameterized installation of the following:

It should also install and configure common remote desktop servers:

And also automatically install graphics drivers and configure them for G family instances.

Optional: Automatically install Unreal Engine following EULA acceptance.

Alternative solutions

Provide Image Builder recipes for this or use existing Cfn templates as a base.

kylesomers commented 2 weeks ago

@henrykie Is this a dependency of #290? If so, tagging @jcwolfaws for vis.