Agones

Agones is a library for hosting, running and scaling dedicated game servers on Kubernetes.

Agones, is derived from the Greek word agōn which roughly translates to “contest”, “competition at games” and “gathering”. (source)

Disclaimer

This software is currently alpha, and subject to change. Not to be used in production systems.

Major Features

• Be able to define a GameServer within Kubernetes - either through yaml or via the API
• Manage GameServer lifecycles - including health checking and connection information.
• Client SDKs for integration with dedicated game servers to work with Agones.

Why does this project exist?

For more details on why this project was written, read the announcement blog post.

Requirements

• Kubernetes cluster version 1.9+
  • Minikube and Google Kubernetes Engine have been tested
  • If you are creating and managing your own Kubernetes cluster, the MutatingAdmissionWebhook, and ValidatingAdmissionWebhook admission controllers are required. We also recommend following the recommended set of admission controllers.
• Firewall access for the range of ports that Game Servers can be connected to in the cluster.
• Game Servers must have the project SDK integrated, to manage Game Server state, health checking, etc.

Installation

Follow these instructions to create a cluster on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) or Minikube, and install Agones.

Usage

Documentation and usage guides on how to develop and host dedicated game servers on top of Agones.

Quickstarts:

• Create a Game Server

Guides

• Integrating the Game Server SDK
• GameServer Health Checking
• Accessing Agones via the Kubernetes API

Reference

• Game Server Specification

Examples

• Full GameServer Configuration
• Simple UDP (Go) - simple server and client that send UDP packets back and forth.
• CPP Simple (C++) - C++ example that starts up, stays healthy and then shuts down after 60 seconds.
• Xonotic - Wraps the SDK around the open source FPS game Xonotic and hosts it on Agones.

Get involved

• Slack
• Twitter
• Mailing List

Code of Conduct

Participation in this project comes under the Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct

Development and Contribution

Please read the contributing guide for directions on submitting Pull Requests to Agones.

See the tools in the build directory for testing and building Agones from source.

Agones is in active development - we would love your help in shaping its future!

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Licence

Apache 2.0