Game management
The Game management page lets you create games, upload games, adapt versions, and test versions.
Create a game
Log on to the Cloud Gaming Platform console. In the navigation pane, choose Game Management > Game Management. Click Create Game to open the Create Game page.
Enter the required game information and click Create at the bottom of the page. After the game is created, the system automatically assigns it a unique game ID.
Set the parameters as accurately as possible based on your game's actual requirements. This information is used for cloud adaptation. More accurate information improves the efficiency of the adaptation phase.
View the game list
This section displays a list of created games. To open the management page for a game, click Manage. The list includes the following fields:
Game ID: A globally unique ID that is automatically generated to identify the game after it is created.
Game Name: The name of the game that you specified during creation.
Game attribute management
After you create a game, click Attribute Management in the game list to open the game details page, where you can edit its basic information.
On the details page, click Edit Attribute Management to modify the basic information of the game.
Game version management
After you create a game, click Version Management in the game list to open the game details page. On this page, you can upload games and manage game versions.
1. Download and install the upload tool
i. On the game details page, click the Version Management tab. Click Upload New Version. In the dialog box that appears, click Download in the lower-right corner to download the upload tool.
ii. Double-click the downloaded installation package and follow the on-screen instructions to install the upload tool.
2. Upload the game
i. Double-click the installed upload tool to open it. Use the AccessKey ID and AccessKey secret of your Alibaba Cloud account to log on to the tool.
The Alibaba Cloud account must be the same one that was used to apply for the public preview. Otherwise, you cannot log on to the upload tool.
ii. Enter information such as the game name, version number, and version name. Click Browse to select the folder that contains the game files, and then click Start Upload to begin the upload.
A success message appears after the upload is complete. You can then go to the console for the next step. If the upload fails, check the error message for the cause of the issue and try uploading the file again.
The upload tool performs the following steps:
Packages the specified folder into a .tar file.
Verifies the .tar file.
Uploads the entire file.
This process packages the folder again and reserves about 40% extra storage capacity. To ensure that the upload runs smoothly, make sure that your disk has free space equal to 240% of the source folder's size. The extra disk capacity is automatically released after the upload is complete. No manual intervention is required.
If you close the tool or manually cancel the upload, the upload tool does not save the progress. The next time you attempt to upload, the process starts from the beginning.
3. Adapt the game
i. After you upload the game version file, find the file on the Version Management tab of the Game Details page and click Adapt on the right. Select the required game running parameters and click OK.
Alibaba Cloud uses these parameters to test run the game and evaluate the required computing power. Different running parameters for the same game result in different concurrency levels on a single server. These parameters also affect the available options for future deployments. Therefore, select the game running parameters based on your expectations.
ii. Start the adaptation. The Cloud Gaming Platform automatically adapts the game. Wait for the process to complete.
After you confirm the game adaptation, the Alibaba Cloud gaming team will complete the process as soon as possible. A pre-sales specialist will notify you of the results. Please wait for the notification.
After the adaptation is complete, you can view the status of the game version on the Version Management page. The status changes to Adaptation completed.
View the game version list
To view the versions and adaptation statuses of uploaded games, click Version Management on the Game Management page. The game version list is displayed on the Version Management tab.
The Version Management tab lists all uploaded versions. The fields are described as follows:
Version Name: The version name entered during the upload.
Version Number: The version number entered during the upload.
Upload Date: The time when the upload was completed.
File Size: The size of the game version file.
Status: The possible values are listed in the table below.
Status |
Status details |
Available Operations |
|---|---|---|
Not adapted |
The game file is uploaded to the server but adaptation has not started. |
Adapt |
Adapting |
Version adaptation is in progress. |
None |
Adaptation completed |
Cloud-based running adaptation is complete. You can start testing or deploy directly to the production environment. |
None |
Adaptation failed |
The cloud-based running adaptation failed due to an issue. |
View failure details and adapt again. |