As an end of the year gift to all of our readers we have unlocked the GDC Vaults and made our Amazon Developer Day content free to watch! Recorded live at GDC Europe in Cologne, Germany this invite only workshop includes everything you need to get your apps and games into the Amazon ecosystem. You will learn first-hand from Amazon developer evangelists about the Amazon Appstore, Fire phone, Fire Tablets and Amazon Fire TV. You will also learn how to build your own scalable mobile game backend using Amazon Web Services. So pull up a chair, sit back, relax and enjoy this free developer workshop. Happy Holidays!

Amazon Developer Ecosystem of Apps and Devices

David Isbitski

This session covers everything you need to know about the Amazon Developer program, the free cross-platform Amazon Mobile SDK, and Amazon Fire devices.

Launching Enhanced Games on Fire Phone

David Isbitski

This session will get you up and running with Android Studio and Amazon’s Dynamic Perspective and Firefly SDKs. See how you can quickly add 3D elements to your existing Android games with minimal coding.  Multiple code samples are covered as well as live demos on Amazon Fire devices.

Reach Customers in the Living Room with Fire TV

Jesse Freeman

This session will show how you can get your existing Android games running on Fire TV. Setting up the developer environment, debugging on the Fire TV, tuning for the living room experience and publishing to the Amazon Appstore are all covered.

Building a Cloud Powered Mobile Game Backend

Steffen Krause

This session covers an overview of AWS Mobile Services and shows how you can quickly use it to scale your own games for millions of players.

Additional Developer Training and Resources

For more information about getting started with Amazon Fire devices and the Amazon Appstore, check out the following free resources:

Amazon Appstore and Devices

• Amazon Mobile Apps and Services Developer Portal
• Amazon Mobile App SDK
• Free Video Training - Reach New Android Customers with Xamarin Studio, C# and Amazon Fire Devices

Amazon Fire TV

• Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick SDK
• Free Video Training - Top Tips for Getting Your Android Apps Running on Amazon Fire TV

Amazon Fire Phone

• Amazon Fire Phone SDK
• Free Video Training - Everything You Need to Know about Building Apps for the Fire Phone

AWS Mobile Services

• AWS Mobile Services
• AWS Mobile SDK
• AWS Mobile Blog
• AWS Mobile SDK Getting Started Guide for iOS
• AWS Mobile SDK Getting Started Guide for Android
• AWS on GitHub
• Community Forums

-Dave (@TheDaveDev)