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I’ve been following the progress of AWS BuilderCards for a number of years. Gamers of all talent ranges use the playing cards to find out about AWS in a enjoyable and interesting approach, competing (in a pleasant vogue) to mix their playing cards to kind architectures, gaining information and scoring factors as they play:
To this point, greater than 15,000 units of BuilderCards have been printed and put to make use of over the course of three re:Invents, fifteen AWS Summits, and a number of group occasions. For instance, here’s a group of AWS fans having a great time in Tokyo throughout JAWS Days 2024:
Suggestions from gamers has been extremely optimistic, with a 4.8 star buyer satisfaction rating (CSAT) throughout greater than 1500 replies.
Second Version Now Out there
I’m glad to announce that the second version of AWS BuilderCards might be distributed at re:Invent 2024 and can quickly be obtainable for buy on-line. In response to suggestions on the primary version, we’ve made many adjustments to the second version. Right here’s a abstract:
Design — The revised design focuses on the contents of the cardboard, with extra gradients and patterns to make the playing cards extra engaging and playful. The font dimension was elevated, recreation results are actually represented as icons, and the QR codes now level to the BuilderCards web site:
Sport Mechanics — The mechanics have been revised to enhance steadiness, simplify play, and take away some bias. There are additionally some starter playing cards that characterize a standard on-premises knowledge middle setting.
Generative AI Add-On Pack — This new deck contains 50 extra BuilderCards designed to point out how Generative AI and AWS structure align. This add-on pack additionally features a set of Mission playing cards. These playing cards add context, with QR codes that hyperlink to revealed finest practices or options. The playing cards are bigger, with extra textual content and an structure diagram. Use is non-obligatory, with gamers incomes additional factors for finishing a mission. Every deck additionally contains 5 clean BuilderCards and two clean Mission playing cards to help customization:
Get Your BuilderCards
If you may be at re:Invent 2024, make plans to go to the BuilderCards play space on Degree 1 of Caesar’s Discussion board subsequent to the PeerTalk space:
Sunday – 10 AM to six PM
Monday – 9 AM to five PM
Tuesday – 9 AM to five PM
Wednesday – 9 AM to five PM
Thursday – 9 AM to 4 PM
You may play towards different re:Invent attendees and in addition get your individual recreation and add-on packs to take dwelling (we’ll give away 1,000 per day). Because of laborious work by Masanori Yamaguchi (AWS Hero) and Kosuke Enomoto (AWS Group Builder) we will even have BuilderCards in Japanese for on-site play. You may learn Kosuke’s weblog publish (AWS BuilderCards Japanese Version for JAWS DAYS) to study extra in regards to the translation course of.
In case you received’t be capable of attend re:Invent, you’ll quickly be capable of buy a deck of your individual. Verify again right here for more information!
Keep Tuned
The BuilderCards workforce is engaged on extra goodies together with enlargement packs and extra language packs.
— Jeff;