![[ASL]Cloud Solutions for Story-driven Games: Variable State talks Getting Started with ID@Azure @XBOXGameDev](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Dt21_VqvBQI/maxresdefault.jpg)
Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Variable State are the developers of innovative narrative-led games like Virginia and Last Stop. In this conversation you’ll hear from director and co-founder Jonathan Burroughs on how his team has been working with cloud technology powered by Azure to improve their development process and work more effectively as a fully remote team. In addition, Jonathan explains how ID@Azure and Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub have helped Variable State get access to powerful tools and technologies at no cost, empowering them to trial and embrace cloud technology risk-free as they develop their largest, most ambitious project yet.
Variable State are the developers of innovative narrative-led games like Virginia and Last Stop. In this conversation you’ll hear from director and co-founder Jonathan Burroughs on how his team has been working with cloud technology powered by Azure to improve their development process and work more effectively as a fully remote team. In addition, Jonathan explains how ID@Azure and Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub have helped Variable State get access to powerful tools and technologies at no cost, empowering them to trial and embrace cloud technology risk-free as they develop their largest, most ambitious project yet.
![[ASL]Cloud Solutions for Story-driven Games: Variable State talks Getting Started with ID@Azure](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Dt21_VqvBQI/mqdefault.jpg "[ASL]Cloud Solutions for Story-driven Games: Variable State talks Getting Started with ID@Azure
Variable State are the developers of innovative narrative-led games like Virginia and Last Stop. In this conversation you’ll hear from director and co-founder Jonathan Burroughs on how his team has been working with cloud technology powered by Azure to improve their development process and work more effectively as a fully remote team. In addition, Jonathan explains how ID@Azure and Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub have helped Variable State get access to powerful tools and technologies at no cost, empowering them to trial and embrace cloud technology risk-free as they develop their largest, most ambitious project yet.")
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Join us to hear how optimizing touch controls helps unlock the full potential of cloud-streamed gameplay. This talk focuses on the different ways you can create the right control scheme for your cloud-aware game including integration of the Touch Adaptation Kit and Dynamic Touch Control State API.")
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Join Simplygon for a guided demo of advanced 3D optimization features such as Reduction, Visibility Culling, Billboard Cloud, Object Aggregation, Remeshing, and more.")
