Splunk Gaming Labs (SGL)

SGL is a project for gamers to collabroate on getting data into Splunk.

Why do this thing?

Games are cool. Big data is cool. Why not combine the two things into one? If you need more of an incentive than that, then how about these:

• Learn Splunk: it's always easier to learn something in your spare time if you have an fun excuse to really dig in
• Analzye game perforamce: analyzing your in-game performance over time can lead to better gaming
• Bragging rights: Got a sweet K/D ratio? Finsihed a campagin in record time? Now you have proof!

How can I help?

Submit pull requests! Edit this readme. Open issues to track games you are working on. Create wiki pages to document research on how to get data from games. Getting Data In (GDI) can be a challenge for COTS software.

What is Splunk?

Here are some beginning resources to get you started:

• Overview video
• Splunk Fundementals 1 is a free self-paced training course with 7-8 hours of content

Getting Data In

TODO: moar links

Splunk App Development

TODO: dev.splunk.com stuff goes here

Games

Here is a list of active project with code you can try out now:

• Minecraft app on Splunkbase
• Splunk App for Team Fortress 2