> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.xbox.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Packaging and deployment for XBOX GDK titles > Package XBOX and PC titles for submission using MakePkg, deployment workflows, and Subval validation tools included with the Microsoft GDK. Explore packaging topics for XBOX game development. ## Subtopics > [card] [Deployment](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/deployment/index.md) > > Documentation for deployment. > [card] [Subval](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/subval/index.md) > > Documentation for subval. ## Guides > [card] [Cross-generation test discs](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/creating-cross-gen-test-discs.md) > > Use this topic to create cross-generation test discs so that you can test your title across XBOX One family consoles and XBOX Series… > [card] [Creating discs](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/creating-discs.md) > > Use this article to submit a disc request, submit a test disc order, approve test discs, and create a Bill of Materials (BOM). > [card] [Creating test discs](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/creating-test-compilation-discs.md) > > This topic explains how to create test discs. > [card] [Packaging](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/gc-packaging-toc.md) > > This section describes the packaging features of the Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK). > [card] [Intelligent delivery: custom tag](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/intelligentdelivery-custom.md) > > Custom tag specifiers mark groups of chunks as related. > [card] [Intelligent delivery: device specifiers](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/intelligentdelivery-device.md) > > Device specifiers declare the XBOX One family consoles and XBOX Series consoles to which the content in an installation chunk is applicable. > [card] [Intelligent delivery: features and](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/intelligentdelivery-features-recipes.md) > > This topic describes how to use features and recipes for improving a user's initial and subsequent installation times for your game. > [card] [Intelligent delivery: language](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/intelligentdelivery-language.md) > > Language specifiers declare the language to which the content in a chunk is applicable. > [card] [Intelligent delivery: ondemand content](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/intelligentdelivery-ondemand.md) > > OnDemand chunks allow titles to designate content that's not installed by default but can be installed at the user's request or when the… > [card] [Package uploader](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/package-uploader.md) > > Package Uploader is an open source .NET based cross-platform application and library that enables game developers to interact… > [card] [Dynamic reordering of chunks](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/packaging-chunkreordering.md) > > When installation of a title begins, the installation system acquires and copies chunks, collections of files to be installed as a group,… > [card] [Custom installation actions](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/packaging-custom-install-actions.md) > > Many games use anti-cheat and other middleware. > [card] [Streaming installation: debugging](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/packaging-debugging.md) > > To assist with the debugging of your title, you can temporarily halt its streaming installation and connect the debugger. > [card] [Creating a disc subset](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/packaging-disc-subset.md) > > This article describes how to create a disc that has a subset of the game's content (also called disc subsetting) so that it fits on one… > [card] [Microsoft game development kit](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/packaging-downloadable-content-dlc.md) > > Downloadable content (DLC) packages for the Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) are packages that are separate from your main game. > [card] [Msixvc2 encryption model](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/packaging-encryption-msixvc2.md) > > MSIXVC2 introduces a new encryption model designed for per-version content protection and fully parallel processing. > [card] [Flat file install](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/packaging-flatfileinstall.md) > > Flat File Install is a PC Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) install feature, which shipped in the March 2022 GDK and Gaming Runtime… > [card] [Framework package dependencies](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/packaging-framework-packages.md) > > If your app has been relying on some redistributable software that's available in the Microsoft Store as a framework package, instead of… > [card] [Streaming installation: status](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/packaging-installstatus.md) > > While an installation is in progress and a user is playing, the title must track the content necessary for supporting gameplay and check… > [card] [Mods support for pc GDK titles](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/packaging-mods.md) > > Starting with the March 2022 Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) and Gaming Runtime Services (GRTS) releases, modification of game… > [card] [Multi-disc functionality](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/packaging-multi-disc.md) > > Multi-disc functionality on XBOX One allows one or more XVC packages to be shipped on a disc set that acts as a single playable license for… > [card] [Application packaging during development](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/packaging-packaging-during-development.md) > > Application packaging is performed in three stages during the development process: unencrypted packaging, test encryption packaging, and… > [card] [Testing packages on a development pc](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/packaging-testing-PC-install.md) > > This section will describe how to test a PC Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) game after it has been successfully packaged into an… > [card] [Creating, examining, and testing](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/packaging-testing-updates.md) > > This article explains how to deliver content updates, the tools you use to generate and measure updates, and how to test key update… > [card] [Content updates with msixvc2](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/packaging-updates-msixvc2.md) > > MSIXVC2 fundamentally changes how content updates are calculated and delivered. > [card] [Content update best practices](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/packaging-updates.md) > > You can update content packages after release by modifying, adding, or removing data. > [card] [Supporting games-as-a-service (gaas)](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/supporting-games-as-a-service.md) > > Instead of being a standalone game that is released at a specific point in time, some games are shifting to a model where they are treated… > [card] [Title packaging, content updates, and](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/title-packaging-streaming-install-testing.md) > > This article explains how to create packages for streaming installation across the development lifecycle, including local iteration,… > [card] [XBOX game package manager](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/xgpm.md) > > XBOX Game Package Manager (XGPM) is an open-source Windows desktop app that provides a user-friendly graphical user interface for Package… ## See also * [Async](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/async/index.md) * [Game config](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/game-config/index.md) * [Game save](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/game-save/index.md) * [Game streaming](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/game-streaming/index.md) * [Input](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/input/index.md) * [Lighting](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/lighting/index.md) * [User](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/user/index.md) ## Related topics - [Deployment package schema and streaming install tools](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/deployment/index.md) - [Build and run your first console title with GDKX](https://docs.xbox.com/home/build-first-title/first-console-title-walkthrough.md) - [GDK glossary of terms and acronyms](https://docs.xbox.com/home/glossary.md) - [Title packaging, content updates, and streaming-installation testing](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/title-packaging-streaming-install-testing.md) - [Overview of packaging](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/overviews/packaging.md)