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Welcome

Build and deploy apps on the Playcademy platform

Overview

Playcademy hosts learning experiences in the Playcademy Arcade, where players explore with an avatar, discover apps and games, and carry their progress and items from one experience to the next.

The Core Platform

This diagram illustrates how the major pieces of the ecosystem fit together.

Playcademy ecosystem diagram showing developers, SDK, dev servers, and the platform API

Key Tools

You'll primarily interact with these tools:

PackageDescription

playcademy

Command-line interface for project initialization, local development, and deployment.

@playcademy/sdk

TypeScript SDK for connecting your project to the Playcademy platform.

@playcademy/vite-plugin

Starts the development sandbox and backend server during vite dev for better DX.

Note for Godot & Unity Developers

This guide focuses on our Vite-based toolchain for building apps and games.

For engine-specific instructions, see our dedicated guides for Godot and Unity.

Explore the Platform

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