How-To Guide

Welcome! We're glad you're building with us. You'll find everything you need here to get started making games with Mirror Engine.

Also check out Jared's YouTube channel for tutorials and the latest updates.

Our Goal

That you never need to read this how-to guide. Our aim is that the UX is intuitive enough to where you can hit the ground running with ease. If our UX is ever confusing or mediocre, please let us know.

Where do I start?

Dive in! Click "Make a Game" on the sidebar.

For this early alpha, we encourage you to simply play with a blank game, check out the sidebar how-to links, and watch some videos. We'll provide a detailed getting started guide once more features are released.

Info Buttons

Hover over this button for example. Look for these buttons in-game to guide you.

Invite-Only Alpha

We're in our early releases of Mirror Engine, thus will be some bugs and rough edges, but we're working hard to improve the experience for you. Thank you for bearing with us.

Need an alpha key? Apply here.

Versioning

Similar to Chrome, we regularly increment a major version each release (e.g. V2, V3, V4, etc.), which can be as infrequently as monthly and as frequently as multiple times a day.

V2 was our first alpha release. We consider Mirror Classic our V1, so the major version counter increases from V2 onward.

Does a major version mean breaking?

Nope. Our aim is to maintain backwards compatibility as much as possible.

Nevertheless, we'll inevitably need to deprecate some scripting APIs in the future. We'll give you ample notice to make it as smooth as possible. The ideal scenario, of course, is that you never need to make any changes at all.

Community

Join our Discord for more help and to hang out with players and developers.