Get Started

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

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.

Guides vs. Scripting

On the left sidebar, each section has a Scripting sub-section with API references for the relevant classes and methods.

Note: Some sections of the docs will only have Scripting references instead of features in Build Mode; this is because we're still working on its implementation. We're spending many late nights to ship these features to you!

Step 1: Make a Game

Click "Make a Game" on the sidebar.

For the alpha, we encourage you to simply build a game.

Why? Our goal is 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 mediocre or confusing, please let us know.

Publish in The Mirror

"The Mirror" is our platform: you make games with Mirror Engine and publish them in The Mirror. When a game is published, it runs in Play Mode. Any account on Mirror Engine can play any game, available on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome.

We'll take this even further: Any asset, any entity, any game, and any world will all be interoperable with other games, assets, and entities in The Mirror.

We'll provide more info on the publishing process soon in future releases.

Videos

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

Info Buttons

Info buttons provide additional context and guidance while you're building. Look for these buttons as you're building to guide you. Also, click the "Quick Request" button on one to xeet us on X with a request.

Look for these buttons as you're building to guide you. Also, click the "Quick Request" button on one to xeet us on X with a request.

Versioning

v2.0.0 was our first alpha release. Mirror Classic our v1, so the semver counter increases from major version 2 onward with a standard semver major.minor.patch format.

Community

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