Welcome
Easel is a remixable online game engine designed to match how humans, not computers, think about games. It also features automatic multiplayer! Whether you are a beginner or expert coder, you'll love making games with Easel!
Why learn Easel?
Easel takes an innovative approach to game development that lets you make games quickly and easily, and then publish them online for anyone to play. Whether you are a first time coder or an experienced developer, you'll find its behavior-oriented approach intuitive and fun. See Why Easel? to learn more about the philosophy behind Easel. If you are already a coder, visit Key Concepts to learn more about what makes Easel unique.
How to learn Easel
Make a game! There is no better way to learn than by doing.
- Most people start with the Quickstart tutorial.
- After that, think of some ideas of how you would like to expand or modify the game you have made, and see if you can figure it out by reading the relevant sections of the documentation. Start with the Learn section to get a good overview, then go to the Reference for more detail. For example, if you need to draw some graphics, go to the Graphics section to get an overview of how graphics work in Easel, then go the Graphics Reference to find the functions you need.
- Go to the Play section to find other games that have similar mechanics to what you want to make, and remix them to see how they work.
- If you get stuck, join the Discord and ask for help!
Where to from here
What would you like to learn about next?
- See Quickstart for a hands-on tutorial that will show you what Easel is capable of.
- See Why Easel? to learn about the philosophy behind Easel and why it is a great tool for learning to code.
- See Key Concepts if you are already a coder and want to know what makes Easel unique.