microStudio is a free, open source game engine online. It is also a platform to learn and practise programming.

microStudio can be used for free at https://microstudio.dev

You can also install your own copy, to work locally or on your own server for your team or classroom. You will find instructions below.

3 ways to use microStudio

Online service

microStudio is available online at https://microstudio.dev ; this is the simpler and the preferred way, you will have access to all the online collaboration features, online publishing and more export features. You don't even need to create an account, you can start working as a guest.

Standalone application (offline)

Using the standalone, offline app ; download it in the Releases section of this repository, or on itch.io: https://microstudio.itch.io/microstudio ; helpful if you plan to use it in an environment without connection to internet.

Set up your own microStudio server

You can clone this repository and start your own microStudio server, for a team or a classroom for example. See instructions below:

• Install Node JS (downloads and instructions: https://nodejs.org/en/download/)
• git clone https://github.com/pmgl/microstudio.git
• cd microstudio
• git clone https://github.com/pmgl/microstudio.wiki.git
• cd server
• npm install
• npm start
• Open browser on http://localhost:8080

For active development use:

• npm run dev instead of npm start

Configuration

To use specific configuration options, create a JSON file config.json in the root folder (same folder as this README.md). You can find partial examples in this folder as config_local.json and config_prod.json.

Configuration options