### Create and install the example project

Source: https://wiki.spawnite.com/learn/your-first-game

Run this command to create a new project from the example template and install its npm dependencies. The install requires no token because packages come from npm. To use a different theme, add `--theme slate` to the create command.

```bash
npx @spawnite/cli create my-game --template example
cd my-game && npm install

```

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### Install and run Spawnite example simulation

Source: https://wiki.spawnite.com/learn/for-evaluating-agents

Requires Node 24.2 or later and npm. Creates a game from the example template, installs dependencies, and runs the example's run scene for five seconds of game time with no window. Output starts with 'Stepped 300 steps.' and a hash, and the dump shows 3 coins in the wallet.

```bash
npx @spawnite/cli create my-game --template example
cd my-game
npm install
npx spawnite simulate --scene run --seconds 5 --keys w --fields wallet
```

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### Create a game from the example template and install packages

Source: https://wiki.spawnite.com/learn/install

Run these commands in the folder where you keep your projects. `npx @spawnite/cli create my-game --template example` creates a game from the example template, `cd my-game` moves into it, and `npm install` installs the engine and dependencies. The `--template` flag can be changed to other templates listed by `npx @spawnite/cli list`.

```bash
npx @spawnite/cli create my-game --template example
cd my-game
npm install

```

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### Game code file list example

Source: https://wiki.spawnite.com/platform/publishing

Example output from `spawnite build` showing the heaviest files a player downloads before the game starts, with gzipped sizes and source packages. The example keeps three of 26 listed files.

```text
Game code: 32 KB gzipped
Files a player downloads before the game starts, gzipped bytes, heaviest first:
  122,856 release @spawnite/engine.js: @pixiv/three-vrm-animation, @spawnite/assets, @spawnite/engine, framer-motion, react-error-boundary
  100,768 release chunks/three.core-BoJD7UsQ.js: three
  ...
  20,348 page assets/index-tgKY-7nf.js
  ...
  and 68 smaller files, 86,181 bytes
```

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### Run Holdfast locally

Source: https://wiki.spawnite.com/games/holdfast

Commands to create a copy of Holdfast, install dependencies, and start a local room. `spawnite play start` starts a room beside the dev server and opens the game; `--pages 2` opens a second warden's page, and `--bots 3` adds three bots.

```bash
npx @spawnite/cli create my-holdfast --template holdfast
cd my-holdfast
pnpm install
spawnite play start
```

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### spawnite play start --device and touch input

Source: https://wiki.spawnite.com/engine/testing/director

Start a session with a device emulation and simulate touch input. The device name must be one Playwright recognizes, such as "Pixel 7" or "iPhone 15". The page takes the device's screen size, pixel ratio, touch screen, and coarse pointer. The example shows starting as a Pixel 7 and then holding, moving, and releasing a touch point.

```bash
spawnite play start --device "Pixel 7"
spawnite play hold Touch1 --at 150,250
spawnite play move Touch1 --by 120,0
spawnite play release Touch1
```

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### defineGame example

Source: https://wiki.spawnite.com/reference/game/definegame

Example of defining a game with defineGame, including name, start scene, room, worlds, and plugins.

```typescript
export const game = defineGame({
     name: "three-mmorpg",
     start: "meadow",
     room: defineRoom(),
     worlds: true,
     plugins: [characters(), stats(), resources()],
 });
```

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### Install uv on Windows

Source: https://wiki.spawnite.com/learn/blender

Install uv, which runs the server, on Windows.

```bash
winget install astral-sh.uv
```

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### Install uv on Linux

Source: https://wiki.spawnite.com/learn/blender

Install uv, which runs the server, on Linux.

```bash
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
```

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### useTextChat example: render messages

Source: https://wiki.spawnite.com/reference/text_chat/usetextchat

Example usage of useTextChat to get messages and send function, then render each message as a paragraph element.

```jsx
const { messages, send } = useTextChat();
return messages.map((message) => <p key={message.id}>{message.text}</p>);
```

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### Install game dependencies

Source: https://wiki.spawnite.com/learn/agent-checklist

The create command ends with the install command for the game's package manager, such as 'npm install'. Run it in the game's folder.

```bash
npm install
```

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### Publish command output example

Source: https://wiki.spawnite.com/platform/publishing

Example output from the spawnite publish command, showing the build report, uploaded version, and the game's link and state.

```text
Built the bundle at dist/bundle: engine 0.1.0, game code 146 KB gzipped.
Uploaded version 3: 41 files, checked.
Published version 3 of Tower Defense, game 48201973. Players load it within a minute.
Link: https://spawnite.com/games/tower-defense/48201973?k=pT3xR9sYw2KqLmN8vB4cZa
Live version: 3
State: unlisted, not on the store. Only people with the link can play.
To put it on the store, send a store page with spawnite store upload, then run spawnite visibility public
```

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### Set starting quality levels per device class

Source: https://wiki.spawnite.com/engine/ui/graphics-quality

Use the `quality.start` map to set the starting quality level for specific device classes. Classes not listed start at the engine's default level. This example sets `GraphicsCardLargeScreen` to High and `Touch` to Minimum.

```tsx
import { defineGame, DeviceClass, Game, QualityLevel } from "@spawnite/engine";


const game = defineGame({ name: "bladebound", start: "lobby" });


<Game
    game={game}
    quality={{
        start: {
            [DeviceClass.GraphicsCardLargeScreen]: QualityLevel.High,
            [DeviceClass.Touch]: QualityLevel.Minimum,
        },
    }}
>
    {/* scenes */}
</Game>;
```

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### Install blender-live plugin

Source: https://wiki.spawnite.com/learn/blender

Add the spawnite/plugin marketplace and install the blender-live plugin.

```bash
claude plugin marketplace add spawnite/plugin
claude plugin install blender-live@spawnite
```

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### readDrawnFlight usage example

Source: https://wiki.spawnite.com/reference/physics/readdrawnflight

Example of using readDrawnFlight to get the drawn flight data and update a shadow's position. The function returns null if the ball is drawn at the page's own tick or on a non-page world.

```javascript
const drawn = readDrawnFlight(world, ball); if (drawn) shadow.position.set(drawn.position.x, 0, drawn.position.z);
```

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### List Spawnite templates with CLI

Source: https://wiki.spawnite.com/learn/agent-checklist

Run this command in the session's folder to verify the CLI is reachable and that the 'example' template is available. If node is missing or older than 24.2, ask the user to install Node 24 from nodejs.org. If npm is unreachable, ask the user to check the network. If the harness refuses the command, ask the user to run it and read the templates from their paste.

```bash
npx -y @spawnite/cli list --json
```

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### readNextPose usage example

Source: https://wiki.spawnite.com/reference/physics/readnextpose

Calls readNextPose to get the next pose for the entity 'lift' into 'nextPose', then modifies the y position by 'rise'.

```typescript
readNextPose(world, lift, nextPose).position.y += rise;

```

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### Install Chromium dependencies with Playwright

Source: https://wiki.spawnite.com/learn/troubleshooting

On Linux, when the browser fails to start with 'error while loading shared libraries: libnspr4.so' or 'Host system is missing dependencies', run this command to install the system libraries Chromium needs. Requires administrator rights.

```bash
sudo npx -y playwright install-deps chromium
```

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### Start a game with a room using spawnite play start

Source: https://wiki.spawnite.com/learn/get-started

Starts the game with a room. Use the same package manager as the project, e.g., npm exec. The dev command does not start a room.

```bash
npm exec spawnite play start
```

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### useMachineState usage example

Source: https://wiki.spawnite.com/reference/state/usemachinestate

Shows how to get the current top state of a machine on an entity using useMachineState. The example queries an entity with the Siege trait and reads its machine state, which can be "waiting", "fight", or other states.

```typescript
const siege = useQueryFirst(Siege.trait);
const phase = useMachineState(Siege, siege); // "waiting" | "fight" | ...
```

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### App component defining a Game root with scenes and global UI

Source: https://wiki.spawnite.com/engine/structure/game

The example template's App is a whole game root. It reads room and renderer options from the URL, renders a Game with scenes, a global Readout, and optional devtools. The room joins a room named by the page address, gl picks the renderer, and ExampleDevtools loads only in development.

```tsx
export function App() {
    //  Game reads its room and its renderer once, when it mounts.
    const [room] = useState(() => readRoomOptions(window.location.search));
    const [renderer] = useState(() => readRenderer(window.location.search));


    return (
        <Game game={game} room={room} gl={renderer}>
            <Scene name="lobby" component={Lobby} />
            <Scene name="run" component={Run} />
            <Scene name="platforms" component={Platforms} />
            <Readout />
            {ExampleDevtools && (
                <Suspense fallback={null}>
                    <ExampleDevtools />
                </Suspense>
            )}
        </Game>
    );
}


export default App;

```

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### readViewTrait usage example

Source: https://wiki.spawnite.com/reference/physics/readviewtrait

Calls readViewTrait with a step, target entity, HitZonesTrait, and a command to get the trait's value at that rewind moment.

```typescript
const zones = readViewTrait(step, target, HitZonesTrait, command);
```

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### Build and profile a game with `spawnite play profile`

Source: https://wiki.spawnite.com/engine/testing/measuring

Build the game without minification and with a source map so the CPU profile's function names map back to the engine's files, then profile it for 20 seconds. The command serves the build with `vite preview` and opens it in a headless Chromium at 1920x1080.

```bash
pnpm build --minify=false --sourcemap=true
spawnite play profile --seconds 20

```

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### readViewPosition usage example

Source: https://wiki.spawnite.com/reference/physics/readviewposition

Calls readViewPosition with a step, an entity's ball, and a command to get the entity's position at that rewind point.

```javascript
const at = readViewPosition(step, command.payload.ball, command);
```

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### Verify Spawnite connection by listing templates

Source: https://wiki.spawnite.com/learn/connect-your-agent

Ask your agent to list game templates. The agent should call the `list_templates` tool and name the `example` template. If the agent says it has no such tool, see Troubleshooting.

```text
List the game templates.

```