Awesome PlayCanvas

PlayCanvas is an open source platform for building interactive web content. It's written in JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3 and WebGL.

This list is a curated collection of awesome resources, tools, tutorials and projects using the PlayCanvas engine to help developers make awesome games and visualizations.

Contributions very welcome but first see Contributing.

Contents

• PlayCanvas Products
• Community
• Documentation
• Tutorials
• Extensions and Utilities
• Technical Demos
• Interactive Experiences
• Games
• Browser Games
• IO Games
• Messenger Games
• YouTube Playables
• Automotive
• Product Configurators
• 3D Gaussian Splatting
• AR/VR/XR
• Generative AI
• Blockchain/Crypto/NFT

PlayCanvas Products

• PlayCanvas Engine - Open source JavaScript graphics application framework.
• PlayCanvas Editor - Browser-based editor for creating 3D web applications.
• PlayCanvas React - Open source React wrapper for the PlayCanvas Engine.
• PlayCanvas Web Components - Open source Web Components wrapper for the PlayCanvas Engine.
• SuperSplat - Open source platform for editing and publishing 3D Gaussian Splats.
• Model Viewer - Open source model viewer for viewing glTF and PLY (3D Gaussian Splats) files.
• Texture Tool - Open source tool for reprojecting textures.
• PCUI - Open source front-end framework used by the PlayCanvas toolset.

Community

• Discord Server
• Facebook
• Forum
• LinkedIn
• Reddit
• X
• YouTube

Documentation

• API Reference - API Reference Site.
• Developer Site - PlayCanvas Developer Site.

Tutorials

• Vehicle and Interior Tutorials - Detailed write ups of 2 PlayCanvas visualization applications.
• Create a Bowling Game - Create a physics-based bowling game.
• Create a Space Shooter - Recreate Asteroids in this Tutsplus tutorial.
• MDN tutorial - Build up a basic demo with PlayCanvas.
• Official Tutorials - Large collection of official PlayCanvas tutorials.
• PlayCanvas and Substance - Creating high-end artwork for vehicle configurators with PlayCanvas and Substance.
• Rescue the Lunar Lander - Tutorial to make a simple physics based game.
• Solar Games Mentorship - Premium PlayCanvas training and mentorship services.
• Video Tutorials - YouTube playlist for short PlayCanvas tutorials.

Extensions and Utilities

• 8th Wall - Markerless AR runtime.
• Kinematic Character Controller - An open-source kinematic character controller.
• playcanvas-ar - Marker-based AR solution built on ARTollkit.
• playcanvas-node - REST API wrapper for Node.js.
• playcanvas-p2.js - An integration with the p2.js 2D physics engine.
• playcanvas-rest-api-tools - CLI tools built on the PlayCanvas REST API.
• playcanvas-spine - Spine plugin for PlayCanvas for 2D animations.
• playcanvas-tween - Officially supported tween animation plugin.