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Tutorials16
OverviewFirst game projectFirst entityAuthored user_data and the inspectorFirst mesh and materialFirst physics body and triggerFirst character controllerFirst session servicesFirst UIFirst input actionFirst messagesPlay, Edit, and scenesFirst runtime spawnFirst motionFirst skeletal animationAssets in Play (soft refs and hot reload)Dynamic editor recompile
Guides16
OverviewDevelopment guideGameplay APIChoosing component storageBuild and packagingProject filePluginsHikari Plugin APIData-driven content, JSON, and pathsScripting with KawaShader authoringTime of dayUser interfaceUI layoutUI widgetsMigration from Unity / UnrealActor and component lifecycle
Systems28
OverviewArchitectureApplication lifecycleFrontends and driversPlatforms and supportSession services and cross-scene stateScenes and gameplayActor communication (hi.actors)Game-facing refsSave / replication wire versionCoordinate space and camera conventionsRenderingRenderer architecture mapFrame governorGPU particlesVisual ZonesVolumetric mediaInputAudioPhysicsMotion KitTemporal KitAssets and ShinraPrefabsAsset residencyAsset formats (Shinra pipeline)UI and editorEditor asset hot reloadEditor Project Selector
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OverviewAkari language referenceKawa language reference
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Overview
Tutorials16
OverviewFirst game projectFirst entityAuthored user_data and the inspectorFirst mesh and materialFirst physics body and triggerFirst character controllerFirst session servicesFirst UIFirst input actionFirst messagesPlay, Edit, and scenesFirst runtime spawnFirst motionFirst skeletal animationAssets in Play (soft refs and hot reload)Dynamic editor recompile
Guides16
OverviewDevelopment guideGameplay APIChoosing component storageBuild and packagingProject filePluginsHikari Plugin APIData-driven content, JSON, and pathsScripting with KawaShader authoringTime of dayUser interfaceUI layoutUI widgetsMigration from Unity / UnrealActor and component lifecycle
Systems28
OverviewArchitectureApplication lifecycleFrontends and driversPlatforms and supportSession services and cross-scene stateScenes and gameplayActor communication (hi.actors)Game-facing refsSave / replication wire versionCoordinate space and camera conventionsRenderingRenderer architecture mapFrame governorGPU particlesVisual ZonesVolumetric mediaInputAudioPhysicsMotion KitTemporal KitAssets and ShinraPrefabsAsset residencyAsset formats (Shinra pipeline)UI and editorEditor asset hot reloadEditor Project Selector
Language reference2
OverviewAkari language referenceKawa language reference
Engine overview
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