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Welcome to Excalibur!

Excalibur is a free and open source 2D game engine written in TypeScript.

We want to make it easy for you to create web-based games, whether you're new to game development or you're an experienced game developer. We take care of all of the boilerplate engine code, cross-platform targeting, and more; use as much or as little as you need!

This page has links to all the places you might want to start learning more about our game engine.

Before you begin​

  • Never made a web game before? Read through our Getting Started documentation to build a simple game step-by-step.
  • Curious what else you can make? Look at the Samples collection to see Excalibur in action.
  • Building a new game? Check out our Quickstart guide.
  • Want to add Excalibur to an existing project? Follow our Installation guide.
  • Ready to learn more about the Excalibur game engine? Dive into our Engine fundamentals.
  • Looking for a specific tutorial? Investigate the How-To section for practical examples of how to get things done.

Excalibur's design philosophy​

We want Excalibur to be a delightful 2D game development experience for the web, with sensible defaults and flexible customization. Excalibur is intended to be a "batteries included" game engine; you can build your project with minimal boilerplate and configuration, and we also provide a collection of plugins for additional functionality.

Excalibur is FOSS​

The game engine is free and open source, and always will be. We welcome any feedback or contributions! If you make something with Excalibur, let us know. We'd love to see what you build!