🕹️ E2 for Game Developers
Become a
World Builder.
This is everything E2 gives game developers, all in one place and all free: four playable starter games with the code on the page, a free six lesson course, Sam our free AI as your dev partner, free art and tools, open assets, a world to build in, an arcade to run, paid bounties, and a community that plays what you ship.
Or play DriveFolio, a full game built here →
The E2 world: built by members, one shipped game at a time
The whole shelf
Everything for game developers, in one place
From your first copied line of code to running the whole Arcade. Pick where you are and start there.
Your First Game starters
Four games you can play in the browser right now, then copy, remix, and publish as your own.
Play the starters →The free course
Six lessons: pick a starter, make it yours, add a goal, add art and sound, publish, get feedback.
Start Lesson 1 →Platformer course
Build your first Super Mario style game at Starvard, with a playable starter and an asset pack.
Build a platformer →DriveFolio
A full 3D driving game in your browser, built here from an open source folio. Play it, then study how it works.
Play DriveFolio →Sam, free AI dev partner
Mechanics, dialogue, bug hunts, devlogs, and honest playtest notes. Sam helps at any hour, free.
Meet Sam →Arcade World
The E2 Arcade: the games, the tournaments, and the world they live in. Your game belongs here.
Enter the Arcade →CEO of the Arcade
Run the Arcade for one week like it is yours: ship daily, stream the final, get paid for real work.
See the program →Open assets, E2 Commons
Characters and art on open shelves, including a CC0 open vault with game sprites you can use.
See the tiers →A free site for your game
Every game needs a home page. Claim e2.life/yourgame free and take the code with you.
Claim your name →Audit your game page
Sam scores your game's page or portfolio link and hands you the fixes that get more players.
Run an audit →Bounties
Small paid jobs for finished ships. Build the thing, post the proof, get paid by Tippy.
See bounties →Level Up and Passport
Bronze, Silver, Gold. Your shipped games are recorded on your passport for everyone to see.
How it works →Start here
Four starter games. Play, copy, remix.
Every starter is one single file. The settings sit in a CONFIG block at the top, the remix notes are inside the code, and the buttons copy the whole game to your clipboard. Change one thing at a time and you are a game developer by lunch.
Little World, 3D walk around
A small 3D world on Three.js: walk with WASD, look with the mouse, collect 12 coins. Move the coins, change the sky, make it yours.
Play and copy it →
Coin Dash, 2D collector
Sixty seconds, one arena, as many coins as you can grab. The timer, the speed, and the coin count are all in the CONFIG block.
Play and copy it →
Star Guard, space shooter
A 2D space shooter with waves and a score to beat. Tune the fire rate, add a power up, and it stops being a starter and starts being your game.
Play and copy it →
Jump World, 2D platformer
A Mario style scroller with coins, grumblies you can stomp, and a finish flag. The whole level is drawn as letters in the code: redraw the letters, redesign the level.
Play and copy it →Play it first
Play the starter like a player, not a coder. Notice what is fun and what is missing. That missing thing is your first job.
Copy, then change one thing
Copy the code, paste it into your AI, and change exactly one thing: a color, a speed, a sound. Ship it. Repeat.
Publish and get players
Put it on your free E2 site, post it in the Discord and the Feed, and watch real people play it. Feedback is the fuel.
Free AI, built for builders
Sam is your dev partner.
Sam is E2's superintelligence and she works for members for free. Game developers use her the way a small studio uses a whole team.
- ✓She brainstorms mechanics and helps you scope a game you can finish
- ✓She writes and debugs code beside you, one change at a time
- ✓She writes dialogue, item names, and your game's story beats
- ✓She drafts your devlog and your game's home page copy
- ✓She gives honest playtest notes, not flattery
The E2 world map: the place our games are growing into
Proof it works
Real games, shipped from this community
Not mockups. These are live, playable, and built by people who started where you are.
Free shelves
Art, tools, and assets that cost nothing
The Your First Game page keeps a working shelf of free art and tools, and E2 adds its own open assets on top. Everything here is free to use in your game.
Art
Kenney and OpenGameArt
Huge free asset libraries the community actually uses, linked from the starter page with the good stuff first. Open the shelf →
3D
Quaternius and Three.js
Free low poly models and the Three.js examples our 3D starter is built on. Little World runs on exactly this stack. See the stack →
Engines
A-Frame and Phaser
Free ways to go further: A-Frame for web VR scenes, Phaser for bigger 2D games, both with starter templates. Compare routes →
Assets
E2 Commons, CC0 vault
Our Open Vault shelf is CC0: sprites and art you can use for anything, including commercial games. Open the vault →
Characters
Character sheets
Every E2 character has a public sheet and story page, so games and fan work stay on model. Meet the cast →
Prompts
The one change prompt shelf
Ready made prompts that change one thing at a time in your starter: speed, gravity, art, sound, score. Steal the prompts →
Playtesters on tap: the E2 Discord plays what members ship
Run the place
Be CEO of the Arcade for a week
The top job for a game developer here: one week running the Arcade like it is yours. Ship a playable world, launch new games, run a stream night with a tournament final, and report every night. ₱1,000 base pay for completing the week properly, plus a ₱500 bonus for good work. Harsh, our first member, is in the chair right now.
Start today
Your first day as an E2 game developer
Three moves. One afternoon. You will end it with a game of your own, live, with real players.
Play all four starters
Fifteen minutes. Pick the one you wish was longer. That is your game now.
Copy it and change one thing
Copy the code, paste it into Sam or your AI, change one thing, and publish it on your free E2 site.
Post it and take Lesson 1
Drop the link in the Discord for players, then start the free course so your second change is a smart one.
Your first game is closer than you think.
Join the community, copy a starter, and ship something playable this week. The Arcade has room for your game.
Join the community Open the Discord