First Play Studios.
NEW HERE? START WITH ONE SMALL THING

Try a lesson. Make a change. Share what happened.

Our illustrated first-visit guide takes you from a working room to your own project page.

Take the five-step tour
✳ A HOME FOR YOUR FIRST GAME. AND YOUR NEXT.

That game
in your head?
Let’s make it.

A little guidance. A few good tools. A community of makers.
Bring your idea—and your own ChatGPT. We’ll help you find your next step.

✓ No experience needed. Plenty of room to grow.
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Click a carrot. You’re already playtesting.
IDEA NO. 001A garden. A few carrots.
Something worth making.
ONE SMALL, PLAYABLE BEGINNING
LESS
“SOMEDAY.”
MORE PLAY.
01 / LEARNMake your first small change.

A working game, one rule, and a guided first experiment.

02 / EXPLORETry something we’re building.

Games, mods and tools from Todd’s workbench.

03 / JOIN INBring a question. Share a little progress.

A friendly forum for ideas, obstacles and useful discoveries.

Your imagination, in good company. AI assistance welcome Every experience level Your project stays yours
THIS WEEK’S SMALL CHALLENGENo. 001

One small delivery.

One item. One obstacle. One place to go. Make a tiny delivery feel clear.

Try the challenge
Free · Any experience · Your own paceChallenge shelf
NEW / A COMPLETE BUILD-ALONG WORKSHOP

One parcel.
Six lessons.
Your first Godot game.

Move a courier, navigate a wall, collect a parcel, deliver it once, and restart the whole run. Learn one rule at a time with editable checkpoints.

Godot 4.7.2 stable · standard edition · GDScriptOpen the free workshop
THE FIRST PLAY FIELD GUIDE

Learn something.
Make something better.

Game design, engines, code, art, and the habits that keep a project moving. Start with one useful guide.

Explore 18 free guides
01
GAME DESIGN

Turn a big idea into one playable room

02
GAME ENGINES

Godot: build a room from nodes and scenes

03
CREATIVE SOFTWARE

Make a useful game prop from three simple shapes

Find your learning path
REAL PROGRESS / FROM TODD’S WORKBENCH

Latest from
the workshop.

What changed, what we checked, and the next useful step. Updates from our four projects.

All development updates
Field Marshal — Campaign Coach

Campaign Coach joins our project workbench

Field Marshal — Campaign Coach now has a place in our First Play Studios project showcase and its own forum discussion. The current development mod adds an in-game advisor for Hearts of Iron IV, with 19 guided questio…

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YOUR WORK / GOOD COMPANY

There’s room
on the project wall.

A first mechanic, an unfinished map, or a game you’re ready to share. Give it a page, ask for useful feedback, and let people follow along.

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YOUR NEXT SMALL THINGStart with a private draft.
Share when you’re ready.
AROUND THE WORKSHOP TABLE

A question. A small win.
Your next conversation.

See what makers are talking about. New questions and unfinished projects belong here.

Visit the forum

Free to read. Sign in with ChatGPT and choose a maker name to join in.

A WORKSHOP WITH THE DOOR OPEN

Good questions belong here.

Use the guides, try an experiment, then tell us what happened. Everything is free; your own ChatGPT is welcome.

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