Announcement

by Steven Yau on Announcement

Important Information about macOS Safari 15

We have been made aware of a critical issue regarding WebGL content and the release of macOS Safari 15 earlier this week where previously published content could fail to load.

Apple are aware of this and have a fix in place on WebKit. However, we don’t know when this fix will be included in an update release.

PlayCanvas have released v1.46.5 of the engine to workaround this issue.

Actions to take

If you have a PlayCanvas application that was published between Feb 2020 and 21st Sep 2021, the application will fail to load on Safari 15 until Apple releases an update and users update their devices.

Please republish the application so that it uses the latest engine release or update the engine version to v1.46.5 if you are using NPM.

If you need to stay on particular version of the PlayCanvas engine, it is possible modify the engine or build a custom version and include the following code change from this PR.

If you have any issues or questions, please message us on the forum where we will provide support.

by Steven Yau on Announcement

PlayCanvas Showcase 2021

We are very excited to release our very first showcase reel, showing some of the very best WebGL browser games and experiences made with PlayCanvas to date!

Many thanks for to all our partners and users that allowed us to show their awesome content in the video:

See more games and experiences at Awesome PlayCanvas!

by will on Announcement, News

Learn the PlayCanvas API with the Engine Examples Browser

PlayCanvas has a rich JavaScript API that allows you to build just about any type of interactive content imaginable – games, playable ads, product configurators, AR, VR and more! But learning a new API can be tough. Reading API reference documentation is all well and good, but many people prefer to learn by experimentation. And by examining the code of real world examples. This led the PlayCanvas team to build a new application: the Engine Examples Browser.

Starting exploring the Examples Browser now:

https://playcanvas.github.io/

The browser is written entirely in Typescript and uses a Webpack build process. Naturally, it is 100% open source (MIT license) and the source can be found here.

The Examples Browser has some pretty cool features:

  • Gallery panel. Select any of the 86 examples from the (filterable) list on the left, either by name or thumbnail.
  • Inspect Source. Expand the source panel (built on the awesome Monaco code editor) on the right to inspect any example’s source code.
  • Edit and hot reload. Edit any example and hit the Play button to refresh the running example. Monaco uses PlayCanvas’ Typescript definitions to provide inline API hints.
  • Embed links. Want to embed PlayCanvas examples in your own site? Simply hit the embed icon and copy the URL!
  • Share to Twitter. Want to share a specific example with the world? Just hit the Twitter icon!

If you would like to request an example to be added to the browser, submit an issue here. Or if you’re feeling creative, submit a pull request of your own to the repo! Stay tuned for newly added examples in the coming months. Enjoy!