Are there any resource available to help creating next source-only game?

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After giving it some thoughts, I prefer to build my next game without the editor.
I see some advantages.
Off source there is the huge disadvantage that you can not easily edit your scene. But our next game will not really have much of a scene. Most objects are programmatically instantiated anyway.

At least, I want to give it a try.

So my question is: what resources are available for a source only approach? I tried searching this forum, but without success.

I hope there is some document or video that gets you running. That explains the basics of:

  • how to embed it in your HTML code

  • how to setup basic scene (lights, camera, objects)

  • how to attach scipts to entities

  • how to define script load (and update() call ordering)

And I ask myself if one would (when not using the editor) still use attributes. For instance to connect an asset or entity to a script.

Maybe these are somewhat silly questions, but for me coding PlayCanvas without editor is an new adventure.

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It’s pretty much the engine repo (https://github.com/playcanvas/engine#usage) and the examples https://playcanvas.github.io/#/misc/hello-world

They contain examples of what you listed above.

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The asset viewer example is good demo of a combination of usages: https://playcanvas.github.io/#/graphics/asset-viewer

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There are these 4 temporary examples I have to test some WebGPU things as I develop them. Those are single file, completely standalone projects using the engine only, in a module environment. Maybe a good starting point to set up some initial framework.
You can add additional js files and import them as modules.

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Or consider codepen.io to see another engine-only setup:

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