General configuration#
This page takes you from a fresh install to a working Ignitor (editors open and a project loaded) in three short steps.
1. Launch Ignitor#
Open Ignitor like any other app. It shows a brief splash, sets itself up in the background, and opens the Hub: no terminal, no server to start, nothing to configure first. On the very first launch it loads a small starter project so the workstation isn't empty.
2. Explore the Hub#
The Hub is the home base of the workstation. From here you reach every editor (rooms, dialogue, puzzles, cutscenes, animation, GUI, cursors, characters, items), plus previewing your game and the export flows for shipping it.
Have a poke around the starter project: open a room, run the game, click a hotspot. Nothing you do here can hurt anything; it's a sandbox to get your bearings.
At the bottom of the left panel, ⓘ About (the version label opens it too) shows which Ignitor you are running (version and build), plus the credits, the Founding Creators and a button to the bundled license and third-party notices.
3. Create your project#
When you're ready to start your own game, create a fresh project from the Hub and give it a name. That becomes the project the workstation loads, and everything you author (rooms, art, dialogue, rules) lives inside it.
What "configuration" lives where#
Ignitor keeps two kinds of settings separate, and it helps to know the difference early:
| Kind | Where it lives | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Workstation settings | Hub Config | Editor theme, language, layout, and optional tool paths. Applies to you, the author. |
| Project / game content | inside each project | Rooms, items, dialogue, art, rules. Applies to the game you're building. |
Workstation settings follow you across every project; project content belongs to one game. Most defaults are fine out of the box; you'll usually only open Hub Config to switch language or theme, or to set up the optional tools for the art pipeline and desktop export.
Next step#
- Creating a project: the new-project wizard, step by step (naming, language and starter content).
- Hub Config: workstation settings and optional tool paths, field by field.