Create a game
Every game starts with a sentence. Describe it on the home screen, and Playgent Forge picks the right game, writes the puzzle and checks it can be solved. Then keep talking to shape it.
Start from the home screen
Press New game in the sidebar, or ⌘ ⇧ O (Ctrl Shift O on Windows). Then either:
Type what you want in Describe the game you want to make and press send:
A daily word game about cooking, in our green and cream colors
Playgent picks the closest game type, names the game from your topic, such as "Cooking Word Search", and writes its first puzzle.
Press Game under the box to open Choose a game. Search, or filter by Words, Numbers or Logic. On a wide screen, the selected game plays as a demo on the right.
- Games marked AI themed take a topic: the box fills with a start like "Make a Trivia quiz about ". Finish the sentence and send.
- Other games are made at once when you press Create, with their built-in puzzles.
Under the box are a few starters, such as Make a Worday about … and Create a Sudoku. Pick one, finish the sentence if it asks for a topic, and send. Browse all games opens the full list.
Press Folder under the box to file the new game in a folder.
Shape it in the chat
The game opens with the chat on the left and the live game on the right. Ask for changes in plain words:
| Ask for | Example |
|---|---|
| A puzzle on a topic | "Use words about Italian pasta" |
| Colors | "Make the main color #1f6f43" |
| A font | "Use Merriweather" |
| The name on the cover | "Call it The Daily Dish" |
| Features | "Turn off hints", "Add a timer" |
| The level | "Start on Hard" |
| The end-screen button | "Add a button to example.com/recipes saying More recipes" |
| A week of puzzles | "Plan 7 days of puzzles about autumn" |
| A different game | "Make it a crossword instead" |
Each change shows as a short line in the chat, like Changed colors or Made a new puzzle, and the game on the right updates. Switching to a different game type removes the puzzles you made for the old one.
What the chat leaves to you
- Publishing. It tells you when the game is ready; you press Publish.
- Pictures. Add them in the Editor.
- Daily, Pinned or Random. Choose in Schedule.
Playgent can make mistakes. Play your game before you publish it.
The game page
| View | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Chat | Ask for changes. |
| Schedule | Choose Pinned, Daily or Random, and plan puzzles on the calendar. |
| Editor | Write or fix a puzzle yourself, for games with puzzles of their own. |
| Style | Font, corners and colors. |
| Features | What players see before, during and after the puzzle. |
| Analytics | How people play this game. |
Your work saves as you go: the top bar shows Saving and Saved. Restart game gives you a fresh board to test with. Hide preview makes room on small screens.
Organize your games
- Rename, Move to folder or Delete a game from its menu in the sidebar, or the game's title.
- Pin games you use often to the top of the sidebar. Pins are just for you.
- Drag a game onto a folder to file it.
- Press ⌘ K to search games and folders.
What making a game costs
Chat replies and puzzles from Playgent Forge are paid from the workspace's balance, typically a few cents per game. Editing by hand, built-in puzzles and publishing are free.