Games
Create a game in the Creator Hub, choose its genre, hosting and player count, and see what its page shows players.
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A game on NEO is an entry in your account with a title, a description, a genre, a way of hosting players and published versions that players play. You can create one in the Creator Hub, or let the Studio create it the first time you publish a project.
Create a game in the Creator Hub#
- Open Creations in the Creator Hub (or choose New game on the dashboard).
- Choose New game. A two-step dialog opens.
- On New game · Details, fill in the title, genre and description, then choose Next.
- On New game · Players, choose who hosts the game and how many players a server holds, then choose Create game.
The new game appears in Your games as a Draft, with Not published in place of a version number. Nobody else can see it until you publish a version and make it public. See Publish and share a game.
Details#
| Field | Rules |
|---|---|
| Title | Required, 3 to 60 characters. It has to pass the name filter. |
| Genre | One of Action, Obby, Hangout, Shooter, Racing, Simulator, RPG, Sandbox, Fighting, Strategy, Horror, Party, Puzzle or Other. |
| Description | Optional, up to 1,000 characters. It's filtered like other public text. Players read it on the game's About tab. |
Players: hosting and server size#
The second step asks who hosts the game. Each choice sets the most players a server can hold.
| Choice | What it means | Players per server |
|---|---|---|
| Solo | One player. No server needed. | 1 |
| Small groups | One player's device hosts. | Up to 16 |
| Hosted rooms | A light hosted room. | Up to 50 |
| Dedicated servers | Big, competitive or persistent worlds. | Up to 200 |
Players per server is how many players fit in one server, from 1 up to the limit for your choice. The default is 12 on Small groups. When a server fills up, the next player gets a new one.
You choose the hosting and the server size when you create the game. The Creator Hub doesn't have a way to change them afterwards.
What players see#
Your game's page, at /games/<id>, is what players see when they open your game from the home page, Charts, search or a link. It shows:
- Key art: the image you upload in the game's Settings. Until you upload one, the page shows a plain NEO cube outline.
- Title, By and your name, linking to your profile.
- Genre, how many are playing, and Up to your players-per-server number.
- Play, which starts the live version. It's turned off until you've published one.
- Favorite, thumbs up and thumbs down, and the share of players who liked the game. Only players who have played can rate it.
- About: your description and stats (Playing, Visits, Favorites, Created, Updated, Server size, Hosting, Genre), plus any game passes.
- Store: every pass and product your game sells. See Game passes and developer products.
- Servers: the running servers, how full each is, friends in them, and Join.
Manage a game#
Choose Manage on a game in Creations to open its page in the Creator Hub. It has six tabs: Overview, Analytics, Versions, Store, Testers and Settings. See Game settings and versions.