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Test rooms (disko dev)

Run a game project in a test room that rebuilds and reloads on every edit.

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While you build a game, you want to see each change right away, with real players. A test room is a private disko room that runs your game straight from your project folder.

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It signs you in, starts the room on your computer, and opens it in your browser. The template also has it as npm run dev.

Leave it running while you work. Every time you save, the game reloads in the room and players stay connected. If something doesn't build, the problems are printed in the terminal and the last working version keeps running.

Playing with others

A test room never appears in the room directory, but anyone with its link can join. Copy the link from your browser and send it to friends or testers.

Stopping

Press Ctrl-C. The room closes and its players are disconnected.

More

  • Run a project in another folder with --project <dir>.

  • To try your own room behavior, such as chat rules, add a host file; see disko dev host file.

  • For agents and scripts, --json prints one event per line; see disko dev events.

  • An account can run two test rooms at a time; see disko dev limits.