create-rcade

create-rcade

Scaffold a new RCade game in seconds.

Quick Start

npm create rcade@latest

That's it! Follow the prompts and you'll have a fully configured game project ready to deploy to the RCade arcade cabinet.

What You Get

Running create-rcade sets up:

• A game project with your chosen template (JS, TS, or Rust)
• Build tooling pre-configured (Vite or Trunk)
• GitHub Actions workflow for automatic deployment
• rcade.manifest.json with your game metadata
• Git repository initialized and ready to push

Interactive Prompts

? Enter game identifier (e.g. my-game): space-blaster
? Enter display name: Space Blaster
? Enter game description: An epic space shooter
? Game visibility: Public (Everyone can play!)
? Versioning: Automatic (version is incremented every push)
? Starting template: Vanilla (JavaScript)
? Package manager: npm

Visibility Options

Option	Who Can Play
Public	Everyone
Internal	Recursers and people at the Hub
Private	Only you (great for development)

Templates

Template	Tech Stack	Best For
Vanilla JS	Vite + JavaScript	Quick prototypes
Vanilla TS	Vite + TypeScript	Type-safe development
Vanilla Rust	Trunk + WASM	Performance-critical games

After Creation

cd my-game
npm run dev      # Start local dev server

When you're ready to deploy:

git remote add origin [e-mail]:you/my-game.git
git push -u origin main

GitHub Actions automatically builds and deploys your game to RCade!

Development

This package is a thin wrapper around the rcade CLI package.

Build

bun run build