Google launches Playground, a platform for creating video games using simple instructions

Available in the browser to US adults, Playground creates a playable game from a natural language description, without writing a single line of code.

Google opens Playground, an experimental video game creation service that works entirely in the browser. The user describes what he wants to get, from a blank page or a remodel, then refines the rules, physics, characters or decor by talking with the tool, and tests the result immediately. The service is now available in the United States, for those over 18, on playground.google.

The finished games are shared by link or published in a common gallery, which will highlight the best rated and most played creations; Some genres will accept rankings and multiplayer. Use is free, with Google One subscribers benefiting from a higher weekly token quota. Under the hood, Google combines Gemini, Nano Banana and Lyria with a home run environment, developed on its own test games.

Unity Spark for more advanced creators

Google and Unity announce in parallel Unity Spark, a tool closer to a professional engine that allows you to design a multiplayer game; its creations can be published on Playground. A closed beta must start by the end of the year. Google thus joins Meta, which opens the creation of games by IA on Horizon, and Roblox, which tests a similar function on mobile.