Documentation - floaty

Getting Started

Learn the basics of building your first pixel game with Floaty.

Step-by-step guides for specific features and game mechanics.

Complete reference for every function, property, and callback.

A printable quick-reference card for the full API.

How to Distribute Your Games Beginner

Export your game and publish it on the web, desktop, mobile, itch.io, and Steam.

Sprites Audio

How to Add a Custom Cursor Beginner

Hide the default cursor, design a pixel-art replacement, and make it follow the mouse.

Sprites Input

How to Build a Virtual Cursor Intermediate

Control a cursor with the keyboard, scroll larger worlds with the camera, and handle clicks on objects.

Shapes Sprites Input Camera Collision

How to Build a Save/Load System Intermediate

Store game state in localStorage and cookies, validate loaded data, throttle writes, and export save strings.

Text Input

How to Build a Platformer Intermediate

Add gravity, solid platforms, jumping, one-way platforms, coyote time, enemy stomping, and reactive blocks to your game.

Shapes Sprites Text Input Collision

How to Take Screenshots Beginner

Capture the game canvas as an image and trigger a PNG download with one function call.

Shapes Text Input