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The chili platform is open. Come on in!

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Kacper Akdağ-Ochnik
Founder & head engineer of chilichip. Creating the chilichip console, developer SDKs, and retro games from the hardware up.

Big week, chili fam: the chili platform is open! It is our home for everything VGC Zero: a studio, a community and soon a store, all in one place. Pull up a chair, make an account and look around. We will show you what is inside.

The chili platform home page
The home page of the chili platform

What is inside
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The studio. Make your own game with our no-code game creator, right in your browser. Soon it will tell you when your game is saved, and warn you before you leave without saving.

The chili game creator with a room, the paint tool and the color picker open
The game creator, right in your browser

The community. Chat in the forum, share your games, and write your posts with simple formatting and a live preview as you type.

A forum thread on the chili platform
The very first thread in the community forum

The shop, coming soon. Our store is getting its final polish before it opens. Soon you will be able to browse by category, search, and check out, and digital games will skip the address step. We will let you know the moment it is ready.

Find your way around
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Not sure where to start? The home page has a “Start here” row, live games from the marketplace and fresh forum threads. Make it yours in settings: your profile, avatar, privacy and preferences. If you get stuck, the help center has your back. Want the latest news? Sign up for the newsletter at the bottom of any page.

The chili platform help center
The help center

Still a preview, and we are still tidying
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We are calling this an open preview, and we mean it. Things are still being fixed and polished. If something looks broken or confusing, please tell us. That is exactly what this preview is for.

Coming soon: sign in with GitHub or Google, a better sales panel for sellers, and more community features like following creators and getting notifications.

Tell us what you think
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You are the reason we are building this, so please poke around and tell us what you love and what feels off. Start a thread in the community forum, come say hi on Discord, or open an issue on GitHub.

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