Use Template

Clone a game template from the gallery into a new project. This is a fast copy — working code in seconds, not an AI pipeline.

Behavior

Parse arguments

:

[project-name]

If no arguments provided, read

site/manifest.json

, display a numbered list of all templates with their engine/complexity/description, and ask the user to pick one.

template-id

is required.

project-name

defaults to

template-id

.

Look up template

in

site/manifest.json

by

id

. If not found, show available IDs and abort.

Determine target directory

:

If current working directory is inside the

game-creator

repository →

examples//

Otherwise →

.//

If target already exists, abort with error.

Copy the template source directory

to the target,

excluding

:

node_modules/

dist/

output/

.herenow/

progress.md

test-results/

playwright-report/

Update project metadata

:

In

package.json

set

"name"

to the project name

In

index.html

(if exists): update

<title>

to a formatted version of the project name

Install dependencies

Run npm install in the target directory. Print next steps : Template cloned successfully! cd npm run dev Implementation const fs = require ( 'fs' ) ; const path = require ( 'path' ) ; const { execSync } = require ( 'child_process' ) ; // Find game-creator root (contains site/manifest.json) function findRoot ( dir ) { let d = dir ; while ( d !== path . dirname ( d ) ) { if ( fs . existsSync ( path . join ( d , 'gallery' , 'manifest.json' ) ) ) return d ; d = path . dirname ( d ) ; } return null ; } const root = findRoot ( process . cwd ( ) ) ; const manifest = JSON . parse ( fs . readFileSync ( path . join ( root , 'gallery' , 'manifest.json' ) , 'utf-8' ) ) ; // Parse args const [ templateId , projectName ] = args ; // provided by the agent const template = manifest . find ( t => t . id === templateId ) ; const name = projectName || templateId ; // Determine target const inGameCreator = process . cwd ( ) . startsWith ( root ) ; const target = inGameCreator ? path . join ( root , 'examples' , name ) : path . join ( process . cwd ( ) , name ) ; // Copy with exclusions const EXCLUDE = [ 'node_modules' , 'dist' , 'output' , '.herenow' , 'progress.md' , 'test-results' , 'playwright-report' ] ; function copyDir ( src , dst ) { fs . mkdirSync ( dst , { recursive : true } ) ; for ( const entry of fs . readdirSync ( src , { withFileTypes : true } ) ) { if ( EXCLUDE . includes ( entry . name ) ) continue ; const s = path . join ( src , entry . name ) ; const d = path . join ( dst , entry . name ) ; if ( entry . isDirectory ( ) ) copyDir ( s , d ) ; else fs . copyFileSync ( s , d ) ; } } copyDir ( path . join ( root , template . source ) , target ) ; // Update package.json const pkgPath = path . join ( target , 'package.json' ) ; if ( fs . existsSync ( pkgPath ) ) { const pkg = JSON . parse ( fs . readFileSync ( pkgPath , 'utf-8' ) ) ; pkg . name = name ; fs . writeFileSync ( pkgPath , JSON . stringify ( pkg , null , 2 ) + '\n' ) ; } // Update index.html title const indexPath = path . join ( target , 'index.html' ) ; if ( fs . existsSync ( indexPath ) ) { let html = fs . readFileSync ( indexPath , 'utf-8' ) ; const prettyName = name . replace ( / [ -_ ] / g , ' ' ) . replace ( / \b \w / g , c => c . toUpperCase ( ) ) ; html = html . replace ( / <title> [ ^ < ] * < \/ title> / , <title> ${ prettyName } </title> ) ; fs . writeFileSync ( indexPath , html ) ; } // Install execSync ( 'npm install' , { cwd : target , stdio : 'inherit' } ) ; // Fire-and-forget telemetry (respects DO_NOT_TRACK / DISABLE_TELEMETRY) if ( ! process . env . DO_NOT_TRACK && ! process . env . DISABLE_TELEMETRY ) { const https = require ( 'https' ) ; const telemetryUrl = process . env . TELEMETRY_URL || 'https://gallery-telemetry.up.railway.app' ; https . get ( ${ telemetryUrl } /t?event=clone&template= ${ encodeURIComponent ( templateId ) } &source=skill&v=1 ) . on ( 'error' , ( ) => { } ) ; } Example Usage /use-template flappy-bird my-game /use-template threejs-3d-starter space-shooter /use-template castle-siege Key Difference from /make-game /use-template is a 10-second copy . You get working, runnable code instantly and customize it manually. /make-game is a 10-minute AI pipeline that scaffolds, designs, adds audio, tests, deploys, and monetizes from a text prompt.