O3DE Documentation

Open 3D Engine (O3DE) is an open-source 3D development engine for game, simulation, and multimedia creators.

O3DE is developed by a community of volunteers. If you cannot find what you are looking for in the docs, notice an error, or think a topic could use additional clarification, help us make the documentation better by letting us know!

Visit the O3DE documentation GitHub repository to file an issue, submit a pull request, or clone the documentation repository and start contributing.

Contribute

Want to contribute to O3DE? This guide will get you started with code and documentation contributions.

Get Started

New to O3DE? Get started with an overview, installation and setup information, and a quick tour of O3DE.

Release Notes

Learn about the new features, updates, and bug fixes in the current release of Open 3D Engine.

Tutorials & Examples

Learn O3DE with the help of guided tutorials, samples, and recipes.

User Guide

Explore the features of O3DE, understand how they work, and learn how to use them in your project.

Atom Renderer

Learn about the Atom Renderer, a modular, multi-threaded, physically based renderer through features, tutorials, and API reference.

Tools UI Developer’s Guide

Looking to build your own O3DE component? Read up on the UI style and implementation.

API Reference

Want to dig deeper into O3DE? Check out the public API reference for O3DE libraries, Gems, and systems.

Dawn Engine

User guide for Dawn Engine, a commercial real-time 3D engine for open worlds, digital twins, industrial simulation, and cloud rendering.

Engine Developer Guide

Learn about the inner workings of O3DE architecture, frameworks, and Gems to perform custom modifications to O3DE and contribute back to source code.