Cardinal Editor

Cardinal Editor provides a visual interface for inspecting and interacting with Cardinal within your World Engine projects.

Getting Started

Install World CLI

Cardinal Editor is managed by World CLI, which is the recommended way to create, manage, and deploy World Engine projects. To install the latest version of World CLI on your system, run the following command:

curl https://install.world.dev/cli! | bash

Note: World CLI depends on Docker. Check out the installation guide if Docker isn't installed in your system.

Run Cardinal Editor

Cardinal Editor automatically launches at http://localhost:3000 while running Cardinal in development mode.

world cardinal dev

By default, Cardinal Editor will only start in development mode. If you want to start it in production, run this command:

world cardinal start --editor

Development

Prerequisites

Node.js (version: >=18.x)
Pnpm (recommended)
Docker
World CLI

Local Development

To set up local development, you'll need to start both the Cardinal Editor and a World Engine project.

Set Up Cardinal Editor

# Clone the GitHub repo
git clone https://github.com/Argus-Labs/cardinal-editor

# Go to the project folder
cd cardinal-editor

# Install dependencies
pnpm i

# Run the development server
pnpm dev

Set Up a World Engine project

# Create a new World Engine project
world create my-game

# Go to the project folder
cd my-game

# Start Cardinal in dev mode without the Cardinal Editor
world cardinal dev --editor=false