Start where you are
Describe your idea in ordinary language. Build a bounded first playable inside Aura, start a new project in your preferred engine, or connect the project you already have. You review the design and proposed changes before Aura builds.
Three ways to begin
You do not need an existing engine project to start. Unity, Godot, and Unreal remain optional destinations and integrations that are installed separately from Aura.
Describe a 2D or 3D idea, review a bounded first-playable design, and build a version you can play directly in Aura. Keep revising it there or move it into an engine later.
Choose an installed Unity, Godot, or Unreal version and a project location. Aura shows the project-creation plan before it creates files or opens the editor.
Select a Unity, Godot, or Unreal project you already have. Aura separates project context from action readiness, then lets you ask a safe question before proposing any change.
Aura Core is free. Choose the one-time 100-request trial or connect personal provider keys. Aura-funded models require an explicitly funded Aura Balance, and Aura never charges or changes funding automatically. Understand model funding.
GDD Mapper
Try the lightweight web parser with a few paragraphs from your GDD. Aura maps mechanics, entities, goals, and technical hooks into the same kind of structure it uses before touching your project.
Runs in your browser. Export, code generation, and Hub download require an Aura account.
Parsed Map
ReadyClick Map GDD Text to preview the mechanic graph.
Engine and project workflows
Learn how Aura handles engine-specific work, GDD-driven implementation, prototyping, and project-aware development without treating an existing engine project as a prerequisite.
Simple setup
Download the Hub for Windows today. macOS support is coming soon. The Hub runs locally in the background and connects your editor to Aura AI.
Build inside Aura, start a new native engine project, or connect one you already have. Unity, Godot, and Unreal are optional and installed separately.
Describe the result you want in ordinary language. Review the design and proposed actions, approve the work you want, then play or verify the real result.
Capabilities
Technical Co-Author
Aura can use the project structure, selected files, editor context, rules, GDD, and project memory that are available for the current workflow. It uses that context to explain, plan, write, refactor, and debug work in C#, GDScript, C++, and supported visual workflows.
Scene Agent
Describe the result you want and Aura can propose supported project or engine actions. Review the scope before approval, watch the work as it runs, and verify the result. Engine coverage and recovery options differ by workflow, so keep normal version-control discipline for production work.
GDD Sync
Add supported PDF, DOCX, Markdown, or text design documents. Aura can retrieve relevant passages for questions and plans, and it can surface reviewable GDD updates as the project changes. It does not claim to read every document perfectly or rewrite design decisions silently.
"Enemy patrol radius should scale with difficulty tier. Base: 12 units. Elite: 20 units."
Editor Support
Aura includes its supported engine plugins and IDE extensions in the Windows installer. Connect a project to deploy the applicable integration. Engines and editors are installed separately, and Engine and IDE support is qualified independently.
Pricing
or $150/year — save $30
or $790/year for 5 seats
Custom amount, non-expiring, and spent only when you explicitly use Aura-funded models.
Create AccountFAQ
Aura AI is a local-first game development app. You can start a first playable inside Aura, start a new Unity, Godot, or Unreal project, or connect an existing project. Aura helps turn an ordinary-language idea into a reviewable design and proposed work. Core work stays on your computer. If you explicitly enable Pro cloud continuity or a Cloud Loop, Aura stores or processes only the cloud data needed for that feature under the published retention controls. Your content is not used for training.
Core project files, indexes, and project memory are stored on your computer. When you ask a model for help, the necessary request context goes to the model provider you selected. If you explicitly enable Pro cloud continuity or a Cloud Loop, Aura stores or processes the cloud data required for that feature under the published controls. Your content is not used for training. Read our full security page.
Use your own OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google keys and your provider bills you directly; Aura does not debit that usage. Or explicitly choose an Aura-funded model and pay exact versioned usage from your Aura balance. The optional trial includes 100 requests on the trial model. Aura never silently switches a BYOK request to paid Aura funding.
Unity, Godot 4, Unreal Engine 4 & 5, VS Code, Visual Studio 2022+, and JetBrains Rider are supported on Core, Pro, and Studio. Install the engines and editors you want separately; Aura installs its own integration files and does not bundle an engine or private Docker worker.
Minimum versions required:
See the full System Requirements in the docs.
Aura Core is free for unlimited local projects and GDDs. Personal BYOK is included indefinitely: connect OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google keys and your provider bills model usage directly. You can instead choose the optional 100-request Gemini Flash trial with no card or automatic charge.
Start with free Aura Core and choose the 100-request trial or connect your own provider keys for free. Nothing is charged automatically.
Your game stays yours. Aura handles the tedious parts.