# PlayCanvas WebGL Game Engine [API Reference](https://api.playcanvas.com/modules/Engine.html) | [User Manual](https://developer.playcanvas.com) | [Examples](https://playcanvas.github.io) | [Forum](https://forum.playcanvas.com) | [Blog](https://blog.playcanvas.com) PlayCanvas is an open-source game engine. It uses HTML5 and WebGL to run games and other interactive 3D content in any mobile or desktop browser. [![NPM version][npm-badge]][npm-url] [![Minzipped size][minzip-badge]][minzip-url] [![Average time to resolve an issue][resolution-badge]][isitmaintained-url] [![Percentage of issues still open][open-issues-badge]][isitmaintained-url] [![Twitter][twitter-badge]][twitter-url] [English](https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/blob/dev/README.md) [中文](https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/blob/dev/README-zh.md) [日本語](https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/blob/dev/README-ja.md) [한글](https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/blob/dev/README-kr.md) ## Project Showcase [Many games and apps](https://github.com/playcanvas/awesome-playcanvas) have been published using the PlayCanvas engine. Here is a small selection: [](https://playcanv.as/p/MflWvdTW/) [](https://playcanv.as/p/44MRmJRU/) [](https://playcanv.as/p/LpmXGUe6/) [](https://playcanv.as/p/JtL2iqIH/) [](https://playcanv.as/p/JERg21J8/) [](https://playcanv.as/p/2OlkUaxF/) [](https://playcanv.as/p/RqJJ9oU9/) [](https://playcanv.as/p/SA7hVBLt/) [](https://playcanv.as/p/ZV4PW6wr/ ) You can see more games on the [PlayCanvas website](https://playcanvas.com/explore).

import * as pc from 'playcanvas';

const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
document.body.appendChild(canvas);

const app = new pc.Application(canvas);

// fill the available space at full resolution
app.setCanvasFillMode(pc.FILLMODE_FILL_WINDOW);
app.setCanvasResolution(pc.RESOLUTION_AUTO);

// ensure canvas is resized when window changes size
window.addEventListener('resize', () => app.resizeCanvas());

// create box entity
const box = new pc.Entity('cube');
box.addComponent('model', {
  type: 'box'
});
app.root.addChild(box);

// create camera entity
const camera = new pc.Entity('camera');
camera.addComponent('camera', {
  clearColor: new pc.Color(0.1, 0.2, 0.3)
});
app.root.addChild(camera);
camera.setPosition(0, 0, 3);

// create directional light entity
const light = new pc.Entity('light');
light.addComponent('light');
app.root.addChild(light);
light.setEulerAngles(45, 0, 0);

// rotate the box according to the delta time since the last frame
app.on('update', dt => box.rotate(10 * dt, 20 * dt, 30 * dt));

app.start();

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