Straight answers
12 pages.
- Building with Stage Engine needs a connection. Playing what you built does not.
Stage Engine needs an internet connection to build with: Director 1, asset generation and world data all come over the network. The game you build runs locally on Godot and needs nothing.
- Can I edit the code myself?
Yes. Stage Engine writes GDScript into an ordinary Godot project on your own disk, and you can open it in Godot and change it. The caveats, stated plainly.
- Do I need Godot installed to use Stage Engine?
No. A copy of Godot ships inside Stage Engine, so there is one download and no engine version to manage. Your project is still a normal Godot project on your disk.
- Downloading Stage Engine needs no account. Building with it does.
You can download and install Stage Engine without an account. Building needs one, because Director 1 and asset generation run over the network. The free plan does not ask for a card.
- Is Flockbay an Unreal Engine plugin? No
No. Flockbay makes Stage Engine, a standalone desktop app for Mac and Windows built on Godot. It does not install into Unreal and there are no Blueprints in it.
- Stage Engine costs nothing to download. The plans are $0, $10 and $50 a month.
Stage Engine is a free download for Mac and Windows. Free is $0 a month, Indie is $10 and Pro is $50. Paid plans buy more AI usage, not different software.
- What can Stage Engine not do?
No browser version, no phone or console export, no multiplayer hosting, no asset store, no store submission and no offline building. Every limit in one place.
- What happens if I stop paying?
Your project is a Godot project in a folder on your own disk and cancelling does not touch it. What stops is the AI usage a paid plan buys.
- What is Flockbay? The company that makes Stage Engine
Flockbay is the company that makes Stage Engine, a desktop app for Mac and Windows that builds real games on Godot. Here is exactly what each name refers to.
- What is Stage Engine? The app for building games
Stage Engine is a desktop app for Mac and Windows that builds 3D games on Godot, made by Flockbay. The same phrase is also used for rocket stages and stage lighting.
- What you build is an ordinary Godot project, which is the shape a game gets sold in
A Stage Engine project is an ordinary Godot project on your own disk that becomes a native Mac or Windows game. Here is what that means in practice for a game you intend to charge for.
- Who writes the code in Stage Engine?
Director 1 writes GDScript into your own Godot project. You build the world by hand and judge the result. How the work is actually divided in Stage Engine.