Take your game live with visibility controls, versioned releases, and an optional custom domain.
| Setting | Who can play | Discoverable? |
|---|---|---|
| Private | Only you (the owner) | No |
| Unlisted | Anyone with the direct link | No |
| Public | Anyone | Yes — listed publicly |
Change visibility from the Release section in your workspace. New games default to Private.
Workspace visibility is separate from player visibility:
| Setting | What it means |
|---|---|
| Closed source | Players can play, but the workspace stays private to the owner. |
| Open source | Players can inspect non-sensitive hosted workspace sections on MDL in read-only mode. |
Public workspace access is read-only and intentionally excludes owner-only development controls. Public assets can remain inspectable, while production instruction text stays private.
Open-style hosted games expose read-only website sections. Everything creators and players need lives on the MDL website.
A release is a versioned snapshot of your game — instructions and configuration captured at a point in time.
You can publish and iterate without formal releases. They're most useful when you want to track changes or communicate updates to players.
Hosted workspace edits are development changes, not immediate live publication.
The intended model is: edit in the workspace, preview and validate there, and then use release controls separately when you intentionally want to affect the live experience.
This keeps day-to-day development fast without turning every saved edit into a publish action.
Published games use managed MDL subdomains. A game with slug nevoahis available at nevoah.montelua.ai.
Player sign-in on game domains is handled by the MDL auth hub at mdl.continualmi.com. Your game domain redirects there for login, then returns with an MDL session for that host.
Use Monitoring to see generations, players, universes, and purchase traces.
Instruction changes take effect immediately for new game sessions. Be thoughtful about major changes while players have active saves — renaming a background can break old universes that reference it.
When players access your game via custom domain, they see your title screen, not the MDL platform. Make sure these are set:
