Overview

World Editor Overview

The Zimension World Editor is where creators design, configure, and publish a complete interactive World.

A World includes:

• Environment & ground
• World items (objects, props, characters)
• Player & interactions
• Logic, events, and variables
• UI, weapons, damage, and scripting

Top Navigation Bar

The top navigation gives access to all major world systems.

World

• World-level configuration
• Environment, ground, and global settings

Avatar

• Player character setup
• Player appearance and behavior

Events

• Central event system
• Create and manage named events used across the world

Variables

• Global and world variables
• Used for logic, UI, and gameplay flow

Logic

• No-code logic builder
• Event → Action based gameplay

Purchases

• In-world purchases (if enabled)
• Monetization-related configuration

Overlay UI

• UI elements rendered over the world
• Menus, prompts, overlays

HUD UI

• In-game HUD elements
• Health, score, ammo, indicators

Cutscene

• Scripted sequences
• Camera and animation-driven scenes

Script

• Custom scripting for advanced behavior
• Optional and advanced feature

Preview / Play / Publish

• Preview - Quick test
• Play - Full playable mode
• Publish - Make the world public

World Items Panel (Left Sidebar)

World Details

• Basic world information
• Metadata and identification

World Items List

• All items present in the world
• Shows visibility toggle for each item
• Search and filter support

Adding New Items

• "+ New Item" button
• Add props, objects, characters, utilities

Scene View (Main Canvas)

World Viewport

• 3D representation of the world
• Real-time editing and preview

View Controls

• Select
• Pan
• Rotate

Gizmos

• Move
• Rotate
• Scale
• Axis-based controls (X, Y, Z)

World Settings Panel (Right Sidebar)

World Settings affect the entire world, not individual items.

Environment Settings

Background

• Solid color or HDR background
• Upload custom background (png / exr)

Lighting

• Ambient intensity
• Environment intensity
• Exposure

Fog

• Enable / disable fog
• Atmospheric depth

Sun

• Ambient light color
• Light intensity
• Sun position (directional control)

Shadows

• Enable / disable shadows
• Shadow mode (Desktop only, etc.)

Ground Settings

Ground Type

• Plane
• Rocky forest
• Water
• Concrete
• Grass
• Snow

Ground Properties

• Color
• Roughness
• Reflectivity

World Size

• Size of the playable area (meters)

Sound (World-Level)

• Global sound settings
• Ambient or background audio

Other World Settings

• Hide watermark
• Multiplayer toggle
• Disable copy
• Enable WebGPU
• Combine static objects
• Combine same materials
• Disable dynamic shadows
• Mixed reality only

These options mainly impact performance, access, and platform behavior.

Player Physics (Clarification)

Zimension currently supports:

• Player gravity
• Player collision with world items

Not supported:

• Rigid body physics
• Object-to-object physics
• Force or mass simulation

This ensures performance and simplicity.

Video Tutorial