# Stride manual

![Manual](get-started/media/game-editor-scene.jpg)

These pages contain information about how to use Stride, an open-source C# game engine.

## Stride community toolkit

Check out our [Stride community toolkit](https://stride3d.github.io/stride-community-toolkit/index.html) for additional helpers and extensions.

## Improve this documentation

The Stride documentation is open source, so anyone can edit it. If you find a mistake, you can correct it or comment in [GitHub](https://github.com/stride3d/stride-docs).

To edit any page of this manual, click the **Edit this page** link at the bottom. Please make sure to follow the [writing guidelines](../contributors/documentation/index.md).

## Latest documentation

**Recent updates**

- Manual
  - <span class="badge text-bg-info">Updated</span> [Scripts - Best Practices](scripts/best-practice.md) - More content added
  - <span class="badge text-bg-warning">Important</span> [Physics - Script a trigger](physics/script-a-trigger.md) - Example updated
  - <span class="badge text-bg-warning">Important</span> [Physics - Triggers](physics/triggers.md) - Example updated 
  - <span class="badge text-bg-info">Updated</span> [Graphics - Custom shaders](graphics/effects-and-shaders/custom-shaders.md) - Troubleshooting section added
  - <span class="badge text-bg-success">New</span> [Glossary](glossary/index.md) - New glossary section added 

**Previous updates**

- Manual
  - <span class="badge text-bg-info">Updated</span> [Graphics - Materials - Materials for developers ](graphics/materials/materials-for-developers.md) - Modifying parameters at runtime added
  - <span class="badge text-bg-success">New</span> [Scripts](scripts/best-practice.md) - Best Practices docs added
  - <span class="badge text-bg-success">New</span> [Physics](physics/index.md) - Bepu Physics docs added
  - <span class="badge text-bg-info">Updated</span> [Bullet Physics](physics-bullet/index.md) - Bullet Physics docs moved
  - <span class="badge text-bg-info">Updated</span> [Files and Folders](files-and-folders/distribute-a-game.md) - Game distribution steps updated
  - <span class="badge text-bg-info">Updated</span> [Scripts - Types of script](scripts/types-of-script.md) - Asynchronous script example improved
  - <span class="badge text-bg-success">New</span> [Scripts - Gizmos](scripts/gizmos.md) - Description and example of the Flexible Processing system
  - <span class="badge text-bg-success">New</span> [ECS - Flexible Processing](engine/entity-component-system/flexible-processing.md) - Description and example of the Flexible Processing system
  - <span class="badge text-bg-info">Updated</span> [Linux - Setup and requirements](platforms/linux/setup-and-requirements.md) - Fedora OS option added
  - <span class="badge text-bg-success">New</span> [Scripts - Serialization](scripts/serialization.md) - Explanation of serialization
  - <span class="badge text-bg-info">Updated</span> [Scripts - Public properties and fields](scripts/public-properties-and-fields.md) - Content improvements and additions
  - <span class="badge text-bg-success">New</span> [Engine - Entity Component model - Usage](engine/entity-component-system/usage.md) - Explanation of ECS usage
  - <span class="badge text-bg-info">Updated</span> [Engine - Entity Component model](engine/entity-component-system/index.md) - Content improvements
  - <span class="badge text-bg-info">Updated</span> [Stride for Unity® developers](stride-for-unity-developers/index.md) - Content improvements
- Tutorials
  - <span class="badge text-bg-info">Updated</span> [Tutorials](../tutorials/index.md) - Quick Tutorials section added
  - <span class="badge text-bg-info">Updated</span> [Tutorials](../tutorials/index.md) - Added lesson counts and total length
- Contributing
  - <span class="badge text-bg-info">Updated</span> [Contributing - Roadmap](../contributors/roadmap.md) - GitHub Project - Roadmap link added
  - <span class="badge text-bg-success">New</span> [Contributing - Core team](../contributors/core-team.md) - The Stride core team
  - <span class="badge text-bg-info">Updated</span> [Contributing - Roadmap](../contributors/roadmap.md) - Status added