Develop for Board

We’ll begin gradually rolling out access to the Board SDK in December 2025, with full public release expected in January 2026.

The Board Unity SDK provides everything needed to build games for the Board platform, including: input detection and tracking for game pieces and finger touches; session management for multiplayer gameplay; save game functionality; pause screen and profile controls; Board Simulator for testing piece interactions in the Unity Editor without physical hardware; and sample scenes demonstrating common usage patterns

The Board SDK currently supports Unity with C#, with a minimum version of Unity 2021.3.56f2 (Unity 6 is also supported). Support for Unreal Engine and Godot is expected for 2026.

No, you can start with just the SDK and Board Simulator in Unity to develop and test gameplay. When ready for testing on real hardware, any retail Board device will work—there are no separate developer kits.

The simulator replicates piece interactions inside Unity, allowing you to place, move, touch, lift and rotate virtual pieces using mouse and keyboard controls. These actions generate the same input events as real hardware, so you can iterate quickly without deploying to a device. You can manage multiple pieces simultaneously and configure the input mappings to match your development workflow.

Absolutely. We already work with studios worldwide. However, physical testing requires a Board, which is currently only available to ship in the U.S.  Some customers have shipped to a U.S. address and brought their Boards abroad and others have used a U.S.-based freight forwarder. Note that Board ships with a 100-240V, 50/60Hz power adapter. We’re working on expanding availability internationally.