Sidekick is an independent application that connects to your Unity project. This enables us to use the existing project context to deliver and implement AI-based recommendations and scripts that are custom to your project and keep all the work within Unity.

Sidekick is still in beta.

The Common Issues documentation is available for self-service troubleshooting.

Please report any issues or confusion in the Sidekick Discord channel. We’ll reply as fast as possible. Fixing any perceived issues may require asking you more questions to diagnose and resolve the root cause, not just the symptom.

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Get access

  1. Request access to the private beta

  2. Wait to receive an email confirming your access. Keep an eye on your spam folder just in case

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Set-up tutorial

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Install Sidekick app

1

Create an account

  1. Select the Install Sidekick button in your access email

  2. Select Sign up or Log in to create your account

You must create an account using the email address you received your access email at. If you want to use a different email, send us a note in the Sidekick Discord channel

2

Start your free trial

After your account is created, you’ll be redirected to the Get Sidekick page. Complete the free trial flow before you download the Sidekick app.

If you are not automatically redirected back after starting the trial, return to this page

3

Download Sidekick app

  1. Download the appropriate app version for your machine

  2. Follow the standard app installation process (we recommend adding the Sidekick app to your dock for ease of access)

  3. Open the Sidekick desktop app

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Connect Sidekick to Unity

1

Check your Unity version

The following Unity versions can support Sidekick:

  • Best: Unity 2022 LTS (the latest LTS that Unity’s published)

  • Supported: 2021 LTS

  • Supported with risk: Unity 6, version 6000.0.29f1 (in active development by Unity, which can impact external apps)

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Open the Unity project and connect it to Sidekick

  1. Open the Unity project you want to connect to Sidekick

  2. Return to Sidekick

  3. Open the Project Picker dropdown

  4. Select the relevant Unity project

  5. If you don’t see the project in the dropdown, click Add project at the bottom of the dropdown to manually add the project to Sidekick

Both the Unity project and Sidekick app must be open to use them together. We recommend a split screen to see both simultaneously.

3

Confirm Sidekick identified the Unity project

Check the Unity Project Picker in the Sidekick menu bar to confirm Sidekick identified and connected to the correct Unity project.

4

Connect Sidekick to your Unity project

Select the green Install Unity Plugin button in the Sidekick menu bar, then click on the Unity project. It will ask you for consent to install, then the Unity Package Manager popup will appear.

5

Confirm connection status

When Unity and Sidekick are connected, there will be a green bar in Unity’s menu and a green dot in Sidekick’s menu. If the bar in Unity is red at first, click the bar to retry the connection.

If either connection indicator is red, the connection must be reinstated for Sidekick to work.

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Keep the Sidekick app and Unity connection up to date

When a new version of Sidekick is released, a green button in the top menu will appear. Click the button to update Sidekick before you start work in Sidekick. This will update Sidekick and the Unity plugin.

Occasionally Unity’s Package Manager doesn’t automatically update the plugin. If you recently updated Sidekick and it doesn’t seem to be working with Unity, follow these steps:

  1. Close Sidekick: right-click on the desktop app > Quit

  2. Open the Unity project you’ve connected with Sidekick

  3. Open Unity Package Manager: Window menu > Package Manager

  4. Delete the Sidekick plugin: open “Bezi Sidekick” in the Package Manager > Remove

  5. Reopen the Sidekick app

  6. Select the green Install Unity Plugin button in the top bar

  7. Click on the Unity project to see the Package Manager popup

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