How to use Ray, your AI assistant for creating games

What it does

Ray is Educaplay's artificial intelligence assistant. From a sentence, a text or a file, it prepares a first version of the game, ready to review and publish. It's useful whether you're still not sure how to shape your idea or you already have the content and just want to save yourself copying and pasting it item by item.

Which games you can use Ray in

In all the game types that show the AI icon: all of them except Map Quiz and Video Quiz, which are in progress.

How to create a game with Ray

The Ray box is on the Educaplay homepage and on the Create game page; from there it generates a complete game of the type you choose. You can also use Ray inside the editor of a game you already have open, so it adds content to that game: in that case the type is already set and the type selector doesn't appear.

Use the Ray box on the Educaplay homepage, or click Create game from anywhere (homepage, My games, etc.).
In the Game type selector, choose the one you want. Leave it on Auto (its default value) so that Ray decides based on your prompt and the attached files.
Type in the text box and/or attach files: the topic, the instructions, the content source or material you've already prepared (questions, vocabulary, etc.).
If you want, open the advanced options (gear icon) to adjust the language, difficulty, output content and game-type-specific options.
Click Generate. Ray will have your game ready in less than a minute.

When it's finished, review the result, make any changes you want and publish.

Advanced options

Language and difficulty

Output language: select the language of the content. If you don't specify it, Ray detects it from what you write or attach.
Difficulty: easy, medium (default), hard, or a custom level (for example, “for primary school students” or “for professionals with twenty years of experience”).

Options specific to each game type

Each game type offers extra options. In the Quiz, for example, you can set how many questions you want, the answer type, the number of answers per question and whether you want it to add an explanation to each answer.

Audio generation

By default, Ray generates only the text. In the Output content option, within the advanced options, you can also ask it for the audio. On the Basic plan and the Advanced plan, the generated speech is capped at 1,000 characters in total per account; on the Academic plan and the Commercial plan it is unlimited.

Source library

With the Sources button you can upload files from your device to Ray (PDF, Word, images…) so it generates the game from them. The files are saved in your library so you can reuse them whenever you want without uploading them again.

Creating a game from another one

As well as files, you can also use your own games as a source to create a new one (for example, turning a Word Search Puzzle into a Crossword Puzzle). You do this from My games → Options menu (···) → Create a different game.

Usage limit by plan

On the Basic plan you have 5 free uses to try Ray. The Advanced plan, Academic and Commercial plans include extended use of Ray.

Frequently asked questions

Which game types can I use Ray in?

In all the types that show the AI icon, which are all of them except Map Quiz and Video Quiz (for now).

Do I have to start from a topic, or can I use materials I already have?

Both. Ray can generate the game by developing a topic, some instructions or a PDF. It can also turn ready-made materials into Educaplay games: create a Quiz from a set of questions, or a Word Search from a vocabulary list.

Can I create a game from another game I already have?

Yes. From My games → the game's Options menu (···) → Create a different game. Ray uses the original game's content to generate the new one in the type you choose.

Can Ray also generate the game's audio?

Yes. When you turn on this option, Ray creates the audio automatically so your players can hear the content as well as read it. On the Basic and Advanced plans there is a cap of 1,000 characters in total per account; on the Academic plan and Commercial it is unlimited.

Can I edit the game Ray has made?

Yes. When it finishes, you can review and change it freely: change the title, the texts, add or remove elements, adjust the game options, and so on. Ray makes the first version; you decide how to leave it.