# How We Built Shopify Party

DevFeed: [How We Built Shopify Party](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-we-built-shopify-party-1429.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/how-we-built-shopify-party>)

Author: Daniel Beauchamp

Published: 2022-06-14T14:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shopify.md>), [Unity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/unity.md>), [WebGL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/webgl.md>), [3D](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/3d.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browser.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [Three.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/threejs.md>)

Tags: [3d](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/3d.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [games](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/games.md>), [shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shopify.md>), [tech-stack](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech-stack.md>), [unity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/unity.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>), [webgl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/webgl.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how Shopify Party, a browser-based internal tool for remote social interaction, was designed and built. It covers the project's 3D avatar-based spaces, non-prescriptive gameplay, easy joining and leaving, simple controls, and browser delivery using Unity WebGL.

## Source excerpt

Shopify Party is a browser-based internal tool that we built to make our virtual hangouts more fun. With Shopify's move to remote, we wanted to explore how to give people a break from video fatigue and create a new space designed for social interaction. Here's how we built it.