Trouble connecting to Gimkit's game servers
Hi there! Sorry you are having trouble connecting to our game servers. This article should walk you through steps to help get Gimkit working for you. Sending this article to your tech or IT department should give them the tools to get this fixed. Step 1: Check our server status While unlikely, Gimkit's servers may be down which is why you cannot connect. Please check our status page ( https://gimkit.crisp.watch/en/) to check if our servers are running. IfPopularHow to enable WebGL
WebGL is a technology required to run our 2D game modes. It's enabled by default in all browsers from the past decade. However, if you're having trouble loading into 2D game modes, WebGL might be disabled or unavailable for your computer. Here's how to fix the issue depending on which browser you are on! Chrome WebGL should be enabled in recent versions of Chrome. If you aren’t able to run WebGL in Chrome, make sure that you update to the most recent version of Chrome. If you are using tFew readersList of domains to unblock
Please make sure these domains are unblocked to ensure Gimkit works correctly. *.gimkit.com - for our main site, images, & audio *.gimkitconnect.com - for our game servers *.unsplash.com - for cover photosFew readersMalicious IP Addresses
Gimkit uses IP addresses once used by other websites. Gimkit is a small company (just 2 of us on the engineering side). As such, we don’t have the resources to manage our own servers. We use third-party hosting providers and rent servers from them. We do not have any control over the IP address assigned to the server we rent. Additionally, our hosting provider does not provide us with an IP range. Even if they did, we would advise against utilizing it as you would be unblocking non-GimkitFew readersMark Gimkit as 'Trusted' in Google Workspace for Education
This article goes over Google Workspace for Education policy changes that may affect your students' ability to access Gimkit using school-administered Google credentials after October 23, 2023. Google Workspace’s changes will only affect you if your school or district uses Google Single Sign-On (SSO) for student logins for Gimkit and your students are under 18. To avoid interruptions for students who match the above requirements, a Google Workspace for Education administrator needs toFew readers