> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.coherence.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.coherence.io/1.4/getting-started/setup-a-project.md).

# Setup a project

Once you have [installed the Unity SDK](/1.4/getting-started/installation.md), you can start using coherence in a project.

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We recommend for first-time users of coherence to go through this flow in an empty project **at least once**, before trying to network an existing game. This will give you a good understanding of the different aspects that make up the coherence toolset.
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## Steps

This section provides an example of the general coherence workflow in most projects.

It covers how to:

* [Prepare a Unity scene](/1.4/getting-started/setup-a-project/scene-setup.md) for network synchronization. This requires a [CoherenceBridge](/1.4/manual/components/coherence-bridge.md), at least one [CoherenceLiveQuery](/1.4/manual/components/coherence-live-query.md), and an in-game UI for connecting (see: [Sample UIs](/1.4/getting-started/samples-and-tutorials/samples-connection-uis.md)).
* [Configure Prefabs](/1.4/getting-started/setup-a-project/prefab-setup.md) to sync over the network using the [CoherenceSync](/1.4/manual/components/coherence-sync.md) component.
* Test your game [locally](/1.4/getting-started/setup-a-project/local-development.md).
* [Try the game live](/1.4/getting-started/setup-a-project/test-in-the-cloud.md) with coherence Cloud.

In the sub-pages of this section we'll go through all of them. [**Let's begin!**](/1.4/getting-started/setup-a-project/scene-setup.md)