# Running your experiment ## Running the app locally Run the app on your local machine with one command: ``` empirica ``` This can take a few minutes. This will start the app that you can access as a participant: You can access the `admin panel` here: ## Loading the factors and treatments Treatments and factors can be entered via the admin panel. Empirica also enables "experiment as code" by which experimental treatments and factors can edited directly in [YAML](https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/yaml/) at `.empirica/treatments.yaml`. ## Testing the app To run a game, create a new `batch` with the games of treatments you want to use and click start on the batch. Open a player tab by going to . The player that you open with is cached on your browser. Whenever you start a game with this player, your local app will keep that information. To play again there are multiple things you can do: * Click on the **Reset current session** button in the bottom right menu to reset this player, and create a new game for this player to join. * Click on the **New Player** button in the bottom right menu to open a new tab with a different player (you will see tab with an id). **The app will automatically ("hot") reload when save changes to the code.** --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.empirica.ly/getting-started/quick-test.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.