This build is not representative of the final game.

Almost every style, feature, decision, and piece of content visible in this phase should be treated as temporary. That includes UI, VFX, SFX, music, animation, lighting, particle effects, attacks, enemies, menus, names, currencies, dialogue, balance, equipment, and progression.

Nothing shown here should be considered final or fully representative of the polished product I intend to release.

If something looks strange, unfinished, inconsistent, or clearly placeholder, there is a very good chance that is intentional for now.

These are the current supported or tested platforms to the best of my knowledge.

Because the game is changing quickly, these requirements are intentionally conservative.

Current distribution channels are not final, and some platform builds may be unlicensed, unsigned, or not yet connected to their eventual storefront experience.

You may see warnings such as:

• Windows unknown publisher warnings
• Missing certificate or publisher prompts
• Extra install steps on Linux or Steam Deck
• Manual installation requirements before official storefront release

Equilibrium is an action RPG with roguelike and roguelite inspiration.

The short version: you start with basic skills, fight through dangerous encounters, earn rewards, unlock upgrades, and become stronger over time so you can progress further through the story.

Some upgrades will be temporary during a run. Others will become permanent progression that helps future runs.

This is still early, but a surprising amount of the foundation is already in place.

NPCs can already talk to the player in a cinematic dialogue mode with portraits, portrait animations, shader effects, animated rich text, and custom icons.

Examples of the kind of text the system supports:

NPCs can remember:

• Previous conversations
• Quest progress
• Story progression
• Save file unlock conditions
• Whether the player has already seen certain dialogue

That means individual NPC stories can progress naturally as the game grows.

The save system is one of the biggest pieces already working.

You can put down a save on iOS, iPadOS, or Mac and use Game Center to track progress through the cloud save system. You can also use Sign in with Apple through secure platform authentication, including Touch ID and Face ID where supported, to continue on Windows.

Planned support includes:

• Automatic Steam login for Mac, Windows, Linux, and Steam Deck
• Apple TV support
• Vision Pro support
• Native platform services if console support becomes realistic

Autosave is coming soon and should include a toggle, backup option, and manual save export.

Save files are stored in a readable JSON-style format using a .sav file.

Performance is already strong on the hardware tested so far.

These numbers will change as more content, effects, enemies, environments, and optimization work are added.

This is a very early build. Bugs are expected.

Known issues right now:

• The weapon does not always bind correctly to the character's hand.
• Some animations may look awkward or unfinished.
• Some UI elements are temporary.
• Touch controls may appear on desktop when they should not.
• Touch controls will be hidden by default on desktop in a future build.
• Touch controls should be toggleable in Settings.
• Some visual effects are temporary.
• Some art is intentionally placeholder.
• Some objects may look strange because they were swapped in only to test whether the system works.
• Some builds may require manual installation steps.
• Windows may show an unknown publisher warning because the app is not code signed yet.

A lot of the current art is rough on purpose.

The goal right now is not to make everything beautiful. The goal is to prove that systems can be replaced, upgraded, expanded, optimized, and reused.

If something looks odd, it may have been replaced only to prove that I could replace it and still keep the system working.

The full development project is currently much larger than the player build because it contains tools, unused assets, experiments, and development-only files.

The current unpacked build is around 2 GB. I recommend keeping at least 10 GB free while testing because builds may change quickly during active development.

The first TestFlight-style demo should become smaller as unused assets are stripped and the build pipeline is cleaned up.

Current and planned input support includes:

• 🎮 Controller
• ⌨️ Keyboard
• 🖱️ Mouse
• 📱 Touch controls

Touch controls are still being worked on. They should eventually disappear automatically when a controller is connected, and desktop builds should have them off by default.

Video games helped shape my entire generation.

They brought me closer to my family, friends, and partner. They created shared memories, late nights, inside jokes, and entire worlds that felt bigger than the screens they lived on.

I developed my first game when I was around twelve years old, reskinning a Galaga-style clone after my parents gave me an incredible gift: the book Game Programming for Teens. Before I learned algebra, I was already learning variables, loops, collision, input, and the strange magic of making something interactive.

That early curiosity never really left.

I dabbled in digital and traditional art. That grew into graphic design. Graphic design grew into web design. Web design grew into native app development. Eventually, all of those paths led back to the dream that started when I was young: making games.

The current investment is not just hardware, software, courses, Unity assets, AI development assistance, or developer accounts. It is years of learning, testing, iterating, making art, building websites, launching apps, breaking things, fixing things, and slowly collecting the skills needed to finally take a serious swing at this.

Equilibrium is the result of that entire path coming together.

Please send feedback even if it seems small.

Useful feedback includes:

• “This felt good.”
• “This felt bad.”
• “I got confused here.”
• “This looked broken.”
• “This ran poorly.”
• “This made no sense.”
• “This was fun.”
• “I have no idea what happened.”