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Playtest

Pick the file for your computer, download it, and run it. Delete the file when you're done — no installer, no leftovers.

Downloads

Platform File
macOS — Apple silicon (most Macs since 2020) aigame-playtest-darwin-arm64 (60 MB)
macOS — Intel (older Macs) aigame-playtest-darwin-x64 (66 MB)
Linux x86_64 aigame-playtest-linux-x64 (98 MB)
Windows x86_64 aigame-playtest-windows-x64.exe (113 MB)

macOS (Apple silicon)

  1. Download aigame-playtest-darwin-arm64.
  2. Open Terminal and mark it executable (browsers don't always preserve the bit on download): 
    chmod +x ~/Downloads/aigame-playtest-darwin-arm64
  3. In Finder, navigate to ~/Downloads.
  4. Right-click the file → Open. (Double-clicking won't work the first time — macOS will refuse.)
  5. A dialog appears: "macOS cannot verify the developer of 'aigame-playtest-darwin-arm64'. Are you sure you want to open it?" Click the Open button.
  6. The game launches in a Terminal window. From now on you can just double-click it.

If you instead see a dialog saying the file is damaged, it's the same Gatekeeper issue but worded more aggressively. In Terminal run:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine ~/Downloads/aigame-playtest-darwin-arm64

Then go back to step 4.

macOS (Intel)

Same as Apple silicon, but download aigame-playtest-darwin-x64 and use that filename in the chmod +x and xattr commands.

Windows

  1. Download aigame-playtest-windows-x64.exe.
  2. Double-click. Windows SmartScreen will say "Windows protected your PC."
  3. Click More info (small text at the top of the dialog).
  4. Click Run anyway.
  5. The game opens in a console window.

Linux

  1. Download aigame-playtest-linux-x64.
  2. Open a terminal in the folder where you saved it.
  3. Run: 
    chmod +x aigame-playtest-linux-x64
./aigame-playtest-linux-x64

How long does it take?

About 30–45 minutes if you read carefully. There are 25 short steps; each is one or two prompts to a (simulated) AI plus a moment of decision. Save your seat — there's no save state.

When you're done

Delete the file. That's it. The game writes nothing to disk; nothing else needs cleaning up.

Feedback

The bug-and-feedback channel is TBD (will be linked here once set up). Most useful: which step felt slow, where you got stuck, and any moment the AI's response felt obviously off.