Open now · By request
Kernel Quest playtest
by Jonathan Dupré
A programming puzzle game about helping a wizard reach his goal. Learn to use the rules to your advantage. Build contraptions. Optimize your solution.
It's free to ask. The developer chooses who gets in.
- Access
- By request
- On playtest since
- Feb 22, 2023
- Planned release
- To be announced
- Developer
- Jonathan Dupré
- Platforms
- Windows
- Players
- Single-player
- Languages
- English
How to join the Kernel Quest playtest
- Open the game's Steam page with the Request access button. Sign in to Steam if it asks.
- Request access to the Kernel Quest playtest there. It's free and doesn't commit you to anything.
- The developer lets players in, often in batches, so it can take a while. Steam emails you when you're in, and the playtest appears in your library.
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About Kernel Quest
Kernel Quest is a sandbox puzzle game. Design and build machines to protect a village against impossible odds.
- Text-based, terminal-friendly
- Top-down, grid-based 2D environment
- Dynamic, interactive puzzles/problems
- Fantasy setting with RPG tropes
- Programmable w/ a custom programming language
From the game's Steam page.





