01 STEP
Check the published minimum before assuming you need an upgrade. The bar is deliberately low.
Custom Engine
Built in-house
DOSSIER
What this entry covers
The game runs on an engine written from scratch by Thekla in Jai rather than on a licensed third-party engine. The published minimum specification is unusually modest for a game of its size, asking for a GTX 1050 Ti, 8 GB of RAM and 14 GB of storage.
PROTOCOL CHAIN
How to work this entry
02 STEP
Requires a 64-bit OS and Windows 10 or later with the latest update.
03 STEP
DirectX 12 is required, and there is no Linux build; Steam Deck support is through Proton.
04 STEP
If you hit compatibility issues, check the patch notes first: the launch-day update downgraded the required Steam SDK specifically to fix them.
FIELD NOTES
Reading Custom Engine in play
FIELD NOTE 01
Reading the board before you move
Check the published minimum before assuming you need an upgrade. The bar is deliberately low.
FIELD NOTE 02
Working the chain in order
Requires a 64-bit OS and Windows 10 or later with the latest update.
FIELD NOTE 03
How this entry reads in motion
DirectX 12 is required, and there is no Linux build; Steam Deck support is through Proton.
PLATE WALL
SOURCES
Where this entry comes from
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- 01 TIER 1 - OFFICIAL Steam News - Community Announcements VERIFIED 2026-10-11
The game runs on an engine written from scratch by Thekla in Jai rather than on a licensed third-party engine. The published minimum specification is unusually modest for a game of
“It’s a question that led to the game design supercollider that is Order of the Sinking Star : a game that first started as an experiment -- from both a game design but also a custom game programming language perspective with the creation of “Jai”.”
OPEN SOURCE → - 02 TIER 1 - OFFICIAL Steam store page (Thekla, Inc.) VERIFIED 2026-10-11
Entity identity and official naming for Custom Engine
“From legendary director Jonathan Blow (Braid, The Witness) comes Order of the Sinking Star, a massive puzzle adventure featuring more than one thousand hand-crafted puzzles designed to put your intellect to the test. You”
OPEN SOURCE →
GRID RELATIONS
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