01 STEP
Expect unusual technical performance. Reviewers reported stable 1080p framerates on GPUs as old as the GTX 1050 with no upscaling.
The Jai Programming Language
Built for this game
DOSSIER
What this entry covers
Order of the Sinking Star was written in Jai, a programming language Jonathan Blow created and that his team used for the game's development. The studio confirmed at launch that focus switches to the compiler soon after release, working first toward a binary release and eventually a source release.
PROTOCOL CHAIN
How to work this entry
02 STEP
Do not expect third-party modding tooling in the short term; the language release comes first.
03 STEP
Watch the official channels for the compiler binary and source release rather than assuming a date.
04 STEP
Treat the language as part of the game's public story, not as internal trivia.
FIELD NOTES
Reading The Jai Programming Language in play
FIELD NOTE 01
Reading the board before you move
Expect unusual technical performance. Reviewers reported stable 1080p framerates on GPUs as old as the GTX 1050 with no upscaling.
FIELD NOTE 02
Working the chain in order
Do not expect third-party modding tooling in the short term; the language release comes first.
FIELD NOTE 03
How this entry reads in motion
Watch the official channels for the compiler binary and source release rather than assuming a date.
PLATE WALL
SOURCES
Where this entry comes from
Each record below backs a specific claim on this page. Tier 1 is the developer or publisher speaking in their own words, tier 2 is established press, and tier 3 is creator coverage. Quotations are rendered in written form; the exact spoken wording from the source is kept underneath each one for verification.
- 01 TIER 1 - OFFICIAL Steam News - Community Announcements VERIFIED 2026-10-11
Order of the Sinking Star was written in Jai, a programming language Jonathan Blow created and that his team used for the game's development. The studio confirmed at launch that fo
“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 The Jai Programming Language
“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 →
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