Current desktop release2.0.2Build 74Clearer narration, a refined world panel, and GPT-5.5 model access for macOS and Windows.View build notes ↓Hide build notes ↑
- Made narration concrete and causal, with specific actors, direct actions, and observable results instead of vague or mystical language.
- Refined the running-world narrative panel with upright type, left alignment, a restrained gold rule, and a subtle engraved inset.
- Added GPT-5.5 (frontier) through the official openai/gpt-5.5 Vercel model gateway route.
- Reverified the complete Engine contract, all 68 Rust tests, strict linting, dependency audits, visual layouts, universal signing, notarization, and Gatekeeper acceptance.
Previous macOS release2.0.1Build 73A macOS patch that brought Prairie Turn to every continuation and varied the first world shown.View build notes ↓Hide build notes ↑
- Added Prairie Turn, a page-like reveal that carries one simulation state into the next.
- Randomized all 26 opening world suggestions into non-repeating decks, including the first suggestion shown.
- Reverified the loading lifecycle across world creation, Advance, recovery, resets, reduced motion, consecutive turns, and failures.
Foundation desktop release2.0.0Build 71Prairie Engine 2.0.0 established the cross-platform desktop release.View build notes ↓Hide build notes ↑
- Released Prairie Engine for macOS Universal and Windows x64.
- Made world creation open-ended: describe any world in your own words, then submit an intervention or press Advance to let it continue.
- Refined the model controls for GPT-5.6 Luna, Terra, and Sol through your Vercel model gateway key.
- Improved the running-world controls, reset state, and model selector for a clearer, steadier desktop experience.
- Updated the desktop release presentation, credits, and installation experience.
Previous release1.2.1Build 63The final 1.x release, retained here for release history.View build notes ↓Hide build notes ↑
- Moved A/B/C choices into protected application controls.
- Tied choices to the exact saved world revision.
- Added backup-first world migration and protection from older builds.
- Reworked the loading gearworks and limited motion to active Engine work.
- Removed generated gear overlays from world, Gateway, and recovery pages.
Prior release1.2.0Build 56An earlier 1.x release.View build notes ↓Hide build notes ↑
- Added fixed Sol, Terra, and Luna model routes with Terra as default.
- Rejected unsupported models and migrated obsolete selections.
- Improved Gateway validation for reasoning models.
- Added the paper-and-ink model selector and running-world stamp.
- Added rotating opening prompts and a quieter wait state.
- Restricted controls generated inside worlds.
- Redesigned the macOS installer.
- Completed the product notice.
Foundation release1.0.3Build 37The original Prairie Engine release.View build notes ↓Hide build notes ↑
- Released the signed universal macOS application.
- Added one persistent local world.
- Added three-choice world progression.
- Connected models through the user’s Vercel model gateway key.
