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sudoarc@studio:~/intro$ cat manifesto.txt

We make

> sudoarc is a small, independent game studio. we've been gamers for longer than we've been anything else, and at some point that meant we had to start building. Bricolage is what we're building right now — jump in below, or talk to the shell.

▶ ./run --bricolagestudio idle · listening on :22
░ this page is interactive ░
?browse all shortcuts
/focus the shell prompt ↓
ttoggle dark / light
csummon the studio cat
g bjump to bricolage
h/j/kcycle render modes
rroll for design wisdom
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> a game studio of long-time players
> based wherever the kettle is on
~ /proc/studio live
session uptime00:00:00
build#142
commits today2
coffee3 cups
players online1 (the cat)
last patch2d ago — fishing AI
sudoarc@studio:~/principles$ ls -la --color
-rw-r--r-- play-first.md
design at the controller. if it doesn't feel right in fifteen minutes, the systems get rebuilt — not the marketing copy. 1.2K
drwxr-xr-x weird-is-feature/
the genres we love started weird and got sanded down. we'd rather under-budget polish than over-budget conformity. 4.0K
-rw-r--r-- players-only.cfg
made by people who play. decades of muscle memory shape every menu, every input. no focus groups. 837B
-rw-r--r-- small.exe
we keep the studio small on purpose. fewer meetings = more time at the controller. you can guess which we prefer. 4.2M
-rw-r--r-- no-fomo.lock
no battle passes, no seasons, no daily quests. one save file. play when you want, take a year off, come back. 64B
total 5 · listing took 0.003s · exit 0
sudoarc@studio:~/games$ ./run bricolage --preview

Bricolage

● in dev · vertical slicefirst announced 2025 · steam · pc/mac/linux

A tinker-craft sandbox. You arrive at a workshop someone left mid-project. Repair, remix, and invent your way through a small, hand-drawn world. Every system was built to combine — a fishing rod is a clock is a key.

~/games/bricolage · preview window● online
render: PIXEL · scene 1/3 live
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~ workshop @ dawn
~ draws back to pixel at 1:1. ASCII fallback for the truly ancient.
░ /etc/bricolage.cfg ░
GENRE
tinker-craft sandbox
VIEW
top-down, painterly
MOOD
cozy + curious
PLATFORM
pc · steam (mac, linux)
INPUT
controller-first
~LENGTH
25h, no fomo timers
SAVES
1 file, no cloud needed
NPCS
remember every repair
↗ bricolage.sudoarc.comwishlist on steam →
$ steam --wishlist bricolage
→ stored locally. you'll get one (1) launch email.
▼ TRY IT — INTERACTIVE PREVIEW ▼

Pick two things.
See what you get.

This is a tiny model of bricolage's whole crafting system. Every object has properties; combining objects combines properties; the game finds a sensible middle ground and gives you something back. Sometimes a tool. Sometimes a curio.

The real game has ~280 items and ≈40k recipes that emerge from them. No recipe book. No tutorial. Just: a workbench, and curiosity.

> try: rod + clock
> or: lantern + fish
> or anything else. there are 15 named recipes here.
$ ./workshop --interactive
pick 2 → combine
─── workbench ───
> the workbench is empty.
> drag two items from the left to combine them.

every system in bricolage is built to combine. this is roughly how it feels.
sudoarc@studio:~/games/bricolage$ cat features.txt
☑free-form crafting — no recipe book, no tutorial popups
☑every NPC remembers your repairs (and your mistakes)
☑gamepad-first input, mouse welcome, no menu hunting
☐multiplayer (someday, maybe, if it earns its place)
☑~25 hours of main play, no FOMO timers
☑one save file. permadeath optional. cloud optional.
☑painterly top-down art (yes, all hand-drawn)
☑mod support — recipes, sprites, dialog
$  the shell — try `help`, `play`, `roll`▼
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