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BLOODWEIGHT
The Weight of Blood
Developer
adarkfable
Platform
Steam — macOS & Windows
Engine
LÖVE 2D (Lua)
Status
Out now — Steam Early Access
Bloodweight is a systemic gothic tragedy about entropy, inheritance, and the literal weight of history. You are the Ancestor — the collective memory of a bloodline. Guide your dynasty through 100 generations of triumph, ruin, and the slow accumulation of history's weight.
Every heir acts on their own personality. Every famine traces back to a specific choice. Every chronicle reads like a dark historical artifact. Bloodweight is a narrative generator that proves your failures are your own fault.
At a Glance
Key Features
75-trait genetic engine with dominant/recessive crossover
100-generation dynasty cap, set inside the realm of Caldemyr
20+ interconnected world subsystems, all causally wired
AI-powered literary chronicle generation (The Soul Teller)
8-axis personality autonomy — heirs can refuse you
Founder customization — traits, banner, sigil, relic, motto
Witness Mode — autoplay a full dynasty from a seed
Procedural religion, culture, doctrines, and shadow lineages
Three Great Houses, four Ages, one Crown Ledger
A deep automated test suite — genetics, world, integration
The Studio
About adarkfable
adarkfable is one developer building Bloodweight from scratch. No backing, no investors — just the conviction that deep systemic games can come from anywhere. Published author, self-taught programmer, and the unglamorous hours of debugging serializers, balancing resource curves, and writing the test suite that keeps the genetics engine honest.
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Trailer & Assets
The Soul Teller trailer — download MP4
Hi-res screenshots, key art, and build keys available on request — for press access or beta testing, contact [email protected].
Keep the bloodline alive. Respect the Weight.