A world of your own.

Download Dark Pawns, create your immortal, and keep the world running on your own machine.

Release v0.1.4 · macOS, Linux & Windows · Just want to play here?

Install the game

Open a terminal and paste the command. The installer checks the release’s publisher signature and archive checksum, then opens the setup wizard.

macOS / Linux

curl -fsSL https://darkpawns.org/install.sh | bash

Uses curl, OpenSSL, and tar. No administrator rights or compiler needed.

Windows installer (PowerShell 5.1 or newer)

Open PowerShell, then copy and paste the complete command.

Windows PowerShell

$installer = Join-Path ([IO.Path]::GetTempPath()) ('darkpawns-' + [Guid]::NewGuid().ToString('N') + '.ps1'); try { Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing 'https://github.com/zax0rz/darkpawns/releases/latest/download/install.ps1' -OutFile $installer; & powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File $installer; if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw 'Installer did not complete.' } } finally { Remove-Item -LiteralPath $installer -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue }

Prefer to install by hand? Choose an archive below.

Make it yours

Choose a home for the world. The wizard keeps your players, edits, and settings apart from the release.
Choose how it runs. Set the local web port and startup options, review them, then choose Create and launch.
Create your immortal. Open the printed address. The first character becomes the immortal, so create it before inviting anyone else.

A new world listens on this machine only. When you are ready for other players, follow the hosting guide.

Download an archive

Each archive includes the launcher, server, and starter world. Downloads are hosted on GitHub.

Dark Pawns v0.1.4 platform downloads
System	Processor	Archive
macOS	Apple silicon	Download .tar.gz
macOS	Intel	Download .tar.gz
Linux	Intel / AMD (x86-64)	Download .tar.gz
Linux	ARM64	Download .tar.gz
Windows	Intel / AMD (x86-64)	Download .zip
Windows	ARM64	Download .zip

For Macs, check About This Mac for Apple silicon or Intel. For Linux, uname -m reports x86_64 or aarch64. On Windows, check Settings → System → About → System type.

Before opening a manually downloaded archive, verify it against the signed release manifest. Then extract it and run darkpawns setup, or .\darkpawns.exe setup in PowerShell. Use setup --plain for screen readers.

Release manifest · Manifest signature · Release notes & all assets

Keep the world running

The launcher handles starting, stopping, and checking your world. Your instance holds the players and world edits; keep a backup of it.

darkpawns status
darkpawns start
darkpawns stop
darkpawns doctor

Read the portable release guide
Host a world for other players

If your system blocks it

Releases carry a publisher signature checked by the installer. They are not Apple-notarized or Windows Authenticode-signed, so a browser download may still trigger an operating-system warning.

On macOS, see Apple’s guide to opening apps safely. On Windows, see Microsoft’s SmartScreen guidance.

On Windows, run .\darkpawns.exe setup from PowerShell rather than double-clicking the executable. The installation notes describe the platform warnings seen with these releases.