Jonathan Blow Gives Away the Engine

Reminder: a little while after Order of the Sinking Star ships, we will be giving out the game engine (full source) for free! Writing a Jai compiler will be left as an exercise for the player.

A screenshot of a fictional social-media exchange shows Jonathan Blow promising to release the full source code of the game engine after Order of the Sinking Star launches. The reply jokes that writing a Jai compiler will still be left to the player, parodying the difficulty of using the engine and referencing Blow’s programming language Jai. EN: A screenshot of a fictional social-media exchange shows Jonathan Blow promising to release the full source code of the game engine after Order of the Sinking Star launches. The reply jokes that writing a Jai compiler will still be left to the player, parodying the difficulty of using the engine and referencing Blow’s programming language Jai.

• @ithueti / 18555 2026-07-22