Hardware Dev — Early Playtest

BUILD DEVICES. SHAPE YOUR WORKSPACE. GROW YOUR DREAM TECH COMPANY.

Hardware Dev is a cozy business management game about building your own hardware company from scratch.

Start in a small workspace, design devices component by component, improve your office, launch new products and slowly transform a tiny project into a growing technology company — with Bit, your robot companion, by your side.

⚠️ EARLY PLAYTEST — PLEASE READ

This free Windows build is an early gameplay test, not a complete demo and not a representation of the final game's quality.

It has been released to test Hardware Dev’s core ideas, controls, interface and general game feel. You may encounter unfinished features, limited content, balancing issues, placeholder elements and bugs.

WHAT YOU CAN TEST

• An early version of the device creation system • Some of the first management and customization mechanics • The current interface, controls and basic gameplay loop • The overall direction and feeling of Hardware Dev

ABOUT THE FULL GAME

The complete version of Hardware Dev is planned to include:

• Design and customize different types of devices • Select components and decide how your products are built • Organize, decorate and expand your workspace • Launch products and manage your growing company • Improve your technology and unlock new possibilities • Experience the world of Hardware Dev with Bit by your side

YOUR FEEDBACK MATTERS

After playing, please leave a comment telling me:

• What you enjoyed • What felt confusing or difficult • Any bugs or performance problems you encountered • What you would most like to see in a future version

Every piece of feedback will help make Hardware Dev better.

DOWNLOAD

The Early Playtest is completely free and currently available for Windows.

Download the ZIP file, extract the complete folder and run Hardware Dev.exe. Please do not launch the game from inside the ZIP file.

CONTROLS

Mouse and keyboard.

DEVELOPMENT STATUS

Hardware Dev is currently in active development. This playtest contains only a small part of the planned experience, and many elements may change.

Follow Hardware Dev on itch.io to receive future playtests, development updates and announcements.

-STEAM WISHLIST

-KICKSTARTER

-TIKTOK

Developed by Golfik Games.