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LANE-4: A Dystopian Programming Thriller Demo
An open-ended programming game in which you optimise 4-core assembly code to maintain a 1990s alt-history dystopian megacity's infrastructure. Take jobs from middlemen with hidden agendas and uncover the chilling consequences of your "routine" fixes in this assembly language puzzle thriller.

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Planned Release Date: 2026

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About This Demo

Re: Application for Relocation (Ref. RAB-0001-257-33)

Your application to relocate two dependants out of a Below-Grade District to a B-Class District has been received.

Applications are assessed once the applicant holds the Relocation Bond in savings.

Relocation Bond: $4,800

Write microcode in a custom assembly language. One program runs across all four cores simultaneously - the same instructions, different data. When cores collide on shared memory, the chip resolves it: two writers take the minimum, three take the maximum, four take the sum.

Take contracts through email chains from fixers, corporate middlemen, and bureaucrats.

Write assembly. Step through forwards and backwards. Set breakpoints.

  • Optimise solutions for Cycles, Area, and Instruction Count

  • Histograms to compare your solution against others

  • See how your friends stack up with friend leaderboards

  • Save a GIF to share online

For programming beginners and experts alike. Manual included in-game.

  • 50+ puzzles across five acts

  • Custom puzzle support

  • Colour-blind palette and rebindable keys

  • Hermit Mode (don't upload your score)

  • An alternate-history Australian megacity, 1996

What you can expect in the full version:

  • 50+ puzzles across 5 acts

  • Histograms to compare your solution against others

  • Friend leaderboards

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: any 64-bit
    • Processor: i5-8350U
    • Graphics: UHD Graphics 620
    • Storage: 40 MB available space
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    Minimum:
    • OS: any 64-bit
    • Processor: Apple M1 or Intel Core M
    • Memory: 50 MB RAM
    • Storage: 40 MB available space
    Recommended:
    * Starting February 15, 2024, the Steam Client will no longer support 32-bit games or macOS 10.14 or lower.
      Minimum:
      • OS: any 64-bit
      • Processor: i5-8350U
      • Graphics: UHD Graphics 620
      Recommended: