Cinderhell 0.1.0-preview.2

Cinderhell is a controller-first Doom launcher for Android handhelds: one native engine, one library, and one clear Play action.

Highlights

• Bundled Freedoom Phase 2 for a legal, immediately playable first run.
• Woof running through SDL3 in an isolated native game process.
• Controller-first ember-and-iron launcher, tuned and validated on the AYN Thor.
• Android document-picker imports for user-supplied IWAD, WAD, PK3, ZIP, DEH, and BEX content.
• Ordered mod profiles, curated Original/Enhanced/Handheld presets, save discovery, and one-action Continue.
• arm64-v8a only, with no broad storage permission.

Physical verification

This exact signed APK was installed and smoke-tested on an AYN Thor. The gate covered native launch and rendering, built-in Odin Controller discovery, Android game audio focus, active 120 Hz display mode, MAP01 entry, save/load, background/resume in the same game process, Continue in a fresh process, and clean status-0 exits.

The APK, SHA256SUMS, and corresponding-source archive were also independently downloaded from this draft and verified before publication.

Install

Download cinderhell-0.1.0-preview.2-arm64.apk. The preview package ID is io.github.anthonystainer.cinderhell.preview, so it can coexist with development builds.

Commercial Doom data is not included. Import your legitimately obtained game files through the launcher.

Preview scope

• Validated target: AYN Thor built-in controller.
• Bluetooth controller mappings, rumble, and reconnect behavior are not yet certified.
• No virtual touch-control editor, multiplayer, in-app mod downloads, engine chooser, or GZDoom/ZScript compatibility.

Please report reproducible problems through GitHub Issues and include the device model, Android version, content type, and the action that failed.

Changes since the internal preview.1 candidate: v0.1.0-preview.1...v0.1.0-preview.2