CharacterForge 1.0.0 Commercial RC1 — Free Character Core

CharacterForge Commercial Edition 1.0.0 RC1 (Windows x64)

Character creation is available without purchase. Quest, Location, Faction, Item and Creature Forge require the matching Polar license; bundle keys unlock their included modules.

Extract the ZIP into a writable folder and run CharacterForge.exe. Windows 11 x64 and Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime are required. The executable is unsigned; this is a release candidate, not a certified stable release.

Internet is required to activate and validate a paid license at startup. This build does not provide an offline grace period. Project contents are stored locally.

Package verification: ZIP SHA-256 was recomputed and matches SHA256SUMS.txt. ZIP contents: CharacterForge.exe, README.txt and BUILD_INFO.txt. No new cold-launch, malware scan, purchase/activation or complete workflow test was performed during this publication. The supplied binary was built from a working tree with pre-existing changes; the tagged commit alone does not reproduce the artifact. See BUILD_INFO.txt for build details.

Support: nullfeather@rookweld.com

CharacterForge v1.0.0 — Experimental Preview

Character Forge / Quest Forge v1.0.0 — Experimental Preview

A local-first Windows desktop workshop for creating structured characters and quests, revising individual fields, and preserving selected work in a local project canon.

Included

• Character Forge and Quest Forge with eleven built-in universe presets, deterministic seeds and creative axes
• Field locks, single-field rerolls, reroll-unlocked, manual edits and session Undo/Redo
• Local projects, favorites, persistent generation history and Candidate/Canon revisions
• Structured JSON and readable Markdown exports
• .forgeproject export/import, backup and recoverable restore
• Reduced Motion preference

No AI model, account, API key, cloud service or network connection is required for the core workflows.

Download

Download character-forge-v1.0.0-windows-x64-portable.zip, extract it to a writable folder and launch character-forge-desktop.exe.

Platform: Windows 11 x64
Distribution: portable ZIP
Runtime: Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime
Signing: unsigned Experimental Preview

Windows may show a SmartScreen or publisher-reputation warning because the application is unsigned. Verify the ZIP against the attached SHA256SUMS.txt.

Verified package

• ZIP size: 5,391,255 bytes
• ZIP SHA-256: 217996B59B684316F6D09A28A857BD6A8F3D3E149893773E6129C216205D6DB8
• ProductVersion/FileVersion: 1.0.0
• Fresh temporary extraction and cold launch: PASS
• Microsoft Defender custom scan: no threats found
• Archive allow-list and path-safety inspection: PASS

See the attached PUBLIC_RELEASE_VERIFICATION.md for the exact verification record.

Preview status

This is a real, usable v1.0.0 build released as an Experimental Preview. It is intentionally not presented as a signed installer, Store release or independently certified security product. Keep backups of important projects and report findings through the repository.