Desktop Build export

Desktop Build is paused. The Export tab no longer offers Build & Export Windows .exe. Use the Story package (.zip) export if you need a copy of the story files.

We turned the server-side Windows build off so player-facing deploys stay fast. The rest of this page is the old spec, kept for when the button comes back.

Status: paused

While this is off, there is no .exe download from Studio. Story package (.zip) is unchanged: Publish -> Export, reserved for Tier 3 (Super Supporter) creators, Hall of Fame members, and creators staff granted Studio access to.

What it was

Desktop Build packaged one story, including the phone UI and whichever modules it uses, into a standalone Windows app that ran completely offline. No Sexter.io account, no internet connection, no other players. The download was a small zip with a single portable .exe and a README (not a folder of node_modules). Unzip, run the .exe. A saves folder appeared next to it and held the story database plus player progress.

Mac was never part of the server-side button (real Apple hardware is required to sign).

Export scope (still applies to the .zip)

The Export tab's Export scope card still applies to the Story package .zip. Leave Whole story on to include everything, or turn it off and pick a conversation to trim the main story chain to everything up to and including that point (handy for a demo of just the first few chapters).

This only trims the main chain (chapters and their conversations/Ink). Side conversations, injections, App DMs, and modules (TheGram, FansOnly, Rizzler, Skipr, Cinematics) are not cut by scope, they follow the Story package export's own content toggles.

When it comes back

The old flow was one button, built on Sexter's servers. Builds were unsigned until a Windows Authenticode certificate is configured, so SmartScreen may warn the first time (More info -> Run anyway). The packaged app is minified by Next's production build as a light deterrent, and never includes the editable Ink script. That is not real copy protection.

When Desktop Build is on again, this page will say so at the top.