Hatchstead — three-year demo

Your first family starts here.

Begin with three normal female ball pythons and a little cash. Choose an unrelated male, plan a pairing and meet your hatchlings one egg at a time.

Three game years to make it your own

The free demo includes Rowan’s keeper course and 36 game months of repeat breeding. Plan new pairings, tap through each egg, name your babies, choose holdbacks and place ready youngsters with keepers. At month 36, new pairings close, but you can finish clutches already underway and raise the youngest hatchlings to three months. Discoveries and family records stay available afterward.

Unlimited time, facility expansions and legacy challenges are part of the full game. This is a limited demo, not the complete browser beta. There are no purchases or paid breeding advantages in this demo.

Every hatchling belongs to your story

Each snake keeps its own procedural markings. Confirmed hets and possible hets are recorded separately, parents remain in family records, and the journal reveals only morphs you have hatched. The genetics model and visuals are still being refined; independent breeder review remains outstanding.

Controls and languages

Tap or click. Drag a snake to rotate it or use the visible rotation and zoom controls. End month advances the game; there are no real-time incubation waits. Adjust or mute music in Settings.

Choose English, Español, Français or Deutsch in Settings. Spanish, French and German are beta translations. Gene names keep their standard spelling.

Keep your collection

The demo saves separately from a full-game collection. Export a backup in Settings before clearing browser data, changing browser or opening an updated upload. Full-career and challenge saves cannot be loaded into this limited demo. Browser privacy settings can prevent saving; heed any warning before leaving.

What comes next

Hatchstead is in development. A Kickstarter campaign is being prepared to fund the full release, with Android and iPhone intended. The full beta stays private. Backer access, prices and delivery dates will be announced once confirmed. No native store release or game-copy entitlement is offered by this page.

Support and feedback: info@onyxrefinery.co.uk.

Development

A game by Onyx Refinery Ltd.