Breed
A readable genetic model : you should be able to understand why this foal is promising, without a spreadsheet open next to you.
In design · next world
Equipia
A stable that lives on even when you are away. Breed, train, enter competitions — and discover that in riding as elsewhere, patience is a skill.
The next world
What we are preparing
Equipia has no screen to show yet. Here is the project sheet, as it stands today.
Mood illustration. No screenshots : the game is in design, and we would rather show nothing than pass a mock-up off as the game.
The vision
A horse is not a progress bar
Most stable games turn the animal into a progress bar. We want the opposite : a system where genetics, training, rest and the competition calendar genuinely interact, and where two players starting from the same foal do not end up with the same champion.
- A bloodline is built over generations. Good breeding choices pay off later — in a good way.
- Training has a cost. Fatigue, injury, form of the day : pushing too hard costs you a season.
- A living calendar. Competitions come whether you are ready or not. A stable has to be planned.
- It runs without you. Like Villopia, the stable keeps living once the tab is closed.
Where we stand
Open design
Equipia is not in development yet. We are settling the economy, the genetics and the game loop before drawing the first horse — the method that produced Villopia and Tradopia.
In other words : everything you read here is an intention, not a dated promise. If you ride, if you breed, or if you have burnt nights on a stable game — your opinion is useful now, not later.
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The work ahead
What we want to get right
Four design promises. If one of them does not hold in the hand, the game does not ship in that state.
Train
Sessions that matter, form that rises and falls, injuries you can avoid. Progress is felt, not merely read.
Compete
Dressage, jumping, cross-country : events with different demands, so that each horse has its discipline rather than a single score.
Manage
Boarding, care, staff, sales. A stable is a small business : that is where management becomes a pleasure rather than a chore.
Before everyone else
The first testers will ride the first horses
We will open a small test circle well before release. Sign up to the studio letter : that is where the call will go out, and nowhere else.
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