Four Divine Abidings [full release]
Steam release
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3655580/Four_Divine_Abidings/
Four Divine Abidings
Complete the Path in this mindfulness-themed idle/incremental hand-painted journey inspired by Buddhist philosophy.
Cultivate the Four Divine Abidings: Loving-Kindness (Metta), Compassion (Karuna), Appreciative Joy (Mudita), and Equanimity (Upekkha) - and apply them in various encounters.
The game features multiple layers of strategic progression and intertwined mechanics, supporting both idle-focused and active playstyles.
Discord: https://discord.gg/CujAfXU3ZS
Game Highlights
+ Narrated gameplay with dozens of tasks to follow.
+ The game is content-complete and can be finished.
+ 202 Milestones to claim, many providing unique permanent buffs.
+ 32 Skills and Insights to master.
+ Additional 20 Skills for Rebirth mechanic.
+ 9 Spiritual Tools introducing new mechanics and game loops.
+ Full support of both idle and active playstyles.
+ Many intertwined, evolving layers of strategic progression to keep you engaged through the whole game experience.
+ Hand-painted art, which many people find beautiful; soon getting its own offline exhibition.
+ Can be played on mobile, though a bigger screen is recommended. PC is ideal. Save export/import supported, so devices can be switched as needed.
A Free Game
I got a valuable opportunity to make a free game. This means there is no a slightest conflict of interest:
+ All quality of life features are available from the beginning.
+ All content is accessible for free.
+ Fair offline calculations upgradable up to 52 hours.
+ No pay-inducing progress walls.
I’m actually enjoying a 3rd playthrough of the game myself : )
There is an optional donation button; 100% of proceeds are set to go directly to itch.io. This is an amazing, free platform for indie game developers.
100% of donations on Steam will go to godotengine.org - an engine where the game was crafted, free and open source.
AI usage
All the art is hand-painted:
AI was used for some coding help, texts checks and composition, sketches.
Development log
- Detailed game guide67 days ago
- Game's art expo and new project84 days ago
- Update 07.09.2025 LibrarySep 07, 2025
- Update 25082025Aug 25, 2025
- Update 18082025Aug 18, 2025
- One month into release: summaryAug 11, 2025
- Update 08082025 Mindful Moments automationAug 08, 2025
- Update 01082025Aug 01, 2025
Comments
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I just thought you might like to know that, tonight, a five-month-old kitten watched your peaceful animations for about twenty minutes or so... until his eyelids grew heavy, and he fell asleep.
So this can be enjoyed by all animals, not just humans.
Wow, thanks for posting this :)
Hello! I've been having a great time with this game. Brilliant concept and execution. However, I can't tell if I'm stuck at level 55 or if I just need more exp. The progress bar has been full for a while. Thanks!
Hi, I'm glad you are enjoying the game :)
55 is default level cap. You can increase it: in Path -> Sow Seeds add points to Wisdom Level Cap and Rebirth.
Another way to increase it is through the "Tier" Milestone, no Rebirth needed.
You can check you level cap in the Qualities -> Extra panel, "Wisdom Level Cap".
Let me know if anything requires further clarification :)
Ah! Thank you so much!
What is the benefit of being at home for reflecting?
Restoring Physical and Mental Energies before the next Encounter.
Ah just the usual home bonuses. Thanks!
What is Effort Threshold (on Mala Beads Lvl 2, for example)?
Amount of Effort needed to be accumulated for an Effort Tick, 1000 by default (you can see it in the Qualities panel).
so, I tried it over a couple of days in a browser, my thoughts:
Thanks for the feedback.
I investigated the freeze and to my best understanding it is related to "browser throttling mechanism" that aims to preserve resources. As you mentioned, reloading fixes this, and there is no progress loss as the game will auto calculate freeze time as offline.
In the non-web version running for days memory usage remains unchanged. So Steam release won't freeze.
Yeah, I believe memory hogging is a common trait of all webgl games, I was just very impressed that it ate about 11 gigs of ram at some point. To be fair, I was running an older version, and I saw you updated the game, so it may or may not be better now.
Can this game be released on GOG or itch.io in addition to Steam?
You mean downloadable version? It will, some time later this year.
By the way, this web version is already the full game, just can't be downloaded yet.