Development Snapshots

Development snapshots are the fastest way to try new features that have been merged and validated in CI, without replacing your stable installed release.

Snapshots are published as build artifacts from the CI workflow:

supercell-wx CI workflow

Prerequisites

  • A GitHub account (required to download workflow artifacts)

  • Basic familiarity with selecting the branch and build you want

Important: Prefer Portable/Binary Artifacts

For development testing, use the platform binary artifact (for example, supercell-wx-windows-vs2026-x64) instead of the installer artifact.

The installer artifact (supercell-wx-installer-windows-vs2026-x64) installs over your release version and can replace your stable install.

How to Download a Snapshot

  1. Open the CI workflow page:

    https://github.com/dpaulat/supercell-wx/actions/workflows/ci.yml

  2. Select the workflow run you want.

    • The develop branch is generally the most stable development snapshot.

    • Other branches may contain in-progress feature work.

    GitHub Actions page showing the workflow selector, branch selector, and snapshot runs

  3. Open the selected run and choose Summary.

    CI run page with Summary highlighted

  4. In the artifacts list, download the artifact that matches your OS/platform.

    CI artifacts list with the Windows binary artifact highlighted

  5. Extract the downloaded artifact and run Supercell Wx directly from the extracted files.

Windows Snapshot Usage (Portable)

If you download supercell-wx-windows-vs2026-x64:

  1. Extract the archive to a folder of your choice.

  2. Open the extracted bin folder.

  3. Run supercell-wx.exe.

This does not update your installed release version.

Artifact Name Reference

Package

Artifact Name

Linux x64 AppImage

supercell-wx-appimage-linux-gcc-13-x64

Linux x64 Binaries

supercell-wx-linux-gcc-13-x64

Linux x64 Flatpak

supercell-wx-flatpak-linux-gcc-13-x64

Linux arm64 AppImage

supercell-wx-appimage-linux-gcc-13-arm64

Linux arm64 Binaries

supercell-wx-linux-gcc-13-arm64

Linux arm64 Flatpak

supercell-wx-flatpak-linux-gcc-13-arm64

macOS (Apple Silicon)

supercell-wx-macos-arm64

macOS (Intel)

supercell-wx-macos-x64

Windows x64 Installer

supercell-wx-installer-windows-vs2026-x64

Windows x64 Binaries (recommended for snapshot testing)

supercell-wx-windows-vs2026-x64

Troubleshooting

  • Artifact download option missing: Sign in to GitHub, then reload the run summary page.

  • Unsure which build to use: Start with develop and pick the binary artifact for your platform.