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D2D University at golden hour from above: the domed hall, the clock tower, the fountain on the quad and autumn trees along the paths.

Available now · Windows and macOS

Build your future

$200. One dorm room. Four years to build something extraordinary.

A campus life and business game. Walk a living university, make friends and rivals, and grow one idea into a company that outlives graduation.

Buy for $9.99 Ways to own it

A KalCode game · single-player, with optional private worlds for up to four

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Your story

Arrive with $200. Leave with something you built.

You arrive at D2D University with $200, a simple dorm room and no business. Explore the campus, find people and problems worth solving, and turn one idea into a company, one decision at a time.

Friends, mentors and rivals change your story. Every chapter is something you play, not a long cutscene, and nothing ends when you graduate.

A student with a yellow backpack in a dorm room with string lights, a sofa, a round rug and a desk with a laptop.
In-game capture · your first room in D2D Legacy Hall

Four years, then the rest

Every year is a chapter you play.

  1. Year 1

    Find Your Footing

    Two hundred dollars, a dorm desk, a first friend and a problem worth solving. Then your first sale.

  2. Year 2

    Find Product-Market Fit

    Pricing, campaigns and your brand. Rivals launch, word gets around, and every report shows you why.

  3. Year 3

    Build the Company

    Hire a team, open an office, set up production and look beyond campus.

  4. Year 4

    Prove Your Vision

    Bigger deals, harder tradeoffs and a degree to finish before commencement.

  5. Graduation

    Your ending

    Eight endings, each earned by your business, your choices and your relationships.

  6. Alumni

    Your Empire

    Keep running the same company after graduation. No forced restart.

The game

What you actually do.

Short goals, real places and decisions you can see the results of. Every image here is from the game as it runs today.

Explore

Walk a campus that feels alive.

Explore D2D University on foot: Hargrove Library, the Innovation Lab, Lantern Café, the arcade and the dorms. Classmates go about their day, and the campus changes as day turns to night.

Hargrove Library at sunset: a domed classical building with columns, students on the front steps and lamps along the plaza.
The D2D Innovation Lab at night, its windows and entrance lamps glowing over the plaza.
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Become

Be exactly who you want to be.

Shape your student's body, face, skin tone, hair and style, then make your dorm room your own. Your wardrobe grows with everything you earn, and you can change your look any time.

The character creator: a student in a teal hoodie and jeans on a campus path, beside the Who are you? panel with body, skin tone, build, height and face settings.
A student with a yellow backpack in a dorm room with string lights, a sofa, a round rug and a desk with a laptop.
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Connect

Meet people. Choose what to say.

Conversations come with real choices. Classmates bring problems worth solving and openings worth chasing, and the friends, mentors and rivals you make shape where your story goes.

Talking with Ellie, a classmate, on a sunny campus path, with three possible replies on screen.
The Opportunities board in the journal: Regulars' Table, Night Walk with Theo, Orientation Week Founder Night and more campus openings.
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Build

Build a business you understand.

Start a tech company, a campus service or a product business. Choose what your brand promises, set a price, plan campaigns and reinvest what you earn. When a campaign falls flat, the report shows exactly why.

The Brand tab for StudySync Labs: one brand or a house of brands, and Value, Mainstream, Premium and Luxury promises with their effects on price and demand.
A campaign report: 714 impressions led to 43 visits and 2 customers, with targeting fit named as the biggest drag and the money spent laid out.
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Optional · fictional · in-game only

KalCode Sim, at your desk.

Plan a product sprint with fictional in-game helpers, then launch it into the game's economy. It never runs real code, signs in to anything or touches your KalCode account, and you don't need to code to use it.

KalCode Sim at the desk: the fictional helpers KalCode, Pip, Forge and Lens working on a StudySync sprint, with a progress bar and a terminal-style log.
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Create

Design the place. Run the team.

Lay out a prototype workshop piece by piece with your mouse, then grow into offices and production floors, with your team at their desks on every shift.

Creation Mode in the Prototype Workshop: placing a Campus Maker Table beside the equipment list, with live layout stats.
A company office from above: rows of desks with the team at work, with the clock, cash and next goals on screen.
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Graduate

Graduate your way.

Four years end on the lawn in front of the clock tower. What you built, who stood by you and what you chose decide which of eight endings is yours. Then the alumni years begin.

Commencement on the lawn: graduates in caps and gowns seated in rows in front of the clock tower.
The ending Still Standing: four years in numbers, the people who shaped them, and buttons to continue into the alumni years or roll the credits.
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Room to grow

A dorm room is only the start.

All of it is in the game today, and all of its money, markets and AI are fictional.

  • laptop

    Work from anywhere on campus.

    Take your laptop to the café, the library or the quad, and upgrade it as your company grows.

  • fictional AI

    AI tools, then your own AI lab.

    Use fictional AI tools to work faster, then open an AI lab of your own. All of it is made up and runs inside the game.

  • fictional market

    Investors, a stock market and an IPO.

    Raise money, manage who owns what and take your company public on a fictional exchange. No real money, no real stocks.

  • move out

    Leave the dorm. Expand.

    Move off campus and grow into Palm Harbor, Golden Bay and Hudson City, three cities inspired by Florida, California and New York.

  • make things

    Design it. Build it. Ship it.

    Lay out workshops and production floors, place every machine yourself or let the Smart Layout assistant suggest a plan.

  • people

    Cofounders and rivals.

    Six potential cofounders to meet, and eight rival founders chasing the same customers you are.

  • arcade

    The D2D Arcade.

    Five arcade games between classes: Packet Run, Pitch Perfect, Build Sprint, Demo Day Duel and Campus Courier.

  • friends

    Private worlds for up to four.

    An optional, invite-only world for you and up to three friends, across Windows and Mac. Solo play is the complete game and never needs to go online.

Ways to own it

Buy it once, or get it with KalCode.

Sold to customers with a United States billing address. The price you see is the price you pay.

Dorm to Dynasty

$9.99 USD, once

  • The complete game on Windows and Mac
  • Yours for life
  • No subscription, no microtransactions
  • 14-day refunds, for any reason
Buy for $9.99

Included with KalCode

Your first successful payment on any of these plans, monthly or yearly, makes Dorm to Dynasty yours for life. Each adds cosmetic perks and a little starting cash, never an advantage you can't earn.

  • KalCode Pro

    $10/month · $100/year

    Perks: Studio headphones, Retro terminal poster, +$50 starting cash

  • KalCode MAX

    $25/month · $250/year

    Perks: Minimal watch, Denim jacket, +$50 starting cash

  • KalCode MAX 2X

    $50/month · $500/year

    Perks: High-tops, Fine-knit turtleneck, +$50 starting cash

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  • Yours to keep.

    Buying it, or your first successful payment on Pro, MAX or MAX 2X, makes Dorm to Dynasty yours for life. Cancelling or changing plans never takes it away.

  • Perks, never pay-to-win.

    Plans add a few cosmetic items and a little starting cash, claimed once and kept after you cancel. Every item can also be earned in the game.

  • No microtransactions.

    No loot boxes, no ads and no currency for sale. Money in the game is fictional and stays there.

  • Sign in once, then play offline.

    The game links to your KalCode account with a short code, then plays offline with your saves on your own computer.

Platforms

Windows and Mac.

Windows

A signed installer for 64-bit Windows 11: it adds Dorm to Dynasty to the Start menu and, if you like, the desktop. Windows 10 hasn't been tested yet.

Available now

macOS

A disk image for Apple silicon Macs on macOS 12 or later: drag Dorm to Dynasty to Applications. Signed and notarized by Apple.

Available now
Measured on real machines. Linux is listed only after a build passes testing on real hardware.
System requirements Windows macOS
System Windows 11, 64-bit macOS 12 or later, Apple silicon (M1 or newer)
Memory in use Under 1 GB Under 1 GB
Download 239 MB (installer) 282 MB (disk image)
Disk space 400 MB, plus your saves 400 MB, plus your saves
Internet Once to link your KalCode account, then at least every 30 days Once to link your KalCode account, then at least every 30 days

Questions

Good to know.

When can I play?

Now, on Windows and Apple silicon Macs. Buy it for $9.99 or get it with a KalCode plan, then download it from your Game Library on kalcoded.com.

Who makes Dorm to Dynasty?

KalCode. It's a KalCode game: you buy it, sign in and download it with a KalCode account on kalcoded.com.

Does it need an internet connection or an account?

Only to confirm you own it. You link the game to your KalCode account once, by entering a short code on kalcoded.com. After that the single-player game plays offline and your saves stay on your computer. It renews its license quietly when you're online and needs to reconnect at least once every 30 days; your saves are never touched.

Are there microtransactions or loot boxes?

No. There are no microtransactions, loot boxes, ads or in-game currency for sale. The money you earn in the game is fictional, can't be bought and can't be cashed out.

How much does it cost?

$9.99 (USD), once, with no subscription needed. It's also included with KalCode Pro, MAX and MAX 2X.

Can I play with friends?

Yes, optionally. You can host a private, invite-only world for you and up to three friends, explore campus together and start companies as cofounders, on Windows and Mac. Solo play is the complete game and never needs an online session.

Do I need to know how to code?

No. Success never depends on coding. You can build a campus service or make physical products instead of software, and KalCode Sim only asks you to make decisions.

Is the stock market real?

No. The stock market, investors and IPO are fictional parts of the game. No real money, real shares or real trading is involved, and nothing in the game can be cashed out.

Who is it for?

Everyone. Dorm to Dynasty is made for players of all ages: no violence, no gambling or loot boxes, no ads, and its money and stock market are fictional. Buying and signing in use a KalCode account, so younger players can play on a parent's or guardian's account.

Can I get a refund?

Yes. You can ask for a full refund of the $9.99 purchase within 14 days of paying, for any reason. Email kalcodeoffical@gmail.com from your KalCode account's email address. The Dorm to Dynasty terms have the details.

Which computers does it run on?

64-bit Windows 11, and Apple silicon Macs on macOS 12 or later. Windows 10 and lower-end PCs haven't been tested yet, so they aren't listed. Linux is being considered and will only be listed once it has been tested on real hardware.

D2D University at night: lamps along the quad's paths, the fountain and the clock tower lit against a deep blue sky.

Build your future.

Your first day at D2D University starts with $200 and a dorm room. The rest is up to you.

Buy for $9.99