Spin the wheel releases on GitHub

Framed spoke-pointer panel with umber wedge and spoke tick stack.
Spoke-pointer panel used across this install guide for the Windows zip path. Spoke Quill original spoke-pointer geometry for this install guide (not a DemoWheel product logo).

People who need a named spin the wheel build should start on GitHub Releases for GradXL49/DemoWheel. The reviewed tag is v1.0, and the only desktop asset on that tag is DemoWheel_release_v1.zip. This page maps that file so you do not invent a naked exe download or a package manager id that was never published.

Phrase on Spoke Quill stays spin the wheel. Upstream calls the project Demo Wheel; that name belongs in install facts, not as the H1 lead. Soft parks for macOS and Linux stay parked because those assets are absent and upstream states Windows only. Home pillar: spin the wheel.

What ships on tag v1.0

Open the v1.0 release and confirm the asset list before you click. The zip is about 30 MB as published on GitHub. Inside the archive you should find release_v1/Demo Wheel.exe (space in the filename), release_v1/images/starfield.jpg, release_v1/README.md, and theme files under release_v1/themes/ including orange.ini and starfield.ini. That inventory comes from opening the zip on the research date, not from guessing about packaging.

The release body is clear: unzip the folder anywhere and run the executable. Running only a copied exe without the themes and images folders leaves customization incomplete. Demo Wheel.exe is a one-file Windows build; other operating systems are not planned per upstream README.

Do not tell volunteers that GitHub ships a standalone Demo Wheel.exe asset on the release list. Only the zip is listed. Honest extract language keeps lab tickets accurate when SmartScreen or antivirus quarantines the folder after a partial copy.

How to take the Windows zip safely

Prefer the download control that points at GitHub Releases rather than a third-party mirror advertising free spin the wheel downloads. After the zip lands, extract into a folder you keep, then launch Demo Wheel.exe from inside release_v1. Copy and Copied controls on the install panel show the zip filename for tickets that need a pasteable name without inventing shell commands in the soft hero.

No winget package id and no Homebrew cask were found for this project on the research date. Do not invent winget install lines. Soft parks stay parked. If a package id appears later, re-verify it before teaching it as a primary door.

Windows walkthrough: install on Windows. Zip extract detail: zip extract.

Version habit without hard-coding footnotes

When a newer tag appears, re-check the live asset list before you image a lab for spin the wheel. Prefer the same publisher door: GitHub Releases for GradXL49/DemoWheel. Replace the whole extracted folder rather than mixing an old exe with new theme files from another zip that someone renamed.

Uninstall is delete-the-folder for this portable path. Update is download-new-zip-then-extract-again. Longer update notes: update and uninstall. Keep one Releases bookmark on every machine ticket so reimages do not revive Softonic shortcuts.

Star counts and publish dates change; body copy here avoids hard-coded dotted versions beyond the reviewed tag name you must match on the asset list. Prefer saying current release when footers speak, and confirm the live tag when you teach.

What this release page is not

This page is not a store listing, not a Funhaus episode guide, and not a promise that macOS or Linux builds exist. Adjacent phrases such as wheel spinner, picker wheel, decision wheel, random picker, name picker, and raffle wheel have their own search intent; Spoke Quill does not cannibalize those phrases or borrow their install doors.

If a friend sends a Drive link to wheel.zip, ask for the official Releases URL instead. Social forwarding is how adware enters otherwise careful clubs. Safe path: download safely. GitHub overview: spin the wheel on GitHub.

Browser-only picker tabs can remain as fallbacks. They are not substitutes for the named v1.0 zip when the ticket says local GPL-3.0 spin the wheel on Windows.

Release checklist for labs

  • Confirm tag v1.0 still lists DemoWheel_release_v1.zip.
  • Extract so Demo Wheel.exe sits under release_v1 beside themes and images.
  • Prove one local spin before imaging a classroom machine.
  • Write the Releases URL on the machine ticket beside the OS version.
  • Keep browser picker tabs as a fallback if install rights are missing.

First hour after extract: installed. Computer-specific setup: set up on this computer. Switch habits: switch from browser wheel.

Why Releases beat random search ads

Search ads for spin the wheel often wrap the same binary inside a survey bundler. Releases keeps the filename and the tag in one place you can audit with a calm browser session. Spoke Quill only documents that door; upstream remains GradXL49/DemoWheel under GPL-3.0.

When SmartScreen warns on an unsigned tool, treat the warning as a prompt to re-check the URL, not as a reason to switch to a Softonic mirror. Signing status for this zip was marked UNVERIFIED on the research date; honesty beats invented notarisation claims.

Club machines should receive the same zip filename written in a shared note. After every reimage, download again from Releases rather than restoring an opaque backup that might contain a renamed portal installer. That boring habit is how spin the wheel stays trustworthy on shared desks.