Developer posts and news about this game.
Full changelog for version 0.9.17 FIXED: There was occasional trouble with land traps catching anything. This should be now fixed. At the moment the traps seem to catch a bit too much. Will be balanced in future versions. FIXED: The UI panel for animals didn't fully reflect the s
50% off the price for the Medieval Fest! A brief introduction of the game for those who might discover the title because of the Medieval Fest Ancient Savo takes place in Finland, some time around 1000 - 1200 AD. At that time the majority of Europe was living Medieval Times, chara
After the previous release I started to fully implement the simulation of other families. So far the bottle-neck has been that the actual simulation runs in the background, but the respective changes don't get posted to the game map when the player gets to see the area run by oth
Hunting and fishing are now more realistic and challenging. This affects the seasonal routine, which automatically checks traps and then chooses between fishing, hunting and gathering based on current season and available tools. A most notable visible upgrade is making different
No new content, just a bunch of bugs fixed IMPROVED: The persistent log had the bottom rows going outside the window. The log and scrollpane heights are now adjusted and it should now fit into the available space. FIXED: The tutorial stage to speed up the game did not get complet
This version is all about polishing the user interface. I did a lot of internal testing, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are some minor bugs here and there, so feel free to report any oddities you might encounter! ADDED: The UI panel for main buttons now has a slider to adju
Oh well, version 0.9.11 fixed loading saves from older versions. But it accidentally introduced a new bug, which - ironically enough - broke loading a save from the current version. This is now fixed, and version 0.9.12 should load both current and old saved without a problem.
This should properly fix the bugs which caused crashing when loading a save from older versions. Also, full screen mode is now fixed on Mac. Together with that I improved the way window size is saved when playing in windowed mode. Behind the scenes I re-organized the process of b
Now also on Mac Yes, Ancient Savo Mac version is available on Steam. If everything went well, that is. All Mac apps need to be officially signed and notarized by Apple, and it took me several days of work to figure out how to do it. And then some more work to learn how to add a n
This version adds a visual notification to indicate the game being paused. Routine groups and weekly routines are now accessible directly from the Family panel. And the cycle of the year is presented visually, the current day is at the topmost point of the seasons wheel, and the
Another quick bugfix release ADDED: A new keyboard layout AUTOMATIC which queries the operating system to get the keyboard layout. This is now the default mode. The old system of providing custom keyboard layouts in XML files is still available as a backup in case the automatic m
This is a quick bugfix patch FIXED: The find button is supposed to ignore currently focused tile, but look for the nearest starting from there. That didn't work but is fixed now. FIXED: Seems like the hunting story sometimes got terminated too soon. This is hopefully fixed now -
Search, autosave and a persistent message log ADDED: SEARCH to look for limonite or clay. If found, a marker posts gets placed at the location, bringing the camera focus there. ADDED: A marker post which can be constructed to help remember interesting locations on the map. ADDED:
This version got somewhat delayed because of me being busy with my main work, having less free time for indie coding. Well, but here are the bugfixed and new additions; ADDED: In the XML task definitions we can now have specific conditions on who can participate in the task. Curr
Mostly bugfixes and minor UI polish. Although fixing spear hunting sent me upgrading some of the underlying logic. ADDED: switch - case control structure to the modding language. ADDED: The modding language now has basics of (nested) code blocks. IMPROVED: The hunting simulation
Linux version now works! Deconstructing a building triggered a crash. This is now fixed. Improved the launch sequence when running the game for the very first time. It is now more fail-safe also when the latest OpenGL features are not available.
FIXED: Craft -> Textiles -> Linen / Leather / Wool / Fur Clothing caused the game to crash. This is now fixed. FIXED: Starting a new homestead caused a crash if the old folks had domestic animals - the crash was because of AI taking control over the old family, but failing
Establish your homestead in the pristine woodlands of 1200 CE Finland. Hunt, fish, farm and forage for food. Craft tools, barter for supplies . Raise a family, teach your offspring the skills of the self-sufficient life. Send your adult children to start homestead of their own. O
Looking forward to raise your family and to live off the land in the pristine woodlands of 13th century Savo? Well, it is time to get yourself ready to craft, build, hunt and barter, for Ancient Savo will be released at 20th of September 2024 There is both 3D and 2D view, combine
Each family member has skills, and their skill level affects the speed and quality of their work. When people work together, the lesser skilled ones (typically children) gain more XP when they are accompanied by more talented persons. Also, they perform better when instructed and