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Hawthorn is featured in this years 2026 Prismatic Indie Showcase! We're excited to be featured alongside some truly amazing indie games this year in the Prismatic Indie Showcase. The wonderful team at Blue Ridge Games is showcasing self-published indie games from September 7th th
News from Windermere. 📜🖋️ After a short delay, we’re finally adding our next wave of players to our Hawthorn playtest today August 31st! Kickstarter backers and Ko-Fi supporters of the Homesteader tier, Steward tier, and Legend tier please keep an eye on your email for your inv
News from Windermere. 📜🖋️ Today we’re adding our next wave of players to our Hawthorn playtest today August 17th! Kickstarter backers and Ko-Fi supporters of the Royal Settler tier, Philanthropist tier, and Trailblazer tier please keep an eye on your email for your invite. We’l
Exciting news from Windermere! Today we’re rolling out a playtest of the latest build of the game for our backers on Kickstarter. While we’re starting with backers of the Scrivener and Forerunner tiers, we’ll slowly be adding access to new waves of players, so keep an eye out for
Quick Update ahead of the Make-A-Wish news: We have a little more than 24 hours to play the Hawthorn Proof-of-Concept demo as part of Next Fest. If you haven't had a chance to jump in and experience the earliest build of Hawthorn, now is the chance! Next Fest ends June 22nd at 1p
SNEAK PEEK: NEW ANIMATIONS We just posted a blog update on the PlayHawthorn website showing some of the new animations and locomotion improvements for all 3 characters that exist in our current game build and our Village Council will get hands on with soon! We can't embed the vid
Next Fest is live and this week only the public will get the chance to see where the development for Hawthorn started several years back. Download and play Hawthorn's Proof-of-Concept Demo to see the prototype version that the developers sent to publishers to receive funding offe
Big News: Hawthorn will be in Steam's June Next Fest! This means that the Hawthorn Proof-of-Concept Demo is available to the public on Hawthorn's Steam page for you and all your friends and family to play together for free . It will remain live throughout Steam Next Fest which st
Endangered Species Day Announcement To recognize Endangered Species Day, we have an exciting teaser announcement! In the near future, players will have the opportunity to reserve 3 exclusive playable characters inspired by endangered species from the real world. Each character is
UPDATE ON THIS PAST WEEKEND'S PROOF-OF-CONCEPT PLAYTEST We know that hundreds of individuals (mostly 2x Kickstarter tiers, add-on keys and some late Ko-Fi supporters) didn't receive Hawthorn's Proof-of-Concept playtest keys. We apologize that so many supporters couldn’t get into
Exciting News! Village Council Playtest for the Hawthorn Proof-of-Concept Demo starts on May Day. So that means all of our backers on Kickstarter and Ko-Fi will get access to the earliest version of Hawthorn this Friday, May 1st at 11am EST and ends Sunday, May 3rd at 10pm ET. Fo
Huge Milestone Reached! Hawthorn flew past 400,000 wishlists and is about to cross 415,000 ! We’re currently sitting at #103 on Steam’s Most Wishlisted Games and this is the closest we’ve ever been to breaking into the Top 100 . This is a huge milestone for an independently boots
Today, we revealed the new world map for Hawthorn! Adam Flores, our Lead Environment Artist and the rest of the team have been hard at work getting the official map and all the systems up to parity with the old temporary map from Hawthorn's Proof-of-Concept demo that you may have
AN IMPORTANT NOTE FROM THE TEAM First off, thank you for your patience, support, and continued enthusiasm for Hawthorn. We’ve been deep in the work over the last few months, and we wanted to share a bit more about what we’ve been building toward and where things stand. You may ha
We’re excited to announce that Hawthorn has been invited to the Midwinter Spirits Steam Event ! Whether you’re drawn by curious creatures, ancient fairytales, or the promise of warm fires on cold nights, we’d be honored to have you join our little lakeside hamlet! Wishlist Hawtho
Hello Villagers, We’re delighted to share that Hawthorn will be featured in the Endix Expo this weekend! The expo brings together some of the most exciting upcoming indie games, and we’re honored to stand among them. If you stop by the Hawthorn booth , you might notice a few glow
Only 30 minutes left to get the exclusive Hawthorn Kickstarter rewards. After 10pm EDT tonight the Pledge Manager will close and Hawthorn's Kickstarter campaign will conclude. Click the green "Join the Adventure" button on the Hawthorn Kickstarter page to select a tier that speak
Hello Villagers, We are officially closing the Hawthorn Kickstarter Pledge Manager on Monday, September 22nd at 10pm EDT . What does this mean? For Potential New Kickstarter Backers : This is the FINAL chance to back Hawthorn's Kickstarter campaign and get the game's exclusive re
We're down to the final 30 minutes of Hawthorn’s Late Pledge campaign and this is the last chance to get the exclusive Kickstarter rewards. We just hit our Village Morale Stretch Goal! We can't wait to share more about how this feature will work. This community's support during t
Late Pledges for Hawthorn will end on Friday, July 11th at 4pm ET. Less than 72 hours before Hawthorn’s Kickstarter Late Pledge campaign ends ! Last chance to secure the exclusive Kickstarter in-game items and be a part of our early Village Council community with the “ Kickstarte