Developer posts and news about this game.
Hey everyone ! It's live: the Iskarn demo is free on this page right now. Go build something. What's in it - 5 nights to found your colony and hold the line against whatever crawls out of the dark - The real game, not a slice: build block by block, craft in your workshops, explor
Devlog #10 Borrowed Daylight Hey everyone! Two things today. Playtest signups are open, and since you are about to step into this world, it is time I told you what is going on in it. The playtest is open The build is live and it is the real game: the full prologue, colony managem
Devlog #9 Raise the Stone Hey @everyone! Big week. Territory was reborn around a single object, hunger learned to bite back, and stepping into your hero just got a whole lot more obvious. Raise the Stone Claiming land is now a real gesture. You place a menhir, a runic standing st
Devlog #8 Plant or Perish Hey @everyone! This one is all about food: Iskarn now has real farming, and the seasons actually decide whether your colony eats. From dirt to dinner Mark out a field like you would a stockpile, pick one of four crops, and your Farmers take it from there
Devlog #7 Into the Ruins Hey @everyone ! This week was all about one thing: giving you reasons to leave the safety of your village and head out into the unknown. Iskarn now has a living world, full of places to explore, loot, and people to save. A world worth exploring The wilds
Devlog #6 You are the Hero ! Hey everyone ! Last week I teased a major feature I was rethinking from the ground up. It's here, and honestly, it changes how Iskarn feels to play. The goal with all of this : give the player real impact, pull you into the world, deepen the immersion
Devlog #5 The Weight of Steel Hey everyone! Last week brought horde leaders and gate assaults. This week was all about polish: making every single sword swing actually feel like it lands. Hit feel Every connecting blow now has layered punch: - A bright white flash on impact, then
Hey everyone ! Combat just got a massive overhaul. Last few weeks turned night assaults from a chore into something tense. Per-citizen stances No more global combat mode. Each citizen has their own stance, set from a new Selection Action Bar : - Peace : civilian, only fights back
Hey everyone! This one is big, nights just got teeth. The zombies got a full top-to-bottom rework: how they appear, how they move, how they sound, how they die at dawn. Five faces of the dead Iskarn now has five distinct undead tiers in rotation. A baseline brute, a fragile runne
Hey @everyone ! Spent the last weeks going deep on the construction system, more shapes, more materials, and smarter rendering. Here's what changed. The catalog now sits at 32 buildable blocks Before : 21. Now : 32. That's 11 brand new building blocks, covering the shapes that we
Hey @everyone ! This is my very first devlog for Iskarn. The game has been in development for a while now and is already quite feature-rich, but I've been quietly working on it without sharing much. Time to change that ! Here's what the last two weeks looked like. Performance ove
Thank you to everyone who has already wishlisted Iskarn! Here's what to expect in 2026. What's already in the game Iskarn is already a rich game with many mechanics in place: Free-form voxel building with over 15 block types 20+ furniture and decorations to place 7 professions wi