Developer posts and news about this game.
Goats A new addition is the Goat livestock animal: Goats are now used for leather (hide) production instead of pigs: Butcher now accepts both pigs and goats, but produces only the relevant item from each. Previously, leatherworking would allow butcher to also produce leather from
In this miscellaneous summary update I've added a bunch of small features and fixed some random bugs. Visuals I worked on various small visual changes to polish up some of the areas of the game that were lacking. At least more lacking than others. World effects One new effect "ty
This smaller-scoped update brings a bunch of smaller additions, changes and fixes. Mostly, I've added or changed various things based on player feedback. The intent for the update was to do tasks that don't take more than a day or so (a rule I promptly broke). The sort of unrelat
This the third/last of three update posts about the new level generator. The introduction is at Post #1 and the second partis at Post #2 . At this point we have something resembling a map: It's probably fair to say that the generation logic so far is already complex. But this is
This the second of three update posts about the new level generator. The introduction is at Post #1 and the third/last part is at Post #3 . I will now go into step-by-step process of the generation passes. For clarity, I will try to explain things in the way that makes most sense
This update replaces the game's island map generator with a new more robust and expandable version. I had two primary goals for the new level generator. Firstly, to bring it up to at least the same level as the old generator - but do this with a modular, extendable and configurab
This follow-up update adds Technology Tiers to the game, requiring Tier-specific research point production. This is a smaller update content-wise, but it does drastically change the mid- to late-game gameplay by requiring all later technologies to produce second and later third t
This smaller update (but part or a larger direction) adds Leather item to the game and the production chains leading up to it; plus various changes. Leather I decided to make Leather production fairly involved with multiple production chains using all the different production mec
This smaller update tweaks resource mining by adding early-game mineable deposits and adjusts late-game quarrying. The update also adds more depth to food items. Quarrying The major change in this update is the addition of free-standing deposits around (a newly-generated) map: Th
In this small update, I'm adding a Pickles food item and a bunch of various small changes and fixes. Most of these are fixes and adjustments since the previous update post. Pickles The main addition is the new Pickles food item: First off, I've added a new produce food item - Cuc
In this smaller update, I'm adding a bunch of wood-related changes, additions and tweaks. Timber The major change is that I "split" Planks item into Timber and Planks items, both produced at the Sawmill: Timbers are now exclusively a construction material: While Planks are exclus
In this update villager needs and residence reserves have been fundamentally reworked. Although most of the changes are internal and organizational, this still results in a fundamental gameplay presentation change. I say "presentation" because the actual gameplay doesn't really c
In this update, I am adding weather to the game, specifically weather effects for rain and snow. This isn't something that affects gameplay (yet), so it's purely a visual update to make the game look nicer and have some visual variety. And weather is great for this type of goal.
This update replaces Markets with Shops and adds significant rendering optimizations. And I might as well call this "Rendering Update", because I spent most of the time working on optimizing sprite drawing. Shops Shops are new buildings that are set to replace Markets and Market
This smaller update adds fish animals and fishing to the game. Fishing Firstly, fish will now spawn in their own water-based habitats: These work very similarly to land-based habitats, except for the requirement to be in shallow water. There are three types of fish/habitats: Stri
This update improves item logistics and long-range deliveries. My goal is to give the players much more control over item deliveries. Instead of relying on the game to successfully figure out what needs to be taken where and making assumptions that may not be correct, this would
This update focuses on the backend features for building construction, broadly speaking. My main eventual design goal is to make construction feel like a larger part of village development. This means things like longer build times, additional construction steps, more required ma
This UI-focused update adds Micropedia, a browseable in-game information "encyclopedia". Together with improvements to tooltips and presentation as well as nicer-looking icons for all the important buildings and items. Icons Over time, I have been drawing icons for buildings in t
This smaller update adds hunting and wild animals that can be hunted for meat. Wildlife I added several wild animals -- foxes, boars, wolves and deer. These wander around, graze and generally hang out in the forests. I think they add some nice livelihood to otherwise extremely st
This update adds seasons and seasonal crops to the game. The game's save format has changed, see the "Save Upgrade" section below. To preserve old saves, you will have to upgrade them. I thought about titling this update "Winter is coming", but that just describes my update sched