Hello aspiring tribe leaders.
So many things have happened since our last update. We've been super busy working on the game, making changes based on your demo feedback and adding entirely new features, and we also have a publisher signed!
This means that we now also have a Community Manager (Hi, it's me! Hello ːlunar2019piginablanketː), so expect to see more frequent progress updates as we continue to develop the game towards its launch.
I'm here today to shine a spotlight on one really cool and important feature that has been added since the game's demo was available during the Steam Next Fest:
Journeys
Journeys are exploration trips for your tribe members, and can be accessed via a new building; the Explorer Platform. Once you have this building in your tribe, you will be able to send up to three tribe members out on a Journey.
Journeys carry a great risk, but also the potential for equally great rewards. Before you set out, make sure you have enough spare resources that your explorers can take with them to stay safe. Then you just need to pick a direction to explore, and your team is ready to set out.
On their Journey, your tribe members may run into a fellow wanderer with a bloody rag tied across his eyes. Would you choose to help this old blind man and hope that your gratitude will be repaid? But resources are scarce, and offering yours up to someone in need might just be what will put yourself in the same position within the very near future. And can you really trust the old man...?
You can also encounter long abandoned and overgrown buildings, where you can choose to run the risk of exploring the ruins to find lost spoils or walk into a well prepared trap!
One possible option is that your valiant explorers find an abandoned hut, with different kinds of plants growing wild besides it. It's common knowledge that useful plants are planted together with poisonous ones to ward off wild animals. But how can you tell which is which, when your only method of determination is by tasting them? Will you take the chance to discover a new medicine, or will you poison one of your tribe members in the process?
Journeys offer you the chance to encounter situations like the two examples above, and so many more! Will you bring back valuable resources and knowledge to your tribe or will you die trying? Or maybe you'll run out of resources and come home early to save their lives? We're excited to hear what your choices will be!
That's it for now! Stay tuned for further development updates, and share your thoughts on what topics you'd like us to cover in the future. And remember to wishlist The Tribe Must Survive on Steam, and click the Follow button on the store page to receive notifications about our announcements.
You can also join our TTMS DIscord server, where we will share more information and you can get directly involved in the discussions.
And remember; whatever it takes... The Tribe Must Survive!
//SBZ_Elisabeth