Norland is part of the Steam Spring Sale at 35% off! Check it and other games out in the Hooded Horse Spring Sale.Down below, we’re sharing the recently unveiled roadmap for Norland, including new features and improvements in development.
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Norland's Spring-Summer 2025 Roadmap
The team is hard at work on Norland, focusing on a structured approach to development. While the original roadmap didn’t progress as planned, that time was used to establish a long-term foundation and set a clear six-month timeline for upcoming updates.
Development is advancing in three tracks, each addressing different aspects of the game. The Conservative Track strengthens core mechanics, including walls, bodyguards, guest reforms, new lore, a global map, and dynasty menus. The Experimental Track explores larger gameplay ideas, introducing unique visitors, 3D terrain, and puppet mechanics. A new Player Experience Track focuses on UI, menus, and interactions, ensuring systems are more intuitive without altering the game’s depth.
With all three tracks moving forward together, Norland is expanding in multiple ways, balancing stability, new mechanics, and usability.
Art and Content
The team has brought on two new artists and is working on redrawing all of the game’s art. While this is a long-term effort, the aesthetic concept is already locked in, focusing on realistic architecture and thoughtful design.
The camera, interior view, and zoom will remain unchanged, but the world itself is becoming more diverse. Three distinct biomes—northern, midlands, and subtropics—are in development. Work is also beginning on local map generation, though it’s still in an experimental phase.
Early visual concepts include high-level residential buildings, a new type of Lord’s Hall, and fresh environmental designs, shaping a more detailed and immersive world.
Read the full details here:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1857090/view/532092240505339997?l=english