Hey Pioneers!
We're just 2 days away from the second PlayTest of our alien-world sandbox survival game XenoHaven!
🎥 Want a quick visual tour of what's changed? Check out the video here
🌍 From "Too Earth-like" to Truly Alien
After our first PlayTest, we heard a lot of helpful feedback—most of it summed up with one phrase: "It's fine, but nothing stands out."
Sure, we had survival, exploration, building, farming, tech progression, gene engineering… but none of these systems felt deep or unique enough to define the game. Also, despite the alien setting, bunnies, boars, and apple trees made players feel like they were still on Earth. That wasn't the vibe we were going for.
So we've overhauled it—new terrain, minerals, vegetation, and wildlife to make the world feel truly off-world.
🧪 The Demon Servant System: Grow Your Own Guardian
After internal debates and brainstorming, our team decided to lean hard into creature raising as a core feature—and fully integrate it with the rest of the game systems.
That's where the Demon Servants come in.
You'll raise and evolve them from scratch. Feed them with crafted rations—each tier unlocked via your tech tree. Customize them through gene lab experiments.
Swap heads (literally), modify traits, and create combat-ready creatures with unique skills and personality quirks. They can work at your base, or follow you into the wild as your personal battle companion—think of them as your alien "Guards".
🧪 We're still refining the system and will share a deep-dive video soon. In the meantime, join us on July 24th for the second PlayTest and let us know what you think!
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