Introducing the Solace Builder – Build Your Sanctuary
1. What is the Builder?
The Solace Builder is a standalone creative tool designed to let you build your own sanctuaries, homes, fortresses, and villages in Khora, the endless world of Solace Crafting. You can design structures and environments using the same systems we use to create the world of Solace Crafting, giving you hands-on access to shape and personalize your space.
This early demo allows you to start building right away, experimenting with layouts, aesthetic details, and environmental storytelling. Your builds will eventually be exportable into Solace Crafting through save files and Steam Workshop support, letting you live and adventure inside the spaces you’ve designed. Not only will the building interface be implemented directly into Solace Crafting, the build files from staff and community alike will be used to populate the world with curated hand-crafted content.
2. Why Are We Releasing This Now?
We’re sharing the Builder early because we want you to be part of this process. By testing, experimenting, and sharing your creations and feedback, you help shape the Builder’s future as we refine the system toward our planned Steam release in September.
Our goal is to make the Builder a robust, user-friendly creative tool for players and a platform for artists and students to distribute curated content within the Solace ecosystem, ensuring we build a player-driven world while supporting human creativity in game development.
We have a lot of improvements and developments planned. The nature of such modular, parts-based creative tools involves lots of complex use cases that may reveal all kinds of unexpected situations.
Different players will use the tool in different ways to create different things, and run into different glitches, bugs and interesting situations. Help us root them all out! We've got a lot of content and features still left to implement.
3. Our Roadmap
Early Demo Release on Itch.io: Play around, test, and share feedback.
Wishlist on Steam: A dedicated Steam page for Solace Builder will go live soon to prepare for the September launch.
Extended Functions: Landscape modification, lighting and atmospherics, parts deformation, UI, UX and QoL improvements.
Cosmetic Packs and Cultural Themes: Horse Lords, King’s Men, Firstborn, and Quaintlanders cultural packs will add new building parts, furniture, flora, and decor options.
Biome and Companion Expansions: Post-launch updates will add themed biomes, animals, and NPC companions to enhance your builds.
Steam Workshop Integration: Export your sanctuaries directly into Solace Crafting.
4. Our Vision
We believe in empowering players to build and personalize the worlds they play in, creating spaces that feel meaningful and personal. We’re also committed to building systems that support creators, artists, and students by giving them a platform to share their work within the game ecosystem, ensuring that human creativity thrives in game development.
The Builder is the next step in expanding the Solace universe, making it a world shaped by its community.
Download the Builder Demo Now
Download the Building Demo via Itch.io
Join the Discussion
If you have questions, want to share feedback, or want to hang out with other builders, join us on the Solace Crafting Discord.
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Closing Note
Thank you for your support, whether you’ve been with us since the early days of Solace Crafting or are just discovering our world through the Builder. We’re excited to see what you will create.