Grow something that lasts — from a single hearth to a whole world, one warm night at a time.
Carry the warmth, or just the reach?
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Playable now
Family
Arrival
A single household around one fire — the seed of everything that follows.
“Sparks took. I have not gone out since.”— the hearth
You learn to
Gather wood
Light the hearth
Cook the first meal
+ warmth & hunger
6 capabilities·1 structure·2 needs
Playable now
Camp
Staying
A handful of households that have chosen to stay — the first settlement to outlast a season.
“He asked to sit by me. You made room.”— the hearth
You learn to
Knap stone tools
Fish the weir & trap game
Hunt with a spear
Weave baskets · twist cordage
Preserve & smoke food
Raise permanent shelter
Train gatherers & cooks
+ storage & spoilage
29 capabilities·8 structures·2 needs
Playable now
Village
Home, not shelter
Lasting homes, shared stores, and crews that work as one — a camp grown into a community.
“She thinks the fire was always burning.”— the hearth
You learn to
Organise work crews
Train artisans, carpenters & tanners
Saw planks · weave cloth · fire pottery
Tan hides into garments
Raise the longhouse & granary
+ belonging
13 deeper capabilities·9 structures·3 needs
Coming next
Town
The shared fire
Specialised quarters and a market that draws in the surrounding country.
Being built now: new specialists, civic buildings, and a hearth that turns from cook-fire to gathering-place.
Horizon
City
Forgetting
Walls, wards, and trades enough that few who live here have ever worked the land.
Horizon
Nation
Carrying the warmth
Many settlements bound under one rule, reach extending past any single horizon.
Horizon
World
For better or worse
The whole of the known world, answering — for better or worse — to one people.
A living world · live now
SpringSummerAutumnWinter
Four seasons and passing weather change what you gather and how fast needs drain, while day turns to night overhead. Winter asks the most, but the world is gentle, never punishing.
