Indie developer Radiant Entertainment has revealed the studio’s upcoming plans for the alpha test of their blocky city building game Stonehearth, which $30+ tier backers will be able to play.
According to the studio in its Kickstarter update, “We will release this first version of Stonehearth in the second half of December. Based on our progress, we’re officially calling this the Stonehearth Alpha release, or more specifically Stonehearth Alpha 1.”
The Alpha 1 build will include:
* Random world generation
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Ability to choose where you want to settle
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Harvesting resources (wood, berries, etc) and storing them in stockpiles
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Basic crafting, with one profession: the Carpenter
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Day/night cycle
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Your citizens will eat when they get hungry and sleep when they get sleepy
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Basic construction of walls and houses
One feature the Alpha 1 build will not have is the ability to save games. The purpose of the early build is to smoke out bugs, so the developer advises gamers with a ”lower tolerance for bugs” to wait for their more stable releases.
Stonehearth raised $750K with a $120K goal back in May 2013.
