Hello Everyone!,

I am very happy to announce Clanfolk!

Clanfolk has been a four year passion project, and now it is about time to show it.

A little history,

Clanfolk was developed alongside Golftopia, its sibling project. After SPAZ and SPAZ2, we needed a break from space combat for a little while and Narlak and I decided to each try a solo side project. Initially, these projects were supposed to only take 14 months, but here we are 4 years later, oops.

When Clanfolk started development, I had been making games for 16 years and had never once touched art or sound or shaders in a game, ever. So I decided that was something I wanted to try. Over time, I think my art has improved, yeah it is coder art, but I like it :)

I also wanted to make a game where I could just escape for a while and really care about the inhabitants. Rimworld is an incredibly well made game that came closest to the feel of non throwaway people (I don't want to call them pawns because that is not how I see them)

So over time Clanfolk kind of became this merging of Rimworld, Banished and the Sims. It is a home away from home for me. Throughout development, I have not focused on combat at all, instead I went the route of trying to simulate the world as completely as possible while researching/implementing historical survival methods.

It turns out that just surviving the elements and preparing for winter is quite the challenge. I also like that you have the time to get to know your Clanfolk while the seasons are more forgiving. Then when they freeze or starve, it is extra horrible :)

Now that the world and life sim has formed a very robust foundation, I am beginning to think on external events. I recently added neighbor clans with hired workers, inn visitors, and traders. These clans will of course bring conflict with them, but it is not a focus yet. Right now it is all about day to day life on the homestead.

I also want to delve into more natural based events like wandering bears, or crop blight, rat infestations, all real world problems that Clanfolk would face.

I just really enjoy working on this game, but yeah 4 years is a long time to not show anything, so here it is.

I am very happy to answer questions in the discussion forum as well!
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1700870/discussions/

Andrew Hume (Blorf)

p.s. We will be participating in Next Fest, and there will be a Demo (Oct 1 2021)

Clanfolk Link:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1700870/Clanfolk/