Updates are planned to come thick and fast, so these issues should be addressed while more features get piled on, but right now it’s more an idea of Stonehearth than functioning game.Many people who play video games have a brief interval in their lives where they’re struck by a sudden jolt of inspiration, where they pinpoint a scrap of fertile land in an ever-tilled genre, and an idea for a hit game blooms. Creating beds so they don’t have to sleep in the dirt is a nice thing to do, but they only randomly take advantage of them so it’s not particularly useful. You can zone stockpiles (one general usage and one for the carpenter’s creations) but villagers still tend to dump resources wherever they feel like. Roofs are glitchy so the villagers can’t complete houses, but you can build walls and fences to your heart’s content. It’s only when you need to start building furniture that a specific role of carpenter is required, and you can choose anyone in the group to take the job.Īt the moment there’s not much more to do than just harvest and play with a few basic construction options. Then again, these are basic tasks anyone can do, so it’s not really necessary either. Click on a tree and then the axe to start chopping, or a berry bush and then the gather icon to harvest food, and someone will follow instructions, but there doesn’t seem to be a way to assign a specific individual to the task. Then it’s time to start harvesting, with your group of six members choosing what actions they want to do. You’ll want it near wood and berries, and searching for the right spot shows the standard camera controls for this type of game working properly. Starting a new game generates a world which you can plunk your banner in, claiming the surrounding area as home base. The primary features in the initial build are world generation and getting the game engine on its feet. A lot of effort has already gone into usability, so despite Stonehearth’s ultra-early state it’s impossible not to like it. It’s also charming to the core and already has the tutorial in place for the features that work, which goes a long way to creating faith that the game that will emerge will be a properly thought-0ut city builder. The game is alpha in every sense of the word in that it’s buggy, fairly empty of features, and obviously a first step on a very long road to completion. Stonehearth‘s alpha was released today, squeaking in just under the wire to make its Kickstarter-promised December 2013 deadline.
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