Dorfromantik News

[p][/p][p][/p][p]In November, the world of Dorfromantik mostly consists of trees and water. 🌲🌲🌲[/p][p][/p][p]The Monthly Challenge for November is Nature Nurture! [/p][p][/p][p]Whispering forest,[/p][p]soft moss cradles fallen light—[/p][p]nature hums in green.[/p][p][/p][p]Footsteps slow and breathe,[/p][p]to nurture calm within roots,[/p][p]silence grows like dawn.[/p][p][/p][p]Fancy a walk in the woods? November is your month! We've sprinkled in a few fields here and there, though – after all, the most beautiful parts of the forest are the clearings ...[/p][p][/p][p]Join our Discord Server to share your forests with Dorfromantik players around the world![/p]

[p]Hey everyone, we have some wonderful news to share — over the past months, more than 60.000 new players have joined the Dorfromantik community! 🏡[/p][p]We’re also seeing our daily player counts rising again, and it warms our hearts to know that so many of you — both new and longtime fans — are continuing to enjoy building your peaceful worlds.[/p][p]It’s been over four years since Dorfromantik first launched in Early Access, and moments like this remind us how special this journey has been. Seeing new villages grow every day fills us with gratitude and inspiration.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Who Is Toukana Interactive?[/h3][p]For those of you who are new here — hi, and welcome!
We are Toukana Interactive, an indie game studio based in Berlin, Germany. We were founded in 2020 by four students of the Game Design program at HTW Berlin (University of Applied Sciences).[/p][p]Our very first project was Dorfromantik, which started as a small student prototype and grew — thanks to all of you — into the game it is today. During the Early Access phase, we quickly realized how incredible our community is, and many of you have stayed with us ever since.[/p][p]Over time, we added a Creative Mode, released a Nintendo Switch version, and this summer 2025, Dorfromantik finally arrived on Xbox and PlayStation! 🎮
Right now, we’re working hard on the Mobile Edition for smartphones.[/p][p][/p][p]But that’s not all — about two years ago, we also started a new project: Star Birds, developed in collaboration with Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell.[/p][p]Our studio is growing steadily but sustainably. We’re now a team of eight people, and we love how our community around Dorfromantik has remained constructive, friendly, and welcoming. Seeing that new players embrace and carry on this spirit makes us genuinely happy.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Looking Back — and Forward Together[/h3][p]Many of you reading this have been with us since the very first prototype of Dorfromantik. To you, we owe our deepest thanks — for your feedback, your patience, and your passion that helped shape the path of Toukana Interactive.[/p][p]We hope you’ll join us in giving all the new players a warm welcome. What we love most is that we never stand still — things at Toukana keep evolving, yet the most important part stays the same:
We remain indie.[/p][p]We want to continue making high-quality games with strong design values, and we want to stay wholesome — in our games and as a community.[/p][p]Thank you for sticking with us, for sharing your creativity, and for helping us build this future together. 💛[/p][p]– Your Toukana Interactive Team[/p][p][/p][p]P.S.: We will have exciting news and new things coming to Dorfromantik in the near future, so stay tuned! 😍[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][hr][/hr][p][/p][p]If you want to be the first to hear news like this, make sure to sign up for our monthly Toukana studio newsletter on our website!
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[p][/p][p][/p][p]We welcome all the new players that have joined in the last months.[/p][p][/p][p]This month, every tile counts. Everything’s on default—just the world size is smaller. 🌍[/p][p][/p][p]The Monthly Challenge for October is Small World! [/p][p][/p][p]the world shrinks each day
roads grow short, and walls grow thin—
hearts might reach again[/p][p]no need for more space
just room enough to be close
huddle, not divide[/p][p][/p][p]Just as the days are getting shorter (in the Northern hemisphere, at least), so does your playable area start shrinking to preserve the cozy warmth. We know that last month's challenge was quite hard indeed, so we thought you'd enjoy something a little more relaxed for a change. [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Join our Discord Server to share your villages and cities with Dorfromantik players around the world![/p]

[h2][/h2][p]Hey everyone![/p][p]We just want to take a moment to say thank you 💛 It’s been an incredible ride since Dorfromantik’s first release, and the past months have been full of exciting milestones:[/p]

• [p]The Dorfromantik Soundtrack is officially launched on beautiful colored Vinyl with our friends at Black Screen Records 💽 and you can now listen to the full soundtrack on Youtube here. [/p]
• [p]The console release in August brought Dorfromantik to even more players around the world[/p]
• [p]We announced the upcoming mobile edition, which many of you have been asking for - so in the not too distant future you will be able to play Dorfromantik reinvented on your mobile phones! 😱 Stay tuned for updates on this![/p]
• [p]And a brand-new Light Luggage edition of the Dorfromantik board game is on the way ✨[/p]

[p]All of this wouldn’t have been possible without you, our amazing community. We’ve grown from a tiny 4-person indie team to 8 people now, and every step of the way has been both a challenge and a joy. Seeing Dorfromantik continue to reach new players is a dream come true for us. And we are not finished yet! We can't share too much right now but we're thinking of ways to continue with the game.

As for our next adventure, Star Birds is almost ready to spread its wings into Early Access. We had originally planned to launch on September 4th, but to give it the breathing room it deserves, we’ve shifted the release date slightly to September 10th, 2025. It’s been over two years in the making, with lots of challenges to overcome as a small team, and we can’t wait to finally share it with you.[/p][p]Thank you again for supporting us, whether you’ve been with us since Dorfromantik’s launch or just recently discovered our games. From the quiet villages of Dorfromantik to the stars above, we couldn’t have done this without you 💛

Wholeheartedly,
Team Toukana[/p][p][/p][p]


P.S. Postponing a game on such short notice is a huge challenge, but we tried to take it with humor and made a little comic about it, we hope you enjoy (if you're on mobile, swipe through the frames)[/p][carousel][/carousel][p]
Star Birds is a chill yet deep base-building and resource management automation game where you guide a quirky crew of birds across the stars, expand factories on asteroids and set up production networks. We’re making it together with kurzgesagt - in a nutshell, and can’t wait for you to try it 🚀🐦

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[p][/p][p][/p][p]Gone all the trees ... 🌲🌳🏭[/p][p][/p][p]The Monthly Challenge for September is Industry! [/p][p][/p][p]once the trees would breathe
now chimneys cut through the clouds—
axes sleep no more[/p][p]steel hums through the dusk
what was forest now keeps time
faster every day[/p][p][/p][p]This month, everything is dialed up, difficulty included! [/p][p][/p][p]Join our Discord Server to share your villages and cities with Dorfromantik players around the world![/p]