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Welcome to Havendock. The demo is live now!

Hi, I’m Ying Zhi (you can call me YYZ!) and I’m the creator of Havendock. It’s a colony management sim where things escalate quickly: you start as a lone castaway, and building a high-tech society while attracting other survivors.

For the past few months I’ve been developing a water world of wacky ideas and clever inventions. Now you can try out some of them and play the Alpha Demo during Steam Next Fest.
You can even play it with your friends! Although please keep in mind that co-op mode is rough now, and you may face some critical bugs there.

As a solo developer, I’m immensely grateful for everyone playing Havendock and your feedback.
In the demo you’ll find a brief questionnaire where I’d love for you to share your honest thoughts about my game!



The Alpha Demo is just a preview, and there’s more coming soon!

Want to see something in the game? Just tell me on Discord! Feel free to go on there and tell me what you think of the game, or just to have a casual chat! :)



Havendock is in open development – in the coming months I’ll be inviting our Discord community to the Open Development Beta with more content and frequent updates.

Join the community Discord to participate: https://discord.com/invite/PSkrsdhDaH

And finally, if you like the game, don’t forget to follow and wishlist it on Steam. It means a lot, and you’ll be notified when Early Access officially starts – around Q1 2023!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2020710/Havendock/

Steam Next Fest Livestream

Havendock will be participating in the October Steam Next Fest and I'll be here livestreaming and showing off its gameplay! Feel free to drop by to ask questions about the game! :)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2020710/Havendock/

First Broadcast

I am livestreaming the game and showing off its gameplay as I build my base!

October Steam Next Fest Livestream

Havendock will be participating and showcased during the October Steam Next Fest! I will be streaming gameplay of Havendock during this period!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2020710/Havendock/

v0.46 - Drumsticks, Pasta Buff, New Space, Cloud Save Fix

Drumsticks are added! And Pasta has been buffed!



A new random world event has also been added...



New building space!



This error should also be resolved when uploading to the cloud:



Also a peek of a prototype of a whacky cannon ball!


Full v0.46 changelog:

Features:

- New building space has been added South of the Penguin
- New random event: 'Superchicken' and new coop animal
- Added Drumsticks, Pasta ingredients changed
- You can now grill chickens to get Drumsticks at the Grill
- New Rock Upgrade: Add blankets to restore rest even faster!
- Town Hall now has a new button to see 'Civilization Info'
- Added new Magic stat and new Wizard settler trait
- Wands now add magic stats and can be equipped on settlers
- Clicking on settler's trait now opens the Equip UI

Balancing:

- Chicken Feed are now produced two at a time instead of one.
- Pasta now restores 50 Hunger (up from 40)
- Chicks now grow up faster without the Super Feed research (360s -> 270s)

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed error when uploading to cloud due to large savefile
- Fixed visual issue where equipping items does not update the characters UI
- Rune ghosts now appear transparent appropriately
- Fixed bug where upon loading a savefile, some characters were permanently idle
- Fixed an issue in multiplayer where if a public room existed, it would connect you there even if you selected private