Welcome to Elderfield
A downloadable game for Windows
Synopsis
Nothing is usual in the secluded town of Elderfield. The townsfolk are odd, strange beings shift about in the dark and the local news reports seem more mysterious by the day. This is where you were born, and rarely do those born here leave...
But, there is work to be done. Now finished with your schooling, you have an endless supply of free time and very little direction. Explore, earn money, make friends, solve mysteries, start a farm, cook food, go fishing, beseech the Old Gods, talk to the dead, cower beneath the pale moon and try not to die in you sleep. Welcome to Elderfield.
Features
- Explore a mysterious open world
- Start a farm - growing crops, raising animals and processing goods
- Cook different kinds of food to sustain your exploration
- Fight deadly creatures and bosses as you delve deeper into forbidden places
- Go fishing...
- Explore randomly generated mines with shifting layouts and hidden secrets
- Forge new gear to best tougher foes
- Explore without end - you choose when to sleep... if at all
- Interact with local townsfolk, many of which live on their own varied schedules
- Give gifts and complete tasks to befriend the locals
- Forage for materials that generate around the world
- Find randomized loot around every corner
- And much, much more...
Demo Info
The Welcome to Elderfield alpha demo is a vertical-slice of what is to come. The demo features one area of the town, the farm and ranch, the first "dungeon" area - the local mall - and several smaller places to explore. The final game is expected to have more than 3x the town size, at least 2 more "dungeon" areas like the mall, and multiple levels to each of those areas. The final game will also include new features such as Old God alignment, calendar-based events, quality of life features and much more of everything that is already here. The demo represents roughly 1/6 of the planned finished game.
Alpha updates beyond the demo will be available to play for Patreon members. These updates will be released as the game is developed, so Patrons can provide feedback and experience the full game as it comes together - bugs and all!
Your feedback is vitally important!
Any comments left on Itch, our Discord or our Patreon page will be read and considered for future updates.
Please let me know if you experience any bugs, have any game balance/pacing feedback, or if there are any changes/features you'd like to see.
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Comments
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Nice game, i like it!
I wonder will there be new areas available on next updates or only on full game release on steam or smt?
Also, not sure if the engine supports this, but maybe itd be interesting, if, lets say, you get animals, like cows, but u could also get a guard animal like a dog or cat, that would either protect your farm from random mobs and get some minor loot, in exchange youd feed them with meat and if you feed them with monster meat they eventually transform into some mutant and u either have to fight it or has to be put in enclosure as a "collectable" monster or smt
Glad you dig the game!
More areas will be added, however they will not be in the demo. Patrons can play the new areas as they are added, but otherwise they will be in the full release.
A pet system is planned, but it will likely be more of a cosmetic thing.
I see : )
Finally, a spooky farming sim! I will be giving this a go very soon!
Let me know what you think!
This game looks and feels like a treat! I can't wait for the full release, it's so my vibe, and the art is amazing. How many "areas" are you planning for it?
There will be 3 main "dungeon" areas like the mall, the town will be 3 times larger, and the "dungeons" will go 1 floor deeper. There will also be several large side-areas
Sick, I can't heckin' wait! You have a great thing in the making, keep it up! Meanwhile, I'll recommend it to anyone I know ahahah
Nice looking sprites :) Are you working on this game on your own?
Thanks! Yup, this is all solo.
Did you make the visuals yourself?
For the most part, yes. There are modified tiles from existing commercial tilesets such as Modern Exteriors and Horror City, as well as a lot of custom tiles and sprites. All of the artwork (characters, enemies, mysteries, etc.) is my own hand-drawn art, and anything I need to sprite/tile which I can't create by modifying an existing tileset is drawn from scratch as I go.
That's really cool!
Thanks!