Sunfallow

Journal

Development journal

Notes about decisions, technology and setbacks. Only articles that were written appear here.

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  • The main menu: the SUNFALLOW wordmark with the subtitle A LIVING WORLD above a menu with Continue, New World, Load World, Join Server, Account, Character, Settings and Quit, in front of a village.

    · Announcement · Version 0.9.1

    From Averra to Sunfallow

    The game formerly developed as Averra is now called Sunfallow – A Living World. What changed, what stayed, and how old saves find their way over.

  • The world map window showing discovered settlements as round islands with names, and explanatory text below.

    · World · Version 0.9.1

    The world begins with a seed

    Why the same seed always gives the same world, what a save file really stores, and how old worlds stay safe when the generator improves.

  • A village crossing in pixel art: a stone well, a campfire, a market stall and a notice board, villagers on a dirt path, a fenced wheat field at the lower right.

    · Process · Version 0.9.1

    What version 0.9.1 really means

    A 0.9 version number sounds like “nearly done”. It is not. Here is what the number stands for, what was tested and what no one has done yet.