Genre: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Homeseek
Dev Stream Level 1 - Q & A
Hello colonists! Join us for a Homeseek demo walkthrough with the developers on Tuesday, June 20th! You will be able to watch along as we go into detail about connecting buildings, citizen needs, exploration, and more! Plus the devs will be answering any questions you may have.
Homeseek Release Date Announcement and Demo Update
Survivors of the harsh wastes,
We are so excited to announce that Homeseek is officially launching this July 20th!
Build your base, make difficult choices, uncover life-saving technologies, and lead your settlement to prosperity through multiple campaigns and scenarios as well as the highly anticipated multiplayer mode!
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Updated demo is here!
In your time off from planning out survival strategies in preparation for the big release, be sure to check out the new and updated demo! Many of these changes were inspired by your feedback and comments, so thank you so much and please keep them coming!
Demo v.0.6 patch notes
- UI/ UX improvements across the board. - Now the HUD provides more detailed info for the daily needs and productions of your community. - Better visualization of connections. - All special effects and particles have been revamped. - The sound has been dramatically improved. - Settings now feature more options (more to come). - The event presentation has been polished. - Research Center and Community Center UI were completely redesigned. - World Maps have been graphically redesigned. - Balancing of course. - Onboarding now features tutorial videos. - New cinematic outros and intros. - Subtitles on all cinematics. - Added German, Polish, French, and Turkish (Greek and Russian are oncoming)
Head to the store page to watch the latest broadcast and catch these changes in action!
While you’re at it, take a look at our recent survival guides made available to help you get settled in to Homeseek’s harsh and unforgiving world.
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From the teams at Traptics and The Iterative Collective, thank you so much for your interest in and support of Homeseek. We can’t wait for you to play the game this July!
In the meantime, keep up with development on Twitter and join our Discord to compare strategies with other players, find new friends to sabotage in multiplayer mode, and give your feedback!
We'll be at Future Games Show this weekend!
Hey everyone!
We're thrilled to let you know we are taking part in Future Game Show Summer Showcase on Saturday, June 10 at 10AM PT with a brand new exclusive trailer!
Be sure to watch the show to catch us next to other amazing titles here:
Welcome to the third issue of our devlog! This week, we're happy to show you our updates in UI/UX.
Based on your feedback, we have been refining and improving several parts of the UI/UX in order to help you understand the game better without overwhelming you with information.
Building warnings
Buildings now provide a more detailed description of why they might not be functioning. You can simply check if there’s a red warning next to the building, and if there is one, you get extra info by hovering on the warning.
HUD tooltip
The daily production and consumption now can easily be accessed through newly designed tooltips on the HUD.
Connection tab
Additionally, we have improved the connection tab to more clearly display the amount transferred, any possible losses due to the connections, as well as any critical issues on connected buildings.
Expedition log
Furthermore, the expedition log has been improved to more clearly display the earnings or losses from each decision, as well as what’s new since your last visit.
Notifications
Finally, notifications now are clearer, stay longer, and also have a log.
Tutorial videos
In order to make things even clearer, we have placed some tutorial videos to better visually explain certain complicated mechanics.
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That's it for today! We have an exciting demo update coming soon, so stay tuned. In the meantime, let us know what you think in our Discord.
Learn How To Play Homeseek
Curious about how to play Homeseek? Tune in to catch a re-run of ZiggyD's stream. He is one of our favorite content creators, so do please check him out as he plays through the first level.
Survival Guide #2 | Citizen System
Homeseek is about city building, resource management, and exploration.
None of these can happen, though, unless you have enough citizens.
However, this is easier said than done, as keeping members of your settlement alive and well can prove to be challenging.
Citizens require food, water, and housing on a daily basis in order to be happy.
Failing to cover any of those in an in-game day will result in loss of happiness.
If a citizen’s happiness drops too low, he’ll become depressed and will not do any work until his mood is improved. Further neglecting his needs will result in him abandoning the settlement entirely.
A citizen’s status will update every day at 6 am. So if you see a few citizens abandoning you at the beginning of the day, it’s because their food, water, or housing needs weren’t covered during the last few in-game days.
Citizens will stay for at least a couple of days even if left completely unsatisfied, but certain events and their results can stall or expedite their decision to leave, so be careful.
Even if you completely cover your citizens’ needs, it still won’t be an easy ride. Food and water consumption can make your citizens ill unless these resources have been processed. The only way for your citizens to heal is through the Medical Centers you build, and their time there prevents the patients from working for several hours.
To survive in the long run, it’s probably best to invest both in water converters to keep that daily consumption damage low, as well as Medical Centers to keep your settlers healthy.
Remember, you can’t save everyone, but you can ensure that every lost citizen has contributed as much as possible before perishing.
Want to learn more? Join us on Discord and Twitter!
Devlog #2 | Improvements in special effects
Hey everyone!
Welcome to the second issue of our devlog! This week, we're happy to show you our improvements in special effects.
Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve put some work into improving shaders and special effects throughout the game. Check them out!
Connection lines
Connection lines now are prettier, show the direction of the connection, and indicate whether the connection is active or not.
Grid icons
All grid icons have been made clearer.
Food storage range
The food storage range is much clearer now.
Event
The event pop-up got a rework as well!
Research Center
The Research Center also got a bit of a facelift. Check out the glitches!
That's it for today, we'll see you next time! In the meantime, let us know what you think in our Discord.
Survival Guide #1 | Connecting Buildings
In Homeseek, city-building is just as important as in all strategy games, but there are a few differences you should bear in mind.
For instance, most buildings that produce or consume some kind of resource have to be connected with other buildings.
Let’s examine the Water Extractor for example. Once selected, you can place it over any well within your settlement. You will also need a Water Storage to store the water it collects.
Once your Water Extractor is constructed, you’ll see there’s a warning to tell you there are not enough connections for the building to function properly. To fix this, select your Water Extractor, head over to the second tab, and create a new connection by clicking on the +.
After selecting the building you want to connect with, there will be a confirmation pop-up. In this pop up, you can modify how much scrap you want to spend for a better connection quality.
The worse the type of connection, the more water is lost before it reaches storage. The distance between the connected buildings plays a factor in that as well.
By the way, you don’t have to wait for construction to end to form your connections!
Now, let’s get a little more technical by examining the Wetlands, a building that improves the water quality from contaminated to just poor.
Once the Wetlands are constructed, you can connect the Water Storage you built as an incoming connection.
Once again, you’ll get a helpful warning that the Wetlands does not have enough connections, and that’s because the improved water has no place to go. You’ll need to build and connect a new Water Storage as an outgoing connection to store the cleaner water. To do so, simply select Water Storage, build it, and form a new connection just like before.
Now, the older storage will store contaminated water while the new one is being filled with poor quality water.
Now that the water connections are in place, it’s a good idea to start work on getting food.
Food connections have a hard limit visualized by a circular area. Connections outside that area are not possible at all, but as long as they are within the circle, the distance between buildings that use food has no impact on their efficiency.
Finally, let’s build a Farm. Farms convert water to food over time.
Once you’ve selected and placed your Farm, you’ll need to select a water input. You can select either Water Storage from before. Your output connection should be linked to a Food Storage, since your Farm is going to turn all that incoming water into food for your settlement.
Selecting the Water Storage with poor water—which is the highest quality you have right now if you followed the above steps—will result in better conversion as well as food with a smaller contamination percentage.
And now you have a fully functional settlement covering the production of both food and water!
Devlog #1 | New design for Techs, Laws, and Events!
Hey everyone!
Welcome to the first issue of our devlog! This week, we're happy to show you our new designs for techs, laws, and events.
Based on player feedback, we realized that the Technology Tree and the Community Center were confusing and dull, so we redesigned them.
They now cover the full screen (don’t worry, the game is paused while these windows are open), and the feedback for all actions has been improved. Furthermore, the designs are more relevant to their functionality and clear.
We will polish them up with neat little animations and effects too.
Research Center
The Research Center now has a clearer design with more feedback and better visuals.
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Community Center
The Community Center has been given some extra room to breathe along with a new design to encapsulate its theme.
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Events
The have been redesigned in a way that makes it more practical to animate and less boxy.
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That's it for today, we'll see you next time! In the meantime, let us know what you think in our Discord.
Homeseek Playtest Available Now
Survive the Wasteland and give your valuable feedback in the Homeseek playtest!
This is your opportunity to get an insider’s look and influence Homeseek’s future!
Explore uncharted areas, make difficult decisions, discover new laws, research innovative technologies, and manage your struggling colony in Homeseek, a survival strategy game where players navigate a world devastated by a climate catastrophe that means only the toughest can survive.
We’re excited to announce the opportunity to take part the Homeseek playtest, where you will be able to share your valuable feedback and influence the future of the game! Players will be let in on a rolling basis and able to provide comments while playing.
The playtest is live now. To join in, simply opt in by clicking “Request Access” on the storepage.
If you’d like to discuss gameplay, share your thoughts, and compare strategies, be sure to join the Discord server as well!
