Folk Emerging 🦣 stone age 4X
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Folk Emerging 🦣 stone age 4X
@curiousdynamics.bsky.social
Solo #gamedev making Folk Emerging, the stone age 4X strategy game with in-depth characters & ecosystems🌋👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🦣

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ok, the horror setting is what prompted the idea btw, that maybe you can't send messages for some reason, but can receive them
January 24, 2026 at 12:00 PM
to avoid having to make it look fully functional but retain the interface, you could let the player type in it but not let their reply go through, with a "message not delivered" or "connection issue" error, could that fit thematically / mechanically?
January 24, 2026 at 11:56 AM
groovy! how'd the debut gig go?
January 23, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Folk Emerging, the stone age nomadic 4X, just got a big update in preparation for a demo announcement coming very soon!

cheers @badgerpunch.com for hosting #TurnBasedThursday :)
Folk Emerging - 🔥 Demo Prep + New Content - Steam News
💾Save System, 🤝Diplomacy Update, 🍏 Food Rebalance, ⏳ Better Pacing
store.steampowered.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:30 PM
ooh, how was Mars Volta?
January 21, 2026 at 11:53 AM
ah, if i had Linux i'd check. i'll post this around, hopefully someone can check
January 19, 2026 at 7:58 PM
loved it as a teenager, weirdly felt easier to get through than the main LOTR books! it's also got one my favorite creation myths at the start, love the role of music
January 18, 2026 at 12:17 PM
looks great!
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January 15, 2026 at 12:16 PM
The "pre-Civ" stone age 4X, Folk Emerging, will soon have another playtest!

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Cheers @clumsybearstudio.com for hosting #TurnBasedThursday!
Folk Emerging on Steam
Lead nomadic families through the Stone Age in this turn-based 4X strategy game with in-depth characters, cultures, and ecosystems. Explore the wilderness, hunt megafauna, outsmart competitors in trad...
store.steampowered.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:28 AM
thanks! figured out a neat pipeline with blender that lets me do most of these in 3D and with some processing generate 2D stuff like this that i'm pretty happy with
January 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
woah, awesome!
January 10, 2026 at 11:21 AM