Roadmap

Updated on 11.11.2024

Hey Adventurers! 👋

We want to share our plans for First Dwarf with you. Your feedback is precious to us, and we will adjust our updated plans and priorities based on it. Your feedback has already helped us to improve some features; we are highly grateful. The list below can change, and we can mix and match the features based on the best outcome for the game. The future of the game is something we shape together!

Roadmap Legend:

✅ - feature implemented

⏳- at least one update was made regarding this feature, and it will be expanded in the future

⭐- feature born from the feedback we received from you, our community!

1st & 2nd Island

• ✅Autosave & Quick Savepoint Respawn

• ✅ Resource recovery when demolishing a building

• ✅ New consumable items

• ✅ DLSS, Nvidia Image Scaling, XeSS, FPS limit 

• ✅ Enemy waves V2

• ✅ New CO-OP experience, allowing players to navigate menus independently

• ✅ New Shipmakers’ Guild settlers 

3rd Island

• ✅ Mech, Tru, and Ragna can build now⭐

• ✅ Your own Flying Airship

  • ✅ Enter and exit the Airship in the Ports and buildable Anchor Spots

  • ✅ Building while flying with Airship

  • ✅ Transporting resources between settlements with bundles

  • ✅ Reworked introduction to the Airship and its associated mechanics⭐

• ✅ New Island

• ✅ Mysterious Gaianas arrived in the skies of Driftland

• ✅ New Scholars Guild

• ✅ New buildings

  • ✅ Scholars Research Center

  • ✅ Scholars Community Hut

  • ✅ Anchor Spot

• ✅ New unlockable weapons

  • ✅ Ancestor’s Pickaxe 

  • ✅ Dwarven Hammer

  • ✅ Artifact Hammer 

• ⏳ Weapon attributes 

  • ✅ Fire aspect for Eskoim Hammer - burning enemies

  • ⏳ Better communication for the player about attributes

• ✅ Monster variants of animals joining enemy waves and dungeons

• ✅ Consumable items with a new system and UI rework (equip tab and quick slots)

• ✅ Nvidia GeForce NOW

• ✅ Map and minimap enhancements

• ✅ Flashlights for Ragna and Tru

• ✅ New coloration for all enemies based on their type

• ✅ New animations for settlers

• ✅ New pickups in the game world

• ✅ New animal (Sursa)

• ✅ Automatic removal of obstacles when constructing buildings

➡️➡️ We are here! ⬅️⬅️

• ⏳ Difficulty Levels: New options to challenge players with tougher enemies and enhanced AI

• ⏳ Redesigned Tru: A refreshed look for our main hero to make him even more dynamic and visually compelling.

• ⏳ Building Improvements: Further enhancements to make building mechanics smoother and more satisfying.

🔜 4th & 5th Island

• Island exclusive questlines

• New monster

• Advanced crafting and potion brewing system

• Mixtures, technological items, filters/mortars, along with containers such as flasks for storage

• New types of attacks and skills for Ragna, Tru, and Mech

• New craftable weapons

• New craftable armors

• New side quests and dungeons

• New items

6th Island

• Steam Achievements & Trading Cards

• Cloud Save

• ⏳ New animals and life updates: reacting to weather and game systems like the Taint

• New animal behaviors

• ⏳ New monsters 

• ⏳ Greater freedom and flexibility while building

• Building more than one wall at a time

• Auto-destruction of 0 HP buildings or ability to repair buildings from destroyed state 

• Unlockable Technology for the ship

• Balanced defensive structures, damage, and enemies

• New defensive structures and add-ons to modify their statistics

• New technologies for the settlements

• Impactful NPCs

  • Developed AI

  • Advanced life cycle of the settlers

  • Guild specific behaviors

  • New dialogues with settlers

  • Missions from the settlers

• ⏳ Advanced scaling for enemy wave system to make it more engaging and interesting

• Factors that can modify waves

• New storm types during the waves will impact their stats

• New weather conditions during gameplay

• Advanced economy balance and systems

• New statistics for the settlements, like settlers' happiness and colony defense points

• New economy-related structures that will alter the daily production of resources

• More CO-OP-focused tasks, enemy waves, and challenges

“The Source of Evil” Island 🦹

• Researching the ultimate weapon

• Overcoming the antagonist determined to undermine our vision for a brighter future

Adventure Islands 🔭

We’re planning to add smaller islands where you can discover special items. While it’s difficult to specify how many will be included, we aim for them to be an exciting part of the game.

Endless game stage

First Dwarf won’t end after you take care of all of the Taint! You’ll be able to continue to build, fight, and expand your settlements after completing the main quest line.

About This Game

• Control dwarf Tru, pilot the powerful mech and fly with Ragna the Dragon, each with their own skills to upgrade
  
• Build, optimize and look after your colonies
  
• Upgrade, craft and discover new structures, technologies, tools and weapons
  
• Fight Tainted enemies by engaging in close combat and by building defensive turrets and walls in advance, preparing not only for monster waves, but also natural disasters
  
• Heal the Tainted animals or purge the island of them - the choice is yours
  
• Unveil the hidden secrets of Driftland and learn the truth about Tru’s father’s past
  
• Embark on an adventure alone or with a friend in co-op assist mode