Thank you for the overwhelming support for the My Time series! We surpassed 100,000 downloads for Sandrock Story Demo a few weeks ago! Originally, the demo was supposed to be only available for the Steam Next Fest, but due to a lot more demand than we expected after the fact, we’re now putting it back up for download from July 29, 2021 to be included in the F5 Games Festival! The demo’s now available on the My Time at Sandrock Steam page.

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We hope you enjoy this taste of the My Time games! Feel free to email us at qa@pathea.net or join our Discord to tell us about feedback or bugs! All feedback is appreciated, and wishlisting Sandrock on Steam will help us unlock new goal rewards!

Feel free to stream and share content from this story demo as much as you want!

Apologies that the demo cuts a little bit into the exclusive content you can share. But the demo is just the tip of the iceberg. We’re still waiting on ratings certification, so please don’t share beta-exclusive content yet, as the NDA is still in effect. That said, soon, we’ll give you more info and an update with lots of new content: the first batch of relationship and romance content, along with raising pets, upgrading your machines, and more!

Thanks for all your patience and feedback. It means the world to us, and it’s helping make the world of Sandrock better for all.

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Summer is here, but we hope you all have a ‘cool’ summer! Check out “cool things” we're working on nowadays.

Console Portia

Progress update!

Have you seen Dr. Xu in this outfit before? This is his Wandering Heart outfit from the NPC Attire Package DLC which contains eight alternate outfits, one each for eight of the most popular NPCs. Once you obtain the DLC, you can toggle these NPCs' outfits in the relationship menu and then they will change their outfit the next day. ⁠This DLC and other previously PC-exclusive DLCs, including the Player Attire DLC that has eight matching outfits for your character to mix and match, were implemented into the upcoming console build to expand your outfit options!

The console builds are almost complete and ready for submission to the platforms in the next couple of weeks, we’ll keep you updated!

More about 400K wishlist goal
We reached 340k wishlists a few days ago and are very confident that we’ll reach the 400K wishlist goal before Early Access releases! Please keep sharing the news about the game and encouraging others to wishlist Sandrock on Steam so we can get there soon and start working towards the 500k goal!

The 400k reward will introduce two completely new romanceable characters that have not been designed yet. One is a male writer from Atara who became interested in Sandrock after that event at the end of the demo, and the other is a female childhood friend from Highwind who comes to Sandrock after you. How exciting!

Workshop Assets
"East or west, home is the best."
Have you been planning how to build your workshop/home in this desert town? There’s going to be more ways to customize your home, so here’s some sneak peak!



Seasons in Sandrock
From the colorful flowers and the fresh smell of nature in spring to white crystalline snows in winter, you'll experience four seasons of life in Sandrock and can enjoy each season, phase, and colour of your new Builder life.


Beyond the surroundings’ aesthetic changes, seasons in Sandrock will also impact plants, commissions, relationships, stores’ inventory, and more. 

Plants with Season Changing



That’s all for this time, thanks for reading, and don’t forget to wishlist Sandrock for more features! We'll bring the Story DEMO back soon!
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Enjoying the My Time series? We’re bringing you some behind the scenes development, let's check it out now. Annnd don’t forget, Portia is on sale at 66% off on Steam during the Steam Summer Sale!

Portia Console Update
As for the Portia Console build, we’ve finished porting in all the late game NPC side quests for to the consoles, including Merlin, Tody, Higgins, Huss & Tuss, and more…


This upcoming major update will also include many bug and crash fixes, optimization, and more, bringing consoles up to date with the PC version. We’re still aiming to release it this asap and will keep our players informed when we have news to share!

-Sandrock Voiceacting
We signed a professional voice acting company to do voiceovers for Sandrock. Voiceovers will be done all at once after the script is finished (probably at the end of this year), which will help keep voiceovers consistent and avoid having lines be intermittently unvoiced.

-Indoors decorating
We've updated interiors for the Sandrock City Hall and Commerce Guild. More indoor decorations are in the works. Soon, you’ll find that your favorite NPCs' houses will have their own personal touches.



-Present 24 hours day to night changing
Let's enjoy the most peaceful time from sunrise to sunset and watch the incredible day and night views, thanks to our new lighting system in Sandrock.



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It's time to build up your own workshop, meet new friends, craft your toolkit, and influence the world to become a hometown hero in the wholesome post-apocalyptic world, all at 66% off!


A huge thank you to everyone who's tried the Story Demo of the second game in the My Time series! We hope this taste of Sandrock helps keep you going until Early Access begins (we're getting closer to being ready to launch, don't worry). Please remember to add Sandrock to your wishlist so we can smash those last few wishlist goals and expand what the game has to offer! 

Grab your crafting gear and let’s enjoy the My Time series together!

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The first Sandrock Story Demo is out now! Come and start to build your workshop and meet new residents in the world’s only wholesome post-apocalyptic desert town right now!

This Demo is an introduction to the story of Sandrock and the new faces you'll meet there. You’ll also find that some aspects of exploration are open, which will give you a glimpse into the world of My Time at Sandrock.

We'll keep improving the art, music, gameplay, story; adding content including but not limited to: relationship activities, workshop upgrades, indoor decoration, skill tree upgrades, farming, children, voiceovers, and… pretty much everything, up to and beyond release.

And as all that unfolds, our developers are full of energy and awaiting your feedback, so why not jump in the Discord channel today? Join our channel and get in touch with us, we’d love to hear from you!

We’ve also prepared a pre-recorded live stream session to guide you to live better in the desert town. You can find it on our Youtube channel and the Sandrock Steam page.

Last but not least, we reached 10K members on our Discord server, and we're holding a giveaway for a rare Ginger Figurine on our Discord channel to celebrate. Log in and join our server today for a chance to win!

We’re also giving away Steam gift cards by using Gleam, enter to win gift cards for yourself, family, members or friends here.

It's time to start your journey in Sandrock! Let’s go!

If you liked the demo, please wishlist! The game will arrive on Early Access in a few months.

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We're so excited to announce that My Time at Portia’s sequel, My Time at Sandrock, will join the Steam Summer Festival! We’re ready with our first ever Sandrock Story Demo for all players to download, play, and try for themselves!

This Demo will mainly just be an introduction to the story and the new faces you’ll meet in Sandrock, but there’s still plenty more to explore!

The Steam Next Fest is from June 16th to June 22nd. The Sandrock demo will be available for download from June 16th. Sooooo, wishlist-ing Sandrock right away would be the best way to avoid missing out!

This demo will feature around 4 hours of gameplay, where you can expect to build your starting toolkit, machines, meet unique characters who live in the town, explore the charming desert landscape and biome, and more.

Please note that this is just a story demo. Other features such as relationship activities, workshop upgrades, indoor decoration, skill tree upgrades, dungeon crawling, farming, children, etc. are not in this build. These and other features we will be fine-tuning and will be introduced in the Early Access version.

Excited to share your experience in the Sandrock demo? Good! We need the feedback of returning players as well as new folks to continue to improve the quality of our game! Everyone is free to share, discuss, post, repost, stream the demo; whatever you like!

Kickstarter Backers,however, be aware that the NDA is still in place for the beta version of the game, as you can play exclusive content that doesn't exist in the current demo; if you want to share content from Sandrock, please use the demo version!


Wishlist us now to stay up to date on the Demo release!

Once again, your feedback will be invaluable to us for improving Sandrock! So please share your experiences or catch up with us for more information in our {LINK REMOVED}Discord.

Good Luck and thanks for continuing to support us! See you soon in Sandrock!

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Howdy, Builders!

Welcome to our new monthly dev update! Here we will try to cover what is new and what we have been working on recently.

Voiceover progress
We’re currently working with voice actors to finish voiceovers in Portia. The voice actors are working hard right now to help us deliver the voices, hopefully within the next few weeks. Afterward, we will first update the PC version and see how it feels. Hope you like it!


Our partner T17 reviewed the latest build (MS5 build) and is preparing the submission for testing by PS, XBOX, and Switch. We can't wait for the MS6 to start! Find more Portia console porting progress HERE and HERE!
Below is the new content merged from the PC version. Console players will be able to change facial features soon!



Our publishing partner Pixmain announced earlier this month, that they are getting ready to bring Portia mobile to Android and IOS. They ran a closed beta for IOS beta last month and the game performed very well. So hopefully we will all be able to play Portia on mobile very soon


We are still waiting for the certificates required before we can launch the game into EA. At the time we are not aware of when exactly this can be issued, but we hope the sooner the better.

Controller support
You may soon experience Sandrock with controllers, because we’ve begun working on adding controller support to core functions such as machine crafting, material recycling, combating, commission system, stores, and more are on the way!


New Sandsleding mini-game details
Sandsledding is a Sandrock special boardsport, and we’re working on decorating the racing track to make it more entertaining.


A set of new furniture
Furniture is a key element to making your workshop suitable for living with your favorite spouse from Sandrock. Here you can see a few designs we have been working on and we are trying to make them customizable, so you can choose the style of furniture that best fits into the environment of your workshop.




More plants
The primary farming function added into the last beta version in mid-April now has more seeds and plants.
Below you can see how we come up with the design for our Sandrock flora.

Rhino Horn

Rose Willow

Coffee tea tree


Black screen transitions removed
For a smoother experience of the story, we have removed several black screen transitions. And instead we have optimized the camera angles to follow the transitions, for a more natural feeling of the gameplay.



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Build your workshop, run your own farm, explore the world and battle awesome monsters! A bustling community is waiting for you in Portia!

One of Portia and Sandrock’s best engineers, Mint, is waiting for you to help improve the beautiful oceanside port town. He is trying to make the town better, but word of your building prowess and productivity has reached him and he trusts your work.

Ah, almost forgot to mention it, but Mint likes sleeping, so he takes frequent naps. You may need to...wait for a while until he wakes up… But after he’s up again, he’s happy for a chat or a meal at the Round Table.

Mint’s engineering skills are high in demand, leading him to travel to different Free Cities in the Alliance. Meet him in My Time at Sandrock as well, and If you get closer to him, who knows what might happen…?

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Today is a day where awareness for our planet’s health and ecosystems is raised.



In the My Time universe, the world had already been brought to ruin and much culture and technological advancement were lost. Thanks to Peach using a powerful machine to dispel the deep clouds and bringing back the sun, the world has restored itself to a point where nature has overtaken pre-Calamity cities, and civilization can carefully rebuild. Now, those in the small city-state of Sandrock must attempt to not only survive, but thrive in the hot Eufaula Desert, where water is at a premium and sandstorms threaten to destroy the town.

This is not unlike the struggles of some civilizations throughout real-world history. In the fall of 2020, we undertook a research trip to the Gobi Desert to get to the nitty-gritty of what life in the desert is like. We dug around and spoke with the locals, learning about the spreading of the deserts and how this process is threatening the surrounding ecosystems and nearby communities. We also learned that through innovation and hard work the deserts they can be cultivated to become fertile land once again. But as with life in Sandrock, this cannot happen without water.

Water. Necessary for life and necessary for keeping your machines cool. Without it, crops wither away and your workshop machines cannot function. However, less than 1% of the real world’s water is fresh water and Sandrock has severely limited access to fresh water, meaning that water conservation in both worlds is key to thriving.

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Through Sandrock, we want to spread awareness of the importance of saving water. Limiting water usage, such as turning the faucet off while washing your hands, taking shorter showers, growing native, plants and lawns with lower water consumption and eating less meat, can go a long way towards conserving water in real life, which means communities will have more water for when and where it’s truly needed.

We are happy to share with you the Sandrock resource management tutorial in our next livestreaming on
Also, we’re having another giveaway. Follow us on Instagram and comment “save water” on this post and you might become a lucky winner of 2x steam gift cards!

We only have one earth, so let’s make a difference together!


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Don't forget to Wishlist Sandrock to have "Kids Grow up to at least the primary school age“

Howdy Howdy Hey Rocksanders and Sandrockers,

We are happy to announce that we got the name Sandrock back!

Or to put it differently, we never actually lost the name, and the name change we made yesterday was an April fools’ prank.

We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did and that it was not too obvious.

Have a great weekend everyone and don’t forget to wishlist!

We are only 40k wishlists away from having our Kids Grow Up to at least the primary school age!


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