Living Roadmap - Current Version: 0.500

Updated on 8.10.2024

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

• ⏳ In-game video tutorials

• ⏳ Convenient fence placement

• ⏳ New CO-OP experience

• ✅ New Shipmakers’ Guild settlers 

3rd Island

• 👥 Mech, Tru, and Ragna can build now

• ⏳ Your own Flying Airship

• ✅ New Island

• ✅ Mysterious Gaianas arrived in the skies of Driftland

• ✅ New Scholars Guild

• ✅ New buildings

• ⏳ New unlockable weapons

• ⏳ Weapon 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 (Bear)

➡️➡️ We are here! ⬅️⬅️

🔜 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

• ⏳ 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 the Game

First Dwarf is an immersive action RPG colony survival with base building and tower defense mechanics, which will test your survival and exploration skills in a fantasy open world, sprawling on islands floating in the sky.

Game features:

• 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

Planet Driftland is no more. A mage war has shattered the globe into floating islands and turned the inhabitants into barbaric tribes. Amongst the desolation, the dwarves alone prevailed, but not for long. Resources are running short, and the once great civilization is breathing its final breaths. In a desperate attempt to secure the future, they send the First Dwarf in a mighty airship to the celestial islands in search of material to save the once powerful dwarven kingdom. Unfortunately, he went missing, failing his quest and disgracing his family.

Many years later, you take control of Tru, the new First Dwarf, and Ragna, a scholar dragon that aids the settler with her knowledge. You embark on a mission not only to find better lands for your Clan, but also to restore Tru’s father’s good name and carry on the legacy. Jump into the First Dwarf mech, powerful machine that will help you during this dangerous adventure.

Prepare the new land for your people by completing tasks such as clearing it from monsters, drying the soil, or curing the water sources. Increase respect amongst your folks through various challenges and bring in other Clan guilds. Fortify your colonies and expand them, using various structures and buildings. Plan the greatest strategy that works for you! Defend them not only from many types of enemies - from amphibiotic mutants to gigantic, acid-spitting monstrosities, but also natural disasters and unique weather events, such as harsh temperature, Taint rains and volcano eruptions. You’ll also encounter beautiful animals, some of them in need of your help. Will you stop by for a bit?

Explore uncharted floating islands, hiding the ancient secrets of Eskoim people, either with mech or Ragna the dragon and develop new gadgets, weapons and structures with Dwarf Tru. Get behind the wheel of your own airship for the fastest way to travel through colonies! Upgrade your armor and gain new skills! Feel its power and master the action-oriented combat system. Obtain cosmetic blueprints for your mech and ship, craft them and express your creativity by making a sigil for your own guild.

Become the First Dwarf and bring glory to your Clan! BUILD your colony, FIGHT your enemies, EXPLORE fantasy Driftland world and SURVIVE! May the world remember your story forever.