Ashen HearthSurvival
Keeping the Hearth Alive
Why the campfire is becoming the emotional and practical center of Ashen Hearth's survival-settlement loop.
Jun 10, 20262 min read
Devlog Tag
Ashen Hearth
Articles and technical notes tagged Ashen Hearth.
AISystems
Villagers With Practical Routines
How Ashen Hearth uses GOAP-driven villagers for gathering, hauling, farming, resting and direct player orders without pretending the world is finished.
Jun 9, 20262 min read
SystemsWeather
Weather That Matters
How time, seasons, rain, snow, fog and storms feed Ashen Hearth's survival pressure without turning weather into a cosmetic toggle.
Jun 8, 20262 min read
GameplayFarming
Farming Before Empire
Why Ashen Hearth starts food production with small authored farm fields, seasonal growth and villager work instead of a giant economy.
Jun 7, 20262 min read
SystemsArchitecture
Saving a Systemic Homestead
How Ashen Hearth's save/load backbone remembers scene objects, runtime-spawned systems, weather, time and settlement state.
Jun 6, 20262 min read
WorldbuildingUnity
Authoring a Living Homestead
Why Ashen Hearth currently favors an authored survival scene with runtime atmosphere, pathfinding and world-response layers.
Jun 5, 20262 min read