Development · VII
Roadmap
Five phases from the foundations to the full world, and how far each has come.
“History by default, fun as the tie-breaker.”
Where we are, and what comes next
The road to the full world
The server is built in five phases, each ending with a test, and the living world was brought forward ahead of Phase 2. Each theme below is something you will meet in the game, with how far it has come.
Phase 1
Foundations
Being testedThe ground everything stands on: your account and characters, talking by voice, fighting and being rescued, coin you can hold, and the book.
Done whenStaff can log in, talk by voice, fight, go down and wake at the infirmary, hold and drop coin, and every action shows in the logs.
34 of 67features of this phase on the test serverYour character
Ten backgrounds, a face from the game's own parts, two characters per account, and a name people only learn when you introduce yourself.
On the test server2 of 4 parts builtTalking by voice
Whisper, talk or shout to whoever is near enough to hear. Push-to-talk is a server rule.
On the test server4 of 4 parts builtWounds, rescue and death
You go down instead of dying, someone carries you to the infirmary, and the wound stays until it's treated. A life ends only by a finishing blow, a sentence or your own choice.
On the test server4 of 7 parts builtCoin and things you hold
Every coin and every item is a real object: carried, stored, given, dropped or taken from you.
PlannedThe book and the menus
Your book (L) and the menu on another person (E). Nobody has to remember a command.
On the test server3 of 3 parts builtDay, night and the bells
A day of six hours and a night of one. The bells ring the hours, and Sunday falls on Sunday.
On the test server2 of 2 parts builtGetting in
Link Steam with one click in the game, read the rules, answer five questions and make your character. The rules are being written.
Being built now1 of 5 parts built
Behind the scenes
- The server and the game worldThe server decides what happens, keeps the world the same for everyone, and saves it.On the test server
- A record of everythingEvery trade, blow and staff action is written down, so cheating gets caught while the rules stay generous.On the test server
- Staff toolsA staff panel that acts: find anyone, jail, warn, ban, give back what a bug took, and a map only staff see.On the test server
- Accounts, Discord and the web panelChecks at the door, a Discord bot, and a web page for applications and appeals.Being built
Brought forward
The living world
Being testedPulled ahead of Phase 2 on 6 November 2026, so the world feels lived in from the first test: townsfolk, traders, the watch, courts, houses, offices, lordships, the Church and traffic on the roads.
Done whenThe towns look lived in at every hour. A robbery makes a district more dangerous, guards come in numbers, and it calms down over the following days. A player buys a house from its family and gets the key.
39 of 60features of this phase on the test serverTownsfolk with lives
A family in every house, with work, meals, prayers and talk at the inn. New families move into empty homes.
PlannedTraders and market day
NPC traders sell plain goods and buy from you. Market day fills the squares, and pedlars walk from village to village.
On the test server3 of 3 parts builtThe watch and the jail
Guards keep their posts and rounds, come in numbers that fit the crime, and take offenders to the jail.
On the test server3 of 3 parts builtDanger on the roads
Roads and districts grow quieter or more dangerous with what happens there, and bandits haunt the worst of them.
PlannedWitnesses and reports
People who see a crime remember what they saw. You report it to a guard, a reeve or a bailiff.
On the test server2 of 3 parts builtCourts and sentences
Player judges hold sittings at the court. Sentences run from a fine to outlawry.
On the test server4 of 4 parts builtNotice boards and criers
Summons, the wanted and sales on the boards. Criers call the news at the bells.
On the test server3 of 3 parts builtHouses, keys and inns
Buy a house from the clerk or its family, hold the deed and the key, pay your dues, or rent a room at the inn.
On the test server8 of 8 parts builtOffices and letters
An office comes by a sealed letter of appointment. The register shows who holds what.
On the test server5 of 5 parts builtLordships and treasuries
Lords hold their land under charter, keep a treasury and a steward, set dues and tolls, and answer to the Crown.
On the test server12 of 12 parts builtNews and traffic on the roads
News travels with couriers. Caravans, carters and the coach use the same roads as everyone else.
On the test server5 of 5 parts builtSedletz and the Hospitallers
A working monastery you can join, the Knights Hospitaller, and sanctuary at the abbey.
On the test server3 of 4 parts builtFamilies, weddings and wills
Marry before two witnesses, share a name and a home, and leave a will.
On the test server3 of 3 parts builtThe Church's rites
Burials and masses, confession, tithes, excommunication, and lessons in reading.
On the test server6 of 6 parts built
Behind the scenes
- The directorEvents, patrols and travellers set going across the map, which staff can watch and steer.Planned
- We are here
The first test with players was on 7 and 8 November 2026. Next: a test of everything built since.
Phase 2
Living
NextWork and the making of things: trades and crafting, silver mined and struck into coin, fields and woods, shops and stalls, and registering where you live.
Done whenA small group can arrive, register, find work, mine silver that becomes coin, craft, rent and buy property, read the news and see who holds which office.
7 of 70features of this phase on the test serverTrades and crafting
Real work at real workstations, step by step, with quality that shows who made it and tools that wear out.
PlannedSilver into coin
Miners cut the ore; the smelter and the mint turn it into the groschen everyone spends.
PlannedFields, woods and hunting
Farm, cut wood and hunt where the holder of the land allows it.
PlannedShops, stalls and wages
Sell your own goods at your own price, hire and be hired, lock your door and mend what breaks.
PlannedRegistration and the census
Register with the clerk, belong to a village, and as a newcomer always find paid work.
PlannedHorses
Horses you own and stable, and horses that get stolen.
PlannedDocuments
Letters, deeds and notices written in the world, kept and carried.
Planned
Behind the scenes
- Moderation and replaysReports sorted by urgency, cases, appeals, and replays of what happened.Planned
- Keeping the economy healthyPrices, and coin coming in and going out, watched so the economy stays sound.Planned
Phase 3
Law
LaterThe law grows teeth: the hue and cry, bounties on outlaws, seals and forgery, tavern rumours.
Done whenA robbery on a road is witnessed, reported and brings patrols, and ends in an arrest, a trial and a sentence carried out.
3 of 26features of this phase on the test serverThe hue and cry, and bounties
Raise the alarm and the village answers. Outlaws carry a price on their heads.
PlannedSeals, forgery and notes
Seal your documents, beware of forgers, and pay with notes and receipts.
PlannedRumours and informants
Talk in the taverns, and people who sell what they hear.
PlannedEviction, stolen goods and pardons
Houses taken back, stolen goods traced, and sentences appealed.
Planned
Phase 4
Society
LaterGuilds and brotherhoods, renown, ruins rebuilt and furnished, carts on the roads.
Done whenFamilies marry, guilds charter and admit members, ruins are rebuilt and furnished, carts move goods, and the Church runs its rites.
9 of 34features of this phase on the test serverGuilds and brotherhoods
Apprentices and masters, guild charters, and fencing brotherhoods.
PlannedRenown
A good name, or a bad one, that opens doors and closes them.
PlannedRuins rebuilt
Claim a ruin, rebuild it in stages, and furnish it.
PlannedCarts and the rules of the road
Handcarts and carts that carry goods, break down, and get robbed.
Planned
Phase 5
Politics
LaterLords at full strength: feuds and peace, sieges in set windows, captives and ransom, and the Crown's own wars.
Done whenLords hold fiefs, collect dues, appoint officials, feud, and besiege within set windows.
3 of 22features of this phase on the test serverFeuds and peace
A letter of defiance, a waiting period, the rules of the feud, and a sealed peace.
PlannedSieges and captives
Sieges in set windows, and captives held for ransom.
PlannedThe Crown's wars and events
Musters for the Crown's wars, its judgement between lords, and its great events.
Planned
Progress is read from our feature specification (version 0.61, 8 November 2026) every time the site is built; "tested and working" comes from the tests ticked in game. Themes in players' words; no dates.