Game · Demo
Hearthside
Your grandmother's run-down inn, brought back one season at a time.
The story
You inherit your grandmother’s inn, run down and half forgotten, on the edge of a small medieval-fantasy village. Season after season you take in travellers, merchants, knights and stranger creatures, look after the rooms, the kitchen and the inn’s reputation, and slowly become part of a community worth staying for.
A day at the inn
A day lasts ten to fifteen minutes, and the clock only runs during service. Morning and evening, time stands still: you prepare and tidy up at your own pace, with nothing pressing. The rush belongs to service; the rest of the day belongs to you.
The video is one morning and the start of a service, on day six of spring. Feed the fire, pet Braise the cat, write up the day’s menu, open the doors, then cook at the stove and carry the plates out while the room fills up.
Making it yours
The inn is meant to look like the person running it: its decoration, its menu, the friendships you keep. The villagers are meant to have lives of their own, with stories and daily routines that carry on whether you watch or not.
The demo already has days and seasons, the menu, cooking and service, a decoration mode, and a save you can come back to. Villagers with their own stories and routines are what comes next.