Littlelands has announced an early access date: the farming adventure will be released on November 16

Littlelands will be released on Steam Early Access November 16.Apogee Entertainment and HyperMegaPixel studio announced the date simultaneously with the release of the updated demo.At first glance, this is a game about a farm and neighbors, but behind the quiet activities lies a journey through dungeons with battles and treasure hunting. Source: Gematsu.

What's already in the demo

The trial version lasts approximately two hours.The authors list six accessible areas, twenty characters to meet, several shops, tools and seven types of enemies.This is not a list of all the contents of the future game, but the volume of the current test fragment.

After feedback from participants in the previous test, we finalized the character creation.New hairstyles, clothes and hats appeared.In battle, you can fixate the enemy, bypass him and evade blows;The interface has been supplemented with a mini-map and other small improvements.

Trek outside the village

The plot begins with a simple request to fix the computer, which gradually takes the hero far from home.The route promises valleys, caves, jungles and desert areas.Instead of the usual chain of identical tasks, the project tries to combine research, relationships with local residents and activities on your own farm.

You can grow berries, cook food, catch fish and insects, decorate your house, or go looking for treasure with a shovel.But when meeting aggressive creatures, you will have to take up arms.According to the developers' description, different activities do not replace each other: they must work in one journey.

Why early access is important

November release - not final version.The studio will be able to change the balance, add regions and rework mechanics after the first sales.The full composition of future locations and the end date of early access are not specified in the latest announcement, so it is premature to promise a specific date for 1.0.

You can already install the new demo on Steam as part of October's Next Fest.For those interested in the unusual marriage of travel and rural life, this is a good game to check out before paying.It’s more important to evaluate the controls and pacing of tasks yourself than to base your expectations solely on flashy screenshots.