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Roadmap 2025-26

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Enter the Barrens

The Barrens were shattered when a mysterious asteroid struck the Hopes Nuclear Power Plant, triggering a catastrophic meltdown. But radiation wasn't the only thing unleashed. The asteroid brought with it something of unknown origin, poisoning the land and twisting everything it touched.

The dead now wander as infected husks, and the living haven't escaped unscathed either. Twisted mutants, born from failed experiments and the scars of radiation, roam the wastes, hunting anything that still breathes.

What remains is a harsh, lonely expanse of toxic storms, abandoned settlements, and dangers that were never meant to exist.

How you endure what's left is entirely up to you.

A world that lives without you

Those who survived the catastrophe have split into several factions, each with their own camps, vendors, and mission networks. They move across the wilderness, clash over territory, and respond to how you conduct yourself and who you associate with. Earn their trust, exploit their rivalries, or become the threat they warn each other about.

The Barrens are home to a growing Living NPC system, where survivors exist and persist independently of the player. Each has their own needs, goals, inventory, and priorities, making decisions based on the world around them. They'll scavenge for supplies, explore the wilderness, engage hostile factions, and fight to survive, whether you're there to witness it or not. It's an evolving system designed to make the Barrens feel like a living, unpredictable world that doesn't revolve around you.

Build your reputation carefully, because it can open doors or paint a target on your back. With enough faction standing, or the right bribe at the right moment, you can even recruit companions willing to walk the Barrens beside you.

Beyond Human Threats

The infection didn’t just kill, it twisted everything it touched. The undead roam in unpredictable patterns, from shambling husks to warped monstrosities that stalk the dark. But they’re not the only things born from the end of the world. Man made mutants created through failed experiments and radiation warped biology prowl the Barrens, hunting anything that survives. And deep in the wasteland, powerful boss creatures wait for anyone desperate enough to wander into their territory.

Dark Atmosphere

The Barrens feels alive even when the world stands still. Thick green fog rolls through the Hazard Zone, radioactive storms erupt without warning, and the wind carries echoes that make you question what’s actually out there. Each region has its own mood and weather, from choking toxic rain to frozen, silent mountain ridgelines. Nothing here is warm. Nothing here is safe.

Build a home to survive the new world

Survival means more than a campfire now. Shape your own refuge with a fully modular base-building system that lets you create anything from a lone outpost to a fortified stronghold. Power your structures through a functional grid, manage generators, and keep the fuel flowing if you want the lights to stay on and the dangers out. Every wall, wire, and welded panel is a choice that can protect you or paint a target on your back in a world that never stops pressing in.

Scavenge, Craft and Endure
Supplies are scarce, and every item counts. Search decaying towns, derelict industrial sites, and forgotten bunkers for gear, medicine, weapons, and materials. Craft what you can’t find and upgrade your survivor as you scrape together the tools you need to last another day.

Adapt and improve to survive
Your skills develop through use, shaping the kind of survivor you become. Strengthen your abilities, unlock new options and adapt your playstyle through an evolving RPG skill system that will expand throughout Early Access.

Harsh Conditions, Immersive survival
Injury and illness aren't just status effects. With an advanced medical system featuring individual limb damage, every wound has consequences. Broken bones limit your mobility, infections spread, and untreated conditions can quickly spiral into something far worse. Manage your health carefully, treat injuries before they become life-threatening, and make sure you're prepared for whatever the Barrens throws your way.

But you don't always have to face death alone. Friendly survivors can come to your aid when things take a turn for the worse, providing medical assistance or even dragging your wounded body out of danger when you're unable to save yourself.

Survival is about making the most of what you have. Items feature a variety of immersive use animations, giving weight to even the simplest actions. Caught in a toxic storm without adequate protection? Knock back some alcohol to take the edge off the radiation. Fighting a nasty infection? Reach for antibiotics, or, if you're desperate, light up a cigarette to help keep yourself going. In the Barrens, sometimes the worst solutions are the only ones you've got.

Long term support
Fargone will grow over time, with new regions, systems, factions, and features added regularly through and beyond Early Access. This is a world meant to evolve, and your story will evolve with it.

Multiplayer

This feature deserves it's own section due to it's importance. Fargone has always been built around the idea of having coop, and it WILL HAVE COOP. However, for the launch of the game and the growing complexities of the AI system and others, I have made the decision to hold the launch of coop back until the game has launched and settled. Multiplayer is currently targeted at being a 1-4 player experience. The focus on human AI and factions makes for a strong single player experience at launch that I hope you will love as much as I have creating it!