Kainga: Seeds of Civilization is a roguelite village-builder set in a world full of mystery and surprise. Taking on the role of the Thinker, the leader of the village, you will need to adapt to the procedurally generated environment and surroundings and make the right choices to allow your people and village to flourish. The Thinker is responsible for passing the players’ decisions and commands on to the people. Although the citizens are somewhat expendable, if the Thinker falls, you lose. Much like the king in chess, they're weak and vulnerable and must be protected at all costs. 

Establishing a village is easy, survival is not. Threats to your people come from all directions; weather events, the environment, wildlife and demands or raids from other tribes all threaten your very existence. In Kainga: Seeds of Civilization, you are not the hero or savior of the world, merely a participant in its ever-expanding story.

Instead of following the long-winded city builder formula, Kainga: Seeds of Civilization is focused on short, 30 minute to 1 hour challenges. Each challenge is a fresh and diverse experience in a new location which still allows the player to make progression between runs.

The Trade and Travel Steam Early Access update introduces a beautiful yet challenging new biome - The Edges - and is packed with thrilling new quests, challenges and technologies to explore. Trade and Travel also introduces the Ajowan Thinker, a completely unique Thinker (made entirely of smoke!) who you can choose to be the leader of your village as you strive to grow your civilization using the updated relationship, trade, gifting and demand dynamics with the surrounding villages.

Kainga: Seeds of Civilization will continue to evolve with new content updates being added throughout the Early Access launch phase.

New features now available in the Trade and Travel update include: 

• “The Edges” Map - This new region is a gentle savannah in all directions interrupted only by deep cliffs down to the water. Available space and wood is a boon but access to nearby plots of land may be broken or granted by seismic earthquakes!
• Menhirs Challenge - This new challenge requires the player to locate massive enchanted stones from across the lands, drag them into your town and pull them upright to prove your mastery and succeed.
• Ajowan Thinker - A completely unique Thinker that cannot be hurt due to being made entirely of smoke! When damaged, the Thinker returns to his massive jar, known as the Alabastron, which in turn must be protected from harm.
• New Quests - A new menu has been added to track your quest progress and see what else is there to unlock, plus a number of quests have been added to earn the Edges map, the new thinker Ajowan and each of his memory slots.
• New Priest Unit - Weak and slow priests do no damage to your enemies but instead can convert them to your side! This powerful unit can easily handle small numbers of units but can be overwhelmed and disrupted.
• New Creatures - “Totano” and Mastadon - Two new gentle giants have been added, the squid-like Totano walks across the lands and occasionally seeds the soil below its massive frill. The mighty Mastadon is a shelled beast of burden that roams the grasslands in large packs and is unharmed by fire.
• Wandering Trader Added - The scrollkeeper can now enter the world below! Occasionally the wandering trader will travel from town to town to make resource exchanges.
• Relationships, Trade, Gifts and Demands Added - A great many changes have been made to create a more dynamic relationships between each village. You (and the AI) can propose tradelines, make demands and give gifts which will each affect your relationship and how they behave!
• New Technologies - As usual, more than 20 additional technologies have been added (pushing the total above 180) adding new festivals, new ways to train combat units, new beast attachments and more!

In the Long Term Plan

In addition to the lists above, there are a number of improvements that will occur before the Early Access journey ends, but not mentioned specifically, things like:

• Kainga on Mac and Linux
• Female character art
• Translation and localization
• Voices and character sounds
• A serious optimization pass
• Kickstarter backer reward

Key Features:

• Create A Unique Culture. Using the unique thinker skill tree, select research from a diverse branching technology tree inspired by civilizations around the world, make your mark on the world, with your choice of buildings, festivals, resource production and more! 
• Adapt to Your Surroundings. Use the terrain and resources to your advantage, keep an eye on the resources you have available and carefully plan and adapt to an ever changing environment, as you battle against the elements, disasters, other villages and even the beasts that roam the lands. 
• Train Units and Tame Beasts. Keep your village safe by researching technologies to equip your villagers with weapons to repeal attacks, or even use the beasts to your advantage by taming them and turning them on your rivals. 
• Acquire New Knowledge for Future Runs. Every end carries the seed of a new beginning, unlock new technology, biomes and challenges to add further complexity to each run.. Earn Karma to purchase advanced structure types and rescue thinkers to play with their leadership style and unique quirks.
• Live Amongst or Upon Giant Beasts. The wildlife of these lands wander and interact with the environment, and often destroy those in their way. Can you learn to live with these animals? Or better yet, manage to tame them and build upon them. 
• Build Legendary Structures. From towering stone menhirs, to great halls and more. Construct and protect massive buildings using materials sourced from around the map.
• Customize Your Playstyle. Choose a look and starting layout personalized to how you play best before diving into the procedurally generated world and putting your skills to the test.

Currently available through Steam Early Access, Kainga: Seeds of Civilization will fully launch in 2022.