Feature spotlight: village growth and needs economy. Trade fuels growth which unlocks specialization: population, development, fortification. Villages consume resources over time; meet needs to level up and gain better trade, industry and defenses. Not all villages are the same, players can choose growth or fortify instead.
Quick update: core systems and iteration speed picked up this week and focus moved into design. Built an authoritative server so players can share a world, see each other, and move with pathfinding. Highroads - Realm of Trade is an economy first MMO where players shape the world via gathering, crafting, trade and logistics. Want to playtest or give feedback? Join Discord: https://discord.gg/BAuC7HYBrT
Today was mini devlog day: big progress on tile metadata, pathfinding and indicators. Every tile now has a type, resources and quality. Map and nav data let tiles accept or block visits, shown by the on screen indicators in the clip. Pathfinding was hundreds of lines of code but it works like a charm. Deployment became more hands off and resilient. Excited to add economy systems next.
This week felt like building trust in the project's foundation: I spun up a cloud backend with monitoring, then opened the doors to real clients. We moved from proving connections to getting multiple players moving smoothly across a shared map, and ended by wiring persistence so locations survive logouts. Ups and downs, but steady progress. What should I tackle next? I feel like investing in a solid foundation, anyone doubters?
Growing up on Tibia and Dark Age of Camelot taught me how much a persistent, player-driven economy can mean. I remember standing as a Druid in Kazordoon with friends after school - until store-bought runes collapsed our market. Those lessons guide Highroads' economy design. Farm scene image. Interested in joining an economy-focused playtest?
Players now remain in the world briefly after logout, playing exit animations instead of disappearing. Server saves the exact position and restores it on next login, so you won't respawn at the same spot every time. Feels like a proper world to explore. Feels stable so far. Any thoughts on idle cleanup timing?
Spent a few hours getting a cloud backend with analytics up and running - sessions, containers and player graphs reporting in. I might give my trading/crafting medieval MMO another chance. Is the old myth still true that a single indie dev cannot create an MMO like game? I feel like I should give it a try, at least for the fun!
Work over, time to have some fun!
#NewWorldMMO awaits us, we did our first Tempest run, got our new T5 bag & made some coin!
Let the adventure continue once again as we explore a new world!
Tysk Games
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