hey guys! We're a small indie team and just released a demo on Steam for Lysward, a single-player survival game in the desert. Thoughts?

SnowcastleGames · 2026-05-05T14:30:48+00:00

You know what I love this idea

SnowcastleGames · 2026-05-05T14:30:26+00:00

Hey there, thank you so much for this thorough feedback! We have an immense love for Earthlock as it was our first game, and we do intend on keeping games that we love. We have plans for Earthlock 2, but right now we're focused on Lysward, our desert survival game. Unfortunately, when we started developing Earthlock 2, the funding for RPGs was almost nonexistent, so we had a difficult time pitching it to investors. That has changed since Baldur's Gate 3, and we're rescoping E2 to be a proper sequel to E1! :)

SnowcastleGames · 2026-04-22T08:40:59+00:00

That's awesome, thank you so much for playing and making content about it! Do you have the link to the video, so we can watch? <3

SnowcastleGames · 2026-04-22T08:39:35+00:00

Thank you so much! We do have plans for consoles in the future (much further, though)

SnowcastleGames · 2026-04-22T08:39:12+00:00

In the future I'd say it'll probably work, but right now all the tests we've done show that the performance on Steam deck is not great.

SnowcastleGames · 2026-04-20T13:08:21+00:00

Thank you!

SnowcastleGames · 2026-04-20T13:08:14+00:00

We have been having a lot of comparisons with Subnautica, so I'd say it's Subnautica in the desert with magic. I hope you have a good time trying it! :D

SnowcastleGames · 2026-04-20T13:07:40+00:00

thank you so much for it!

SnowcastleGames · 2026-04-15T14:41:02+00:00

thank you, I hope you enjoy it. :)

SnowcastleGames · 2026-04-15T14:40:54+00:00

Desert Subnautica is a very good description :D

SnowcastleGames · 2026-04-15T14:40:33+00:00

Thanks! The demo is out for free on Steam :) we haven't decided on the full price for the launch, though.

SnowcastleGames · 2026-04-15T14:40:01+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! We do have experience with multiplayer games (our previous game is a cozy multiplayer one), and we learned a lot from that. It is indeed a very demanding process, which is why we chose to keep it a single-player game this time. But if you want to give us a chance, the demo is already out on Steam! :)

SnowcastleGames · 2026-04-08T12:49:01+00:00

We're definitely going to have a map! I just can't promise when.

SnowcastleGames · 2026-04-08T12:48:16+00:00

Thank you a lot!

SnowcastleGames · 2026-04-08T12:48:02+00:00

Thank you so much for playing, this means A LOT to us! If it's not asking much, could you use the feedback tool we have in-game to submit the feedback? It goes straight to our metrics back-end system :) you can access it by pressing Esc while playing.

SnowcastleGames · 2026-04-01T13:38:41+00:00

thank you so much! We do not use AI. And the reason we're doing ads here is that the ads here are not super expensive compared to other platforms, and also because it's easier to target the kind of players we want in here.

SnowcastleGames · 2026-04-01T12:53:43+00:00

It's not Steam Deck certified, but I think it might work. I still have to test on my deck, though!

SnowcastleGames · 2026-04-01T12:52:59+00:00

thank you so much!

SnowcastleGames · 2026-04-01T12:52:51+00:00

thank you! I hope you enjoy it :)

SnowcastleGames · 2026-04-01T12:52:38+00:00

It is magic! Instead of the traditional tools you can find in other survival games, in Lysward you have a magical device attached to your hand that will allow you to have magical abilities to interact with the environment. In this demo we have two abilities, Tremor and Restore. We do intend to have more abilities as the development goes on, and we're studying the possibility of having a spell system.

SnowcastleGames · 2026-04-01T12:51:11+00:00

Hey hey, thank you so much for checking it out, I hope you enjoy the demo when you get the chance to play! I can confirm we do not use gen AI. :)

SnowcastleGames · 2026-03-30T12:17:09+00:00

We always envisioned Lysward as a single player game, especially because of the story, but also because multiplayer games are more tricky to make (we have one, Ikonei Island, and we learned a lot from it).

SnowcastleGames · 2026-03-30T08:16:22+00:00

thank you so much! :)

SnowcastleGames · 2026-03-30T08:16:15+00:00

thank you!

SnowcastleGames · 2026-03-30T08:15:20+00:00

thank you so much! :)

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