Hi, and thanks for stopping by. If you're reading this, you've found an early build of a colony sim I've been pouring a lot of hours into, and I'm really glad you're here.
What is Frostward?
Frostward is a colony sim about keeping a small settlement alive through hard winters. You start with seven settlers and a cart of supplies, and everything after that is up to you. Chop wood, grow food, build homes, and get your people through the cold before it gets them first.
The thing I care most about is that every villager is an actual person in the simulation. They have names, traits, and skills. They pair off, raise kids, learn trades, grow old, and yes, they can freeze to death if you didn't plan ahead. The colony keeps a written Chronicle of the weddings, births, rescues, and losses, so by the end of a campaign you have a real history of the town you built.
It runs right here in your browser. No install, no account. Give it a few seconds to load and you're playing.
Why I'm building it
I've always loved games like city builders and colony sims, the kind where you're not really "winning" so much as trying to keep a fragile little world running. But I wanted one that was easy to jump into, ran anywhere, and treated its people like people instead of resources. So I started building the version I wanted to play.
I also wanted the whole thing to feel handmade. Every sprite and sound is generated procedurally using code, which is part of why it loads so fast, and it's a fun constraint to work within. This is the game I keep coming back to tinker with, and sharing it early feels like the right way to make it better.
A little about me
Frostward is made by one person. I am a software engineer with over a decade of experience, but I don't work in the games industry. Building games has always been a fun hobby, and this is the first time I'm putting something I've built out in public.
This is a solo project done in my spare time, so updates come in bursts. I read everything posted here, and player feedback has already led to real fixes in the current build.
How you can help
- Play a bit and tell me what happened, good or bad, in the comments.
- If something breaks or confuses you, describe what you were doing when it happened. That's genuinely the most useful thing you can give me.
- If you'd like to follow along or support a longer campaign with saves that stick around, you can wishlist Frostward on Steam. It helps more than you'd think.
Thanks for being here early. Now go keep some settlers alive.