In-game event4 Sep 2026Patch #57 (BETA). Optimization, Dark Politics, and WorldviewsHi everyone, Dmitry here. It's been quite a while since the last update, so there's a lot to cover. Over the coming weeks and months, we'll be focusing on expanding the feudal system and villages, adding new buildings, continuing to develop combat (which we plan to keep improving for many months to come), working on the story generator, and reworking the knowledge system. By the way, if you've…
Norland is currently 50% off during the Hooded Horse August Publisher Sale . Norland is a medieval colony sim that casts you as the head of a noble family and the leader of a small kingdom. You must navigate your way through class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery – all while tending to the needs of your people, executing nefarious plots against your enemies, and uncovering…
Hello everyone, Dmitry here. Today we are releasing Patch 56 to the main branch together with the previous Patches 55 and 54, meaning the game will be updated by three versions at once. The main focus of this update is the Event Director, improvements to the overall gameplay experience, and balance. Patch 56 also primarily focuses on balance adjustments and fixing a large number of bugs. Althou…
Hello everyone, Dmitry here. Today we are releasing the Event Director to the beta branch. This system, also known as the Storyteller in RimWorld, makes the game experience more balanced at every stage of a playthrough, as well as richer, more varied, and more rewarding. Our testers now refuse to return to the previous version and say that playing without the Director feels painful and boring.…
Norland is currently 50% off during the Hooded Horse July Publisher Sale . Norland is a medieval colony sim that casts you as the head of a noble family and the leader of a small kingdom. You must navigate your way through class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery – all while tending to the needs of your people, executing nefarious plots against your enemies, and uncovering th…
Norland is currently 50% off during the Hooded Horse Summer Sale . Norland is a medieval colony sim that casts you as the head of a noble family and the leader of a small kingdom. You must navigate your way through class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery – all while tending to the needs of your people, executing nefarious plots against your enemies, and uncovering the lost k…
Hi everyone, this is Dmitry. Unfortunately, in this patch we won’t be showing a radically new gameplay experience, but it noticeably improves the overall feel and logic of the game. Notable changes: · We have reworked the mechanics of guests arriving to the player. Their actions will now be more meaningful. However, this is only the beginning of a larger task: rethinking dark deeds and moving p…
Hello everyone, We're releasing a hotfix to the main branch that addresses the most troublesome bugs you've been reporting recently. Let us know what you think of the new generation algorithm. Has it improved the experience? Either way, we'll be adding more customization options in the next update. Also, next week, we'll do our best to roll out a very exciting new version to the beta branch. Th…
Spring has sprung, and Norland is celebrating with a brand new update! Dmitry and his battalion of beta testers have been hard at work refining multiple beta patches, and the resulting Spring Update is the culmination of patches 50-53. We also just got an updated development roadmap for Norland. So in case you missed any of the latest development news, here's a full roundup for you. Norland is…
Hello everyone, this is Dmitry. This time we took longer than usual to release a new roadmap - for various reasons. However, after a lot of discussion and planning, we now have a clear vision of where we want to take the game over the coming months. Our main areas of focus will be: · Expanding the event system · Local map late game · Global map expansion · Combat system improvements Let's take…
Norland is currently 50% off during the Hooded Horse May Publisher Sale ! Norland is a medieval colony sim that casts you as the head of a noble family and the leader of a small kingdom. You must navigate your way through class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery – all while tending to the needs of your people, executing nefarious plots against your enemies, and uncovering the…
Hello everyone! This is a small hotfix for the main branch that fixes a number of critical bugs related to the latest update, including the issue preventing caravans from arriving. We apologize for the inconvenience. The update was quite large, and things like this can happen. Thank you. Changelog: · Fixed a bug that could prevent caravans from arriving when loading saves made in a previous ver…
Hello everyone, Today we are moving the accumulated changes from patches 50-52 (map generation, public politics, and more) out of beta into the main branch, along with a today's patch №53 that includes many fixes and QoL stuff. Thanks to the entire community for the feedback on the beta version! We will continue working and will soon show you our plan for further work - there will be a lot of i…
Hello everyone! This is the last patch in BETA chanell before the main branch update, which we are planning for Friday. It includes the system of intimidating lords through terror, farming adjustments (thanks to our Discord community for pointing out the issue), changes to AI behavior on the global map, and much more. Farming The growth cycle of Rye and Hops has been reduced to 4 days, and vege…
Hello everyone! Today’s update for the Beta channel is not a big one, but it includes fixes (many based on your reports) and a number of improvements. A huge thank you for your feedback and suggestions — we’ve read and worked through everything. Next week we’ll add more features and move this version to the main channel. What was done based on your requests: · A long-standing request — the abil…
Hello everyone, this is Dmitry. This time we kept you without news for quite a while, as we were developing several fairly large features at the same time. Today we are releasing them to the Beta branch. · You can switch branches in the game properties in your Steam library or directly from the main menu of the game. · As usual, all saves are compatible (although you will need to place the new…
Norland is a medieval colony sim that casts you as the head of a noble family and the leader of a small kingdom. You must navigate your way through class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery – all while tending to the needs of your people, executing nefarious plots against your enemies, and uncovering the lost knowledge of a fallen empire. Norland is 50% off as part of the Hood…
Hello everyone, While we’re working on new major features (and therefore postponing the release of the next big patch to early April), we’ve accumulated a number of fixes for the main branch. Thanks to everyone who reported these bugs - you’ve made the game better for everyone! List of fixes: - Fixed an error when showing the on-screen event for a guest arrival - If a dog seller’s dog dies befo…
Norland is a medieval colony sim that casts you as the head of a noble family and the leader of a small kingdom. You must navigate your way through class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery – all while tending to the needs of your people, executing nefarious plots against your enemies, and uncovering the lost knowledge of a fallen empire. Norland is 50% off as part of the Hood…
Norland has received a few great updates and a brand-new look at game development plans. Here's a news roundup of all the recent Norland development news that you might have missed. Norland is also part of the Hooded Horse Publisher Sale, at 50% off on Steam. Check it out, and the other games that are included in the Publisher Sale. Hooded Horse Publisher Sale Norland News Recap Since the new y…
Hey all, Just a small update with a bunch of fixes for main branch. · The bug that prevented loading a save from the main menu after generating a new map has been fixed · Incorrect tag overriding in orders has been fixed. Because of this, squads could theoretically sometimes pass through fortifications · Bugs in the “Hot Prayer” conspiracy have been fixed - the conspiracy could not be assigned…
Norland is a medieval colony sim that casts you as the head of a noble family and the leader of a small kingdom. You must navigate your way through class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery – all while tending to the needs of your people, executing nefarious plots against your enemies, and uncovering the lost knowledge of a fallen empire. Norland is 50% off as part of the Hood…
Hello everyone, this is Dmitry. As usual after a major update, we are back with a number of balance adjustments and fixes that were identified and resolved over the past week. At the same time, we are working on major tasks related to reworking the roleplaying system characters, traits, worldview, and so on, and we continue improving the economy and other systems. Within the next one to two wee…
Hello everyone, this is Dmitry. Today we are moving the accumulated changes from patches 46 and 47 (map generation, public politics, and more) out of beta into the main branch, along with a small patch №48 that improves the gameplay experience and balance. Patch 48 is largely based on your feedback, so please leave your Steam reviews, suggestions, and bug reports - we will be grateful for any s…
Hello everyone, this is Dmitry. With this patch (which once again goes to the Beta channel, and the public update will be released to the main branch in a week), we are finishing improvements to the core gameplay. Starting next week, we will move on to the long-awaited story generation features – crime and justice, aggression, intimidation, blackmail, deeper character personalities and traits,…
Hi everyone, this is Dmitry. We're back after the winter break with the feature we've been working on since August — map generation. Besides that, in this update we've significantly improved public politics, added new buildings and resources, and overall made 259 improvements of various kinds. There are a lot of changes, so it's better to start from the beginning. For the same reason, we're rel…
Norland is a medieval colony sim that casts you as the head of a noble family and the leader of a small kingdom. You must navigate your way through class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery – all while tending to the needs of your people, executing nefarious plots against your enemies, and uncovering the lost knowledge of a fallen empire. Norland is 50% off as part of the Hood…
Hey guys, Dmitry is here. Below, I will talk about the challenges facing the game's design and how we plan to address them. But first, I would like to thank everyone for their support. It's not easy to develop experimental complex games these days, given the increased quality expectations from the audience. Conducting experiments while maintaining the required level of quality is a non-trivial…
Hello everyone, ...and a few more fixes — sorry, we just can’t stop. Though we do feel a bit bad about the dog. List of changes: · Fixed a crash where the game could crash for some players immediately after the intro on startup · Fixed a bug where sex was interrupted if an animal (wolf or dog) was present in the building · Fixed a bug where the notification about missing Paper for writing a boo…
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