Hey everyone!

I'm happy to share version 0.1 of Flarebound with you! 🎉 This marks the first playable release with the core gameplay loop now fully implemented. You can explore, dig, dodge danger, and get somewhat of a taste of what this game is aiming to become.

That said — this is still a very early build, and there’s plenty of rough edges:

• Dialogs are still a bit messy

• Bugs are definitely floating around

• Lots of features are still placeholders or missing entirely

What’s Next?

Starting with the next update, I’ll include a detailed changelog for every update, so you can follow the progress step by step.

Over the coming weeks, I’ll be working on:

• Building out the first volcano biome

• Expanding the collectibles system

• Adding more upgrades and player progression

• Fixing bugs and improving stability and usability

Steam Page Now Live

A rudimentary Steam page is now live as well — if you’re curious about the project or want to support it, please wishlist Flarebound on Steam! That helps a ton with visibility down the line: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3780750/Flarebound

👉 However, active development will continue on itch.io until the game is stable enough for Steam Early Access. Once I hit that milestone, I’ll shift development over to Steam as the main platform.

Thanks so much for checking it out this early. Feel free to send feedback and report bugs.

More soon!

Marc