Friday, June 5, 2015

Rewind: What is Haven and Hearth?


Introduction
Haven and Hearth is a sandbox online game that started in 2008. Unlike most mainstream games today, individual player choices actually have a permanent and lasting effect on the game world and the rest of its inhabitants.

Open Persistent World
See that tree? Cut it down and its stump will be left as your own little footprint for everyone else to see. That is, unless someone else chooses to remove it and plant a new sapling in its place.

Man Against Nature
Demonstrate your skills by staying alive in the vast wilderness. Hungry? Forage for berries, hunt animals or even start your own farm. Thirsty? Find a nearby stream or dig a well. Tired? Sleep in anything from a bed of leaves in the outdoors to a soft feather bed in your own stone mansion.

You Only Live Once
Death has lasting consequences, so make your life count! Punch that wild bear? Expect to get mauled. Swim without training? Expect to drown. Steal from neighbors? Expect someone to slit your throat in your sleep.


Write Your Own Story
Choose to play with others in a village or shy away from a civilization as the lone hermit. Master carpentry, fishing, mining and countless other crafts. Raid and pillage the weak, or hunt down criminals in the name of justice.

Learn more from: Jackard's H&H gameplay guide
Screenshots from the "Screenshots of World 7" thread, H&H Forums

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