Share your love for Roots of Pacha with friends and family - we're happy to be part of the Cozy & Family Friendly Games Celebration 2025! This event shines a light on wholesome, feel-good games, and were delighted to be recognized as one of them.

In the spirit of cozy vibes, the image below showcases the warmth of the Festival of Lune - a spring celebration where the Yukuans honor Lune, play their traditional game of ball, and end the day by sending lanterns to their ancestors. This special event is part of the recent big Sun & Moon update!

If you missed the Sun & Moon update, or if youd like to share the joy with a friend, nows the perfect time to jump in, as Roots of Pacha is 40% off until June 5.

Check out the Steam event here .

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend - You rock!
- The Soda Den Team

[u]Changes[/u]

• Tuned fishing line minigame to make it easier to catch rarest fish.
  

• Multiplayer stuck in bed issues.
• Animals breeding friendship condition not working when just met.
• Union smoke signals issue when it falls on a Yakuan/Mograni festival day.
• Repeating Zeda dialogue at 5 flowers.
• Jelrod necklace dialogue error.
• Voda cutscene not triggering break up.
• Sayra dialogue not checking rainy day.
• Touk dialogue not checking correct area.
• Nann trade message when canceling.
• Daari is alone teaching on Yakuan festival day.
• Duplicated NPCs in amphitheatre.
• Tayta shoes sprite.
• Gold Pot flower position.
• Wolf pet animation heart position.
• General typos and text fixes.
  

[u]Feats[/u]

• Performance improvements (most noticeable on Switch).
• Amphitheatre now shows two songs [spoiler]obtained by gifts[/spoiler] on the list, so it's clear what's missing for the achievement.
  

• Recipes that used Wild Rice, Wild Lentils, and Wild Rye, now accept their non-wild versions.
• Light decorations not showing fire inside the house upon loading.
• Some dialogue and localization errors.
• Krak sleeping position in Yakuan Islands.
  

[u]Fixes[/u]

• Cursor gets stuck in the bug catching minigame when going outside bounds using a controller.
• Seeds in the Sun & Moon caves have max knowledge when they should start at level 3.
• Steam achievement "Green Hand" triggering after picking up any seed (related to above).
• Gift dialogue errors.
  

• Expanded seed bag slots to 56 to be able to assign all seeds.
• Canoes idea now accepts aquatic animal tag instead of only fish.
• Bug groups will merge if they're visually very close to each other.
• Dodo rare variants spawn days changed to the same as the Junglefowl.
  

Dear Pachans,

Its been two years since the release of Roots of Pacha, and with the latest 1.3 update, we the game's creators, are excited to join you for an AMA as we take a heartfelt walk down memory lane.

Well start answering questions on Friday, April 25th at 10 AM PDT / 7 PM CEST, and continue for about two hours, but feel free to start asking your questions now!
What would you like to ask us ?

Until then - You Rock!
The Soda Den Team

[u]Fixes[/u]
- Regression: bear claws are not working inside the Bear and Glyptodon's challenges.

Thank you for playing

Weve come a long way since first releasing Roots of Pacha almost exactly two years ago. We are so grateful to have such a positive community that has supported us along the way, so thank you!

The 1.3 Update is filled with mid to late game content, so there is no need to start over, that is, unless you want to.

So! Whats in the 1.3 update, you might ask? Spoilers beware!

After you complete the last challenge in the Forest Caves, Inza and Zeda will invite you to their respective lands, kicking off access to the new content. Then, once you complete the main story, centered around the Jungle Pyramid, the new areas will open even more!

Mograni Mountains

New Characters

New Clothing and Decorations

New Animals

New Seeds & Gatherables

Ideas

Fun and Games

Yakuan Islands

New Characters

New Animals

New Seeds & Gatherables

Ideas

Fun & Games

Sun and Moon Caves

Bug catching

Sigils and new Trees

Evolved Animals

Evolved Plants

A story to complete

Change Log:

• New region Tundra, where the Mograni clan live, with 3 subareas.
• New region Islands, where the Yakuan clan live, with 3 subareas.
• 19 new befriendable NPCs.
• 2 new romanceable NPCs, Sayra from the Yakuans and Azkel from the Mograni.
• 2 new tameable pets: pandas and sivatheriums.
• 4 new plants: rice, grapes, rye, and lentils.
• 4 new gatherables: sugarcane, chamomile, calendula, dill, soaproot.
• 2 new tameable farm animals: mouflons and dodos.
• 2 Ideas for new processors: jam making and soap making.
• 2 Ideas for new ways of fishing: line fishing and water traps, with 18 new fish.
• Iron working Idea and iron tools with greater power/range.
• A new tool for bug-catching with a minigame.
• 30 bugs to catch.
• 2 new festivals: Festival of Quro and Festival of Lune, with a new ball minigame.
• Mograni Dice minigame with skins and other rewards to be earned.
• Amphitheatre minigame where you can play and learn new songs.
• Sun and Moon caves: where the main story that finished in the pyramid continues.
• 6 new fruit trees.
• 14 new plant variants to discover inside the caves.
• 6 new animals to breed by discovering their trait selections in the caves: cow, pig, chicken, goat, sheep, llama.
• 8 final tasks for game completion, cutscene, and reward.
• Added Special Deals mechanic when bartering with other clans.
• 38 new decorations.
• 2 new clothing options.
• 2 new footwear options.
• 12 new hats.
• 19 new dishes.
• NPC minimap list filtering options.
• Meet Beast in the Mograni camp if the Touk 4 flower cutscene has happened.
• 9 new Steam achievements.
  

• Beekeeping idea now also accepts any item tagged as wildflower besides sunflower.
• Bronze pickaxe power increased.
  

The cave lion is out of the bag! The Sun and Moon 1.3 Update drops tomorrow at 10 am PDT!

Check out the announcement trailer on IGN:


Thanks for counting down devlogs with us! As promised, the next devlog brings the 1.3 update!

Thank you for all your support!!!

[b]You rock!
The Soda Den Team[/b]

Hello, lovely Pachans!

Things seem to be speeding up around here. There are now only two more devlogs until the 1.3 update drops! For those just joining us, weve been counting down devlogs instead of days, as wed like the press to cover us and help spread the word. So, we have to keep the update release date under wraps for a little while longer.

Now, on to todays devlog! Be aware of spoilers for new end-game content and mini-games!

Dice

Performing Music

Bug Catching

Fishing

Ball

Only three more devlogs until the 1.3 Update goes live! If youve been following along, you know that we need to keep the date a secret a little longer. So, we are counting down devlogs instead.

On another note. Next week, on April 25th, Roots of Pacha turns 2! Its been quite a journey, and were so glad you could be there with us! The best part of making this game is reading supportive comments from players who are enjoying what we created. It is an honor to bring joy to so many people, especially when the world feels dark at times. Thank you for being a light in our days as well.

To celebrate Roots of Pacha turning 2, were doing an AMA over on Reddit next week, Friday, April 25th, at 10 AM PDT / 9 PM CEST! The AMA will be hosted on the r/rootsofpacha subreddit, and you can start asking us questions a few days in advance if you wont be able to participate when the actual AMA goes live.

Now that were in the party mood, this devlog will be about the two new festivals! One Mograni and one Yakuan. Spoilers going forward for themes, dates, a couple of screenshots, and a mini-game.

Now, on to the devlog!

Festival of Lune

Festival of Quro

Ball

Welcome back for another Pachan Prophecy! There are only four more devlogs until the 1.3 update releases! Today, well focus on caves!

The Forest caves of Roots of Pacha that you may have already explored held many secrets. Today, well share a bit about the new caves coming in the 1.3 update, where a few new secrets await. We will do our best to tell you about the caves in the upcoming 1.3 update without divulging too much about what you will find inside.

That said! Spoilers are ahead if you choose to dig deeper into the caves.

Sun and Moon Caves

Iron

Animal Evolution

Plant Evolution

There are only five more devlogs until the 1.3 update goes live! As we mentioned in our previous devlogs, weve been counting down devlogs as we wait for our big release date reveal.

Developing Ideas is one of the core aspects of Roots of Pacha. Its through these ideas that we see life change. It's hard not to get inspired when looking back on how these now common things revolutionized the world at the time. In the game so far, these Ideas have helped us water crops and process food. In the 1.3 update, well have five more Ideas for you to develop!

If you choose to keep reading, the following contains spoilers for these Ideas. So, if you want to find out on your own. Now is the time to stop reading.

Now, on to the Devlog!

Soap

Jam

Line Fishing

Fishing Traps

Iron Working

Were back with another Pachan Prophecy! We only have six more devlogs until the 1.3 release! As we mentioned in the previous devlog , we need to keep the release date a secret for a little longer, but we wanted to create a way to let you know that it IS getting closer.

Now, on to the devlog!

After tending the fields, it's nice to end your day in a cozy, decorated hut. And we absolutely love how creative people have gotten with the decorations so far! You all are amazing!

Once you complete the caves and open the new areas, in the 1.3 Update, there will be a number of new decorations for you to discover. Some you can trade for, while others the new characters will send them as gifts. In this devlog, we will highlight a few of the items you can trade for and who to visit to get them.

So, depending on what you consider a spoiler, as always, beware.

Yakuan Decorations

Mograni Decorations

Gift Decorations

Hello again! Were back with another Pachan prophecy about the 1.3 update! We noticed some comments about waiting to start the game or looking forward to starting over. So we wanted to clear something up. All the new content is mid-game or end-game. It becomes available only after you finish the [spoiler]caves[/spoiler], with even more unlocking after you finish the main story (aka the [spoiler]pyramid[/spoiler]). So you wont be missing anything. Even if youve finished both of those, it will still make sense.

As you can imagine, this update is a big deal for us, and we would very much like the press to cover us. Which means we need to keep the release date secret for a little longer. SO! We came up with a solution. A devlog countdown (see the title of this devlog). Its not days, but its something we can share with you. (Just dont tell anyone we told you )

Now on to the devlog itself! Once again, spoilers ahead, so beware! We think theres plenty more to discover about these characters, but we want to give a fair warning to those who want to go in fresh.

In our last devlog , we talked about two Yakugan characters, Akhi and Ugvin. In this devlog, well focus on two new Mograni characters.

If youve played the game so far, youve likely met Zeda, the Mograni leader, and her younger siblings, Touk and Vallah. You may have also met Cohh, Havri, and Anda, the Mograni Keeper, at festivals. We also introduced Azkel in a previous devlog, the new Mograni romanceable character.

In this devlog, we will talk about two new Mograni Characters. Koli, Azkels daughter, and their neighbor Jiyla, the tailor for the clan.

Koli

Jiyla

Hello, lovely Pachans!

Were back with another Pachan prophecy about the upcoming 1.3 update.

This prophecy contains a handful of character spoilers. As always, you should stop reading here if youd prefer to explore it on your own, but theres still plenty more you can discover about these characters.

If youve played through spring, youve already met the leader of the Yakuans, Inza, her partner Brub, and their son Krak. During festivals, you may also have met Pellek, Kocha, Ash, and Javvi. And in an earlier devlog, we introduced Sayra, one of the new romanceable characters. In the 1.3 update, you will get to befriend all of those characters, as well as explore the islands where they live.

In this devlog, we will introduce you to two of the new characters: Ugvin, Sayras brother, and Akhi, Brubs brother.

Akhi

Ugvin

Hey there, Pachan Farmers! Its time for another chapter of the Pachan Prophecies. In todays update, were unveiling more details about fruit trees and plant mutations. As always, this is the point where you can stop reading if you wish to explore the new additions on your own.

New Fruit Trees

Plant Mutation

Hey there, lovely Pachans! It's time for a love-filled chapter of the Pachan Prophecies in honor of the day. In todays update, were unveiling exciting new details about two new romantic characters, which also means some heartfelt new child dialoguesjust in time for Valentines!

And remember, if you wish to learn about these characters on your own, now is the perfect time to stop reading

Two Romanceable Characters

Sayra of the Yakuans

Azkel of the Mograni

Two sets of child dialogue

Hello Pachan friends, Were back with another Pachan Prophecy! Today, well share some details about the animals in the 1.3 update. As always, if you want to be surprised by the new animals you encounter, take this as your 'spoiler alert' warning from here on.

Its easy to fall in love with the animals we encounter in the wild. Many of us have since befriended these lovely creatures, inviting them to live with us either as pets or on our farms. So, of course, the new regions needed to have some new animals. Who wouldnt want a dodo as a pet?

New Animals

New Farm Animal

New Pets

Evolution through Domestication

Access the Tundra region and Turtle Islands where the Mograni and Yakuans live

Welcome to the Roots of Pacha 1.3 Prophecies Series!

A Mysterious Visitor

[u]Fixes[/u]

• Improved UI controls.
• Children NPC information is not correctly synced in multiplayer.
• Children NPC hug interaction bypassing condition in multiplayer.
  

[u]Fixes[/u]
[list]

[u]Fixes[/u]

• Voda's dialogue displaying too frequently in the fall.
• Some challenge collisions.
• Grob's meat smoke signal issues.
• Animal shed not displaying wall decorations.
• Decorations not displaying drawings after loading an intermediate save.
• Errors in child and pet dialogues.
• Hammocks always shown in minimap.
• Improved Japanese translation.
• Updated names in credits.
  

[u]Fixes[/u]

• The game freezes with some partner dialogue when you have a newborn and a toddler or school-age child.
• Trees not producing quality fruit.
• UI freezes if a player disconnects while on the Competition Day and you interact with the minigames or ranking boards.
  

Hello Pachans! The 1.2 update and Xbox launch are finally here! Play cross platform with friends on Xbox, Switch, Playstation, And Steam!

In the 1.2 update youll be able to ride baby mammoths (and other pets), send your children to school, use an early watering system, and more! Read a detailed list about whats all in the update in our Devlog 43 or peruse the change log at the bottom.

The OST also had a massive update with 35 new songs added! Listen on Steam or YouTube . (Stay tuned for Spotify)

The Future

Changelog

• Intermediate saves: save and resume the game at any time by going to your bed and choosing Save at current time.
• Olla: an early watering Idea which holds 16 charges and waters the surrounding plants.
• School: a late game idea where the clans children will go learn with Daari.
• School learning station: after building the school youll get a learning station which can be placed in the fields affecting a 7x4 area. The children of the school will check it every morning to: clean affected sheds and talk to the animals living inside, water and harvest plants, refill ollas, pump irrigation pumps, harvest honey, and harvest trees. Up to 4 learning stations are available with higher prosperity.
• Children new stage: toddlers can be enrolled in school to make them grow up to school-age children. Your child will get one of 4 personalities and eventually choose from 8 professions, with unique dialogue and gifts for the different combinations.
• School-age children can wear hats, different clothes and you can also change their hair style and color.
• Newborn, toddlers, and school-age children attend festivals.
• Romanceables schedules adjustments to spend a bit more time in the house during the morning.
• Added more dialogue for romanceables.
• 2 new Union locations: caves and beach, in addition to the existing Pacha Tree location.
• Kiss your partner in your Union reception.
• New dance music pools depending on who you dance with.
• Partners, nannies, and school-age children can now use the seats placed in your house.
• Added Available to date setting, which will prevent you from being asked to start dating in 6 flower cutscenes. The setting can be changed anytime in Settings->Gameplay and wont affect your ability to use the context action Start Dating.
• Added 5 new skin tones and 5 hair colors.
• Quick Transfer all and Transfer matching items in storage boxes and inventory. New Sorting methods added.
• Pets can be sent to fetch in different areas and bring back items from them.
• Cave lions and wolves can grow to be adult pets by giving them Baby Shroom, which is obtained in Glyptodons Tree shop.
• Some pets can be mounted: mammoths, spiders, adult cave lions, and adult wolves.
• Animals in the village will show an arrow when theyre in the tall grass area to make it easier to find them.
• Animals can be fed alfalfa.
• You can now put multiple items in processors (solar dryers, fermenters, etc.) by holding the main action button. It also works when picking up the produced items.
• Processors can now be removed while producing with a confirmation.
• New Village subcategory under Journal to show the prosperity objects and the players lifetime contribution.
• A button was added in Settings->Exit to take a screenshot without the UI.
• Trap locations now show on the map after interacting with them and show whether they have a trap and if its ready.
• Jag will now ask you if you want to go with him to the festivals that can be reached from the map: Competition Day, Clans Gathering, Cave Painting.
• Cave challenges can be exited to retry later. They can also be skipped and marked as completed, although no achievement will be given in this case.
• The unstuck button changes from a Go back a few steps to Go back to checkpoint when in the caves and now works when in owl/monkey mode.
• The dialogue before using the forest shortcut to the village is displayed only the first 3 times.
• Igrorks nursery shows the current count of the selected seed in your seedbag.
• Mounts can be sent to their sheds/herds/home.
• Frer starts using the harpoon a few days after the idea is researched.
• Vallah, Touk, and Krak will always go to the New Year festival if theyre the partner of any player.
• New fishing mini-game UI
• Added Korean language.
• Added Traditional Chinese language.
  

• Lowered regeneration rate for field debris.
• Most meditation buffs will now last a full day.
• Stone fences need 3 stones instead of 4.
• Grob has some feathers and boar fur to exchange weekly.
• Fishing consumes a little bit more stamina.
• Animal sheds cost more at 750 contributions.
  

• Active Idea smoke signals showing in Past.
• Riding points for players when racing.
• Water tool executing water animation when empty and not targeting anything.
  

The 1.2 update and Xbox release are coming July 31st!

Check out the new trailer for some highlights, or continue reading for a more in-depth look at what's to come.
Wishlist Now on Xbox!

Animals

Olla

School

Learning station

New Stage for Children

Intermediate Saves

Deepening Relationships

More Representation

Quality of Life

• A button to take a screenshot without the UI.
• Cave challenges can be exited to retry later. They can also be skipped and marked as completed, although no achievement will be given in this case.
• Trap locations are shown on the map after interacting with them and denote whether they have a trap set and if its caught something.
• Quick Transfer all and Transfer matching options in storage boxes and inventory. New Sorting methods as well.
• The unstuck button changed from a Go back a few steps to Go back to checkpoint when in the caves and now works when in owl/monkey mode.
• You can put multiple items in processors (solar dryers, fermenters, etc.) by holding the main action button. This also works when picking up the produced items.
• And more!!
  

We had a few more exciting things that didnt make it into the last devlog, and we couldnt wait to let you know. I mean, look at that lion!

Some Rideable Pets

Korean

Wiki

• Daredevil
• FlameEmber
• Aris
• Pi Polaris
• & the many contributors to the fandom wiki
  

Weve been hard at work developing the future content for Roots of Pacha and have devised a plan so that we can get you what was promised as soon as possible. Since all the content we want to add takes time to design, develop, and test, weve divided it into two juicy updates. The 1.2 update and the even bigger 1.3 update. With the 1.2 update arriving in early Q3 (in about 4 months).

What the 1.2 update will include:

Xbox

Kids

Kids Learning Station

Union locations

Fishing Game UI

Pets

Early Watering system

More Dance Songs

OST update

And more!

Whats to come in the 1.3 update:

• 4 romanceable characters
• 18 non-romanceable characters (you can spot two in the union scenes above)
• 2 new biomes with 4 subregions each
• 1 new cave system with iron and other materials
• Tent sleeping and unlockable homes in other regions
• 2 new festivals with a ball sport mini-game
• 4 new animals
• 6 evolved animals
• New plant variations
• New line fishing mini-game
• An unlockable place to play music in the Islands
• An unlockable mini-game in the Tundra
• Hangout spots
• Many new cutscenes
• Quests
  

[/u]Fixes[/u]
- Cheese cloth sound leaks.
- Newborns lost track if their needs had been fulfilled if a cutscene happened after crying.
- Newborns kept crying at festivals and the notification showed in cutscenes.
- Duplicated beds on a specific save/load scenario (this was related to not being able to interact with newborns).
- Beekeeping idea could trigger before meeting Zeda.
- Beech and Birch saplings had wrong descriptions.
- Igrork's trees offered only a selection of trees everyday.
- Cave painting festival not counting towards the pyramid goal.
- Mounts sometimes lose their pattern color.
- After moving a spot building the props (trees, rocks, etc) of the previous spot did not update.
- Fish stuttering some times due to the the direction they choose.
- Minor crafting UI issue using a controller.
- Disk space check on PC/Mac/Linux version was hanging on some hardware.

[u]Feats[/u]
- Birch and beech trees grow year-round and can be planted in the fields.

[u]Fixes[/u]
- Colored fire lost color after loading a save.
- Memory usage improvements.
- CPU usage improvements.
- Softlock on cooking animation.
- Rare case of missing bed after loading a save.
- Localization fixes.

[u]Feats[/u]

• You can now change your name in-game in the You tab.
  

• If in Union with Vallah, Touk, and Zeda thought you had divorced her.
• Herb and mushroom growers didnt keep the item when loading a save if they had already produced.
• Potential soft lock on Carnival and Competition Day if you broke up with Jelrod and Ibon or Jelrod and Mana at the same time.
  

The 1.1 Update is out!!

Steam Trading Cards and Badges

Changelog

Hello Pachans

We are still amazed by the love and support our game received in 2023 (and before). Timo and I started this game development journey from our shared passion for the farm sim genre. A genre that, for many people, including us, is a way to chill and relax after a busy day.

Our game was designed so you can play at your own pace without fear of missing out. Yes, time, days, and seasons pass by, but you can complete the game as you please without any penalty. Enjoy a day of fishing on the beach, ride with your faithful mount through the savanna, or just chill with the rest of the Pachans inside the Hearth on a rainy day.

If you enjoyed chilling with Roots of Pacha, please consider nominating us for the Sit Back and Relax category or any other category you'd like.

https://store.steampowered.com/steamawards/nominations

Also, if you haven't written a review yet, please do so. It helps us a lot.

Update 1.1

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Roots of Pacha will be on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 and 5 on November 28th! Xbox will follow with a release early next year. We are so excited to bring the game to so many more people. Players can join their friends in these Pachan lands no matter which platform they play on with cross-play.

If any Xbox backers would like to change their key to Nintendo Switch, Playstation, or Steam they can update their key request here: https://rootsofpacha.com/orders/. Since console keys are region-dependent, we will follow up soon on how to let us know your region.

Were so grateful to all who supported us through this process. And of course, thank all the Kickstarter backers who made this all possible.




Tame this ancient animal starting in year two to gather milk or fur. These cuties will have their own unique song for you to play and earn their trust. We have a feeling these animals will play a role in how the game evolves in future updates.




Take a load off by sitting on your beautiful decorations and get some of that all-important stamina back. Its a detail we have been wanting to do for a while.




Voda is now a romanceable.We dont want to spoil too much about her story. But youll join her out in the woods with the wolves and take a trip to the jungle.


Did you form a Union too soon? Youll now be able to break that union if you choose. Your partner will be upset for a bit, but in true Pachan fashion, they will forgive you after some time.




Once you get enough friendship, NPCs will show appreciation for you by sending smoke signals with gifts attached. Some gifts will be recurring with things like bones and fur, while others will be one-of-a-kind.


These one-of-a-kind gifts will include:

• 16 new dishes and their recipes
• 10 new hats/masks
• 11 new furniture pieces
• 2 new accessories.
  

Hello Pachans!

We have so many exciting things in the works, such as being included in the upcoming Save and Sound event on September 11 at 11 am PDT. To celebrate, we put together a behind-the-scenes look into the music of Roots of Pacha, along with a short performance. Were so excited to be alongside so many excellent games! We hope you enjoy the show.

Consoles & Update 1.1

• Voda romanceable
• New Friendship cutscenes with non-romanceable characters (Ron/Tetih, Brah/Vor, Maeri/Vuak, Igrork, Gin, Zelk)
• NPC gifts given by smoke signals
• Ability to Break a Union and corresponding schedules and dialogues
• New Savanna animal unlocked in Year 2
• Japanese support
• Performance optimizations
• Smaller QoL and bug fixes
  

• New Union locations
• Optional Hunting/Gathering Minigame
• Traps
• Growable mushroom/herb pots
  

After 1.1

The music that accompanies you as explore and farm is here! Were incredibly excited for you to experience all the love weve put into our remastered melodies.

The official Roots of Pacha soundtrack is out!

• 28 curated songs lasting over 120 minutes. Designed by intermixing ambient sound with the music to give a Pachan experience.
• More than 2 hours to enjoy the RoP vibes.
• Contains music from the Main Menu, Character Creation, all regions, and all seasons.
• Audio formats: .mp3 and .wav
  

We are in Simfest

[u]Fixes[/u]
- Players could get soft locked when opening craft tools and bartering menus from dialogue.
- Building placement UI had inconsistent button behavior with the mouse.
- Choosing to be barefoot still showed character using shoes.
- Mount could enter storage shed, but it couldn't exit.
- Animal variant was not marked as known in the collections UI when using [spoiler]rare and legendary pinecones[/spoiler]
- Jizu's exchange was missing Smilodon Claws footwear.*
- [spoiler]Mograni and Yakuan exclusive pots[/spoiler] were available in Reese's exchange.*
- [spoiler]Pacha Tree fruits were visible before cutscene.[/spoiler]
- Couldn't talk to NPCs using the [spoiler]hammocks and swings[/spoiler].

* needs to pass a day to be fixed so the exchange daily stock is refreshed

Hello, Pachans!
The first step of the Roadmap is already here. The Quality of Life update is now live! There is so much fun to discover, like:

Smilodon outfit. We love fashion and know this new outfit will make you smile.

New romanceable NPC. Enjoy more cozy moments with Jag in three new flower cutscenes and maybe even form a Union with him.


Pacha tree fruit. Once you complete the Pyramid, you'll be able to exchange for Pacha fruit that grants different boons to make your life easier. Be sure to save a good amount of contributions. You'll need them.

+50 new decos. A set of new elegant decorations is available to exchange with Reese. You can make your home even cozier with the new pots, furniture, and lighting fixtures in bronze, silver, and gold varieties.


Moving buildings. Did you find a better spot for your home? Now you can relocate idea builds and your hut by talking to Croll.

Flower cutscene indicator. It can be easy to lose track of relationships when you're busy in the fields. A new cutscene indicator will help you know which villager is waiting to share a special moment.

Magic Hand Axe. Complete all the challenges in the caves to get this dream tool.


Jukk, the stylist. For 500 contributions, you can ask Jukk to refresh your style.

Obsidian mirror. Tired of that hairstyle or tattoo? This mirror is more than just an elegant home accessory. Change your appearance by interacting with it.


Your house, your rules. If you pass out in your house, you will still wake up there.

And more! The full changelog is listed below

We hope you enjoy the QoL update and have as much fun as we did making it. Stay tuned for more updates as we progress along the Road Map .

Also, if you havent left a review yet, we would greatly appreciate it if you would.

[b]You rock!
-The Soda Den Team[/b]

Full changelog

• Harvest, tree, and animal products: increased their processed value for every processor, especially the early ones (smoker, drier, and fermenter).
• Fish: decreased the contribution value of the highest-tier fish, decreased dried fish processed items value, and increased smoked, fermented, and pickled fish.
  

First of all,




A little over a month has passed since the 1.0 release of Roots of Pacha. We couldnt be happier with the initial reception of the game and cant thank all of you enough. Your feedback and kind words have made us even more excited to see Roots of Pacha reach its full potential.

Were also super excited to be included in the Cozy & Family Friendly Games Celebration! If you havent grabbed a copy theres a 10% discount during the event.



Were happy to see so many people making it to the end of the main story, enjoying the village they worked hard to create, watching their families grow, finding those rare and legendary animals, and even starting new saves to do it all over again! We think everyone will be extra excited to see what we have in store.

Driven by the setting, we took the risk of interweaving many of the systems in Roots of Pacha as it felt natural to make the community work as a real one. We feel this made RoP a unique take on a farming sim, with systems growing on top of each other like the farms you cultivate. To be able to achieve the same feeling, our current plan is to do 2 larger updates with a small patch leading up to them.

Beyond the Quality of Life patch, we can only commit to a general timeframe as we want to ensure the updates are of the highest quality and not rushed. As we get further along in development, well be able to give you exact dates and in the meantime, well share our progress via Discord and occasionally social media too.





A small update with a group of quality-of-life features, the promised localization fixes, and some commonly requested player feedback, which will come in the following weeks.




This update will focus on an expansion of the current systems. That includes children growing to the kid stage, plant and animal evolution, new Union locations, another romanceable option, the ability to break your union, and more interactions with pets. We also plan to expand the end-game content and include smaller details like players being able to sit in places around the world and other community suggestions.

Wed like to launch this update along with consoles. Theyre separate processes that are currently being worked on in parallel, so were hopeful theyll be ready at about the same time later this year.



This update will include a whole new level of content, like kids growing to teen years and ball sport from the Kickstarter stretch goals, but it will mainly consist of being able to visit the Mograni and Yakuan settlements. Youll be able to explore their regions, the Tundra and Turtle Islands, find new fauna and flora, discover Ideas, meet new characters (some being romanceable), and dive into new caves. This will be a much larger update that will take more time to create. Our plan is for this one to come out sometime next year.

As we mentioned before, we cant commit to exact dates for the updates yet as we want to make sure theyre meaningful and fully tested before they reach your hands. Were confident that our team will be able to deliver it in an acceptable time frame.

Thank you all for following us on this journey. If you havent already, wed greatly appreciate it if you could leave us a review on Steam. It helps a lot.

You rock!
The Soda Den Team

Fixes

• Steam Deck now uses the Native Linux build instead of Proton by default, after we sent it for verification by Steam. Some players who had been using the Proton build could not see their saves. This version will copy the save files from the Proton save file location to the Native Build location automatically.
  

[u]Feats[/u]
- Storage boxes and belts can now be auto-sorted by tags.
- Improved performance of tall grasses in the Savanna.
- Improved animal herd regeneration.

[u]Fixes[/u]
- Trading didnt subtract more than 255 of the same item.
- Prickly Pear didnt look ready to harvest when domesticated.
- Some tall grasses in the Savanna remained after cutting them.
- Tag order was inconsistent between items.
- Fences were invisible but still collidable in interactive cutscenes.
- Torch buff not working when mounted.
- Taming Steam Achievements used to count only currently tamed and not ever tamed.
- Repeatable plants behaved like non-repeatable [spoiler]in the jungle[/spoiler]
- Adas [spoiler]sick animals[/spoiler] quest finished before talking to her, making it impossible to craft [spoiler]medicines[/spoiler].
- Some players were unable to water the [spoiler]vines in the last sand room[/spoiler].
- In multiplayer, players were sent to bed, and other errors when joining a game after it had been paused for a long time.
- In multiplayer, racing could lead to errors because of time desync.
- Typos and variable injections.
- Reported schedule errors.
- Reported dialogue errors.

[u]Fixes[/u]
- Some players in the US are unable to host a room in their region ("Error: Can't Connect To Network Region.")

Changelog
[u]Feats[/u]
- Keyboard key bindings under Settings Gameplay Keyboard Layout option when playing with keyboard/mouse. Your key bindings are saved in a file named keyboard-mapping.json which can be shared outside the game.
- Added a having children tutorial after the birth of your first child. Its also available for players who already have children.
- Romanceable NPCs are aware if either of you is in a Union when [spoiler]asking you to start dating in their 6 flower event[/spoiler].
- If manually choosing a gamepad, the last selection is saved for future sessions.
- If not using VSync, you can now select a target framerate.

[u]Fixes[/u]
- Issues targeting stone boxes and processors when there were too many objects around them.
- Couldnt use right-click in the fields to bring up the context actions for the player (Eat/Dance/Drop).
- Dialogues mentioning newborns were not getting the right variables.
- The last upgrade for the Animal Shed thatch roof didnt change with the seasons.
- Multiplayer clients got stuck in a black screen if they joined a game where a scheduled event had happened earlier that day, like [spoiler]a birth, pyramid rise, etc[/spoiler].
- Buffs not updating when just fully bonded. It required unequipping and equipping them back.
- Southern field pathfinding errors caused animals not to go outside or cross fences.
- Ores were sometimes not blocking a path in [spoiler]A Hearty Room[/spoiler].
- Resources in the field now have square colliders to prevent getting stuck in between them.
- The torch radius buff wasnt working.
- Wolf pack minimap location corrected.
- Yakuans and Mograni were visible in a Union even when they were not involved in the ceremony.
- Duplicated NPCs in Competition Day and Winter Festival.
- Being able to pick honey infinite times.
- Irrigation trenches couldnt be removed if they ended up disconnected from a pump or extender.
- Corner farm tile near the path to the beach was not interactable in Fall and Winter.
- Tools that can hit multiple tiles were not being handled correctly for some objects, resulting in weird interactions, [spoiler]like kissing your partner after using a sickle[/spoiler].
- Nursery seeds user interface placeholder information was shown at times.
- Buffs UI visual and functional errors.
- Myco fertilizer doesnt remain in the soil if a plant is harvested in a valid season. It now only clears if out of season.
- Some dialogue conditions.
- Some schedule errors.
- Some typos.

[u]Notes[/u]
Translations for new features/fixes are a WIP. The new localization company is accommodating time for the weekly patches but will fully review them for their final delivery.

Changelog
[u]Feats[/u]
- A gamepad can be manually selected under Settings/Gameplay.
- Firepits can now be placed inside.
- Improved description for object placement.
- Union Wreath blueprint is now always available to craft in a multiplayer session and changed description so it's more clear how to form Union between players.
- Animal attune minigame now pauses the time in single player.
- Added Backspace as an alternative button for actions like Delete save and Discard items in your inventory. This should take care of not having to press fn+Backspace in Mac.

[u]Fixes[/u]
- Improved overall performance, especially notable in end-game saves. Well keep working on optimizations.
- 10 flower cutscenes were triggering even if not dating forcing players to reject the NPCs.
- Era 10 flowers didn't trigger at the right moment.
- Buildings in map not updating their location after being moved.
- Trees destroyed immediately after placing close to the edges if not aligned to the grid.
- Going out of bounds after dismounting an animal.
- White bars on New Years festival if playing in widescreen monitors.
- Wood Yield buff not yielding more wood than not using any buff.
- Caves vines not being able to reach with tools if there was a rock or something around it.
- Children not growing up if not named after 14 days.
- Gifts youve given to NPCs were separated by quality instead of being grouped by type.
- Starting cave challenges after 1:30 am was leading to errors, its no longer possible to do it.
- Some animal synchronization issues in multiplayer related to the spawn/despawn of herds.
- Waterwheel not showing in multiplayer for other players when joining a game in progress.
- Passout cutscene leading to errors in saving in multiplayer if one player stayed up in a UI or minigame for too long.
- Monkey challenge music not synced in multiplayer.
- [spoiler]Legendary and Epic animals stats were lowers than what they should be.[/spoiler]
- [spoiler]Legendary and Epic not spawning on the days they should.[/spoiler]
- Plant discovery Steam achivements not triggering correctly. [spoiler](Make Igrork Proud, Make Ada Proud and Make The Clan Proud)[/spoiler]
- Cooking Steam achievements not triggering correctly. [spoiler](Delightful Dish, Chef Of The Ages and Culinary Innovator)[/spoiler]
- UI visual issues.
- Portrait visual issues.
- Some NPC schedule overlaps and priorities.
- Dialogue and other string errors.
- Updated credits with backers who filled out their survey recently.

Changelog

[u]Feats[/u]
- Added an experimental setting to set the duration of a day to one of 3 options: 15 minutes (recommended), 17.5 minutes (long), and 20 mins (longest). You need to choose it before you start/load a game, the setting is found in the Main Menu under Settings/Gameplay.
- Added generic gamepad support. This should take care of the issues some players are having with controllers not being detected.

[u]Fixes[/u]
- Random game crash/hang. It happened with more frequency in late games but also impacted the early stages of the game.
- Waterwheel not controlling if storage was full to start/end production.
- All seeds available in the nursery, even if not discovered, after unlocking the [spoiler]field in the jungle[/spoiler].
- [spoiler]Golden pomegranate[/spoiler] resetting animal friendship [spoiler]instead of maxing it[/spoiler].
- Pausing the game with P could lead to time errors and exploits. Its no longer possible to fully pause with P while in any UI.
- Some NPCs were going to a rock near the central fire to start their work tasks while their buildings were being built.
- Nearby irrigation systems would lock others when watered and prevented draining/pumping.
- Placing the waterwheel was checking for nearby objects and could soft-lock players.
- A recipe couldnt be obtained after the conditions were met. [spoiler]Arroz Con Leche is now correctly given by the Yakuans.[/spoiler]
- Strange behavior when adding to a stack of items in the belts/storage boxes.
- Item duplication in multiplayer when removing items in processors that need multiple items, such as [spoiler]casks and picklers[/spoiler].
- Cant remove small things placed in the wall behind the bed.
- Wall decorations layered over some objects like the [spoiler]Pacha Statue in the last house upgrade[/spoiler].
- Cat Pot limited drawable area.
- Depending on the day, ores in the [spoiler]first sand room[/spoiler] make it impossible to reach the torch.
- NPC schedule errors and overlaps.
- Typos and dialogue conditions.


[u]Notes[/u]
If you're using an original console controller (Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS4, PS5, Switch Pro), we recommend you to "Disable Steam Input." You can do this in Steam by right-clicking the game-> Properties->Controller.

Changelog

[u]Feats[/u]
- Unstuck button in the exit menu.
- Improved cave ore colliders to prevent passing through diagonally.

[u]Fixes[/u]
- Animal shed 2nd upgrade no slots preventing autograb.
- Bear claws destroying ores and not spawning some minerals.
- Items displaying {ParentName} in title and description.
- Grasses showing in cutscenes/challenges where there shouldnt be any.
- Some rocks with higher hardness blocking progress earlier than expected.
- A multiplayer cutscene could be started if other player was in a single player cutscene.
- Frer in Union infinite gift dialogue.
- Initial "Contribute 3 items" quest triggering again after completed.
- Wrong sprites for some items.
- Wrong names for some items.
- Zelk is away trading on his birthday.

Changelog

[u]Fixes[/u]
- Animal shed 2nd upgrade [spoiler]not autograbbing[/spoiler] from fur animals.
- Wrong hint in final Glyptodon challenge.

Changelog

- Fix: Infinite drop after picking something with your inventory full in macOS.
- Fix: Animals getting sick too early in the game with no possibility of [spoiler]obtaining oil[/spoiler].
- Fix: Duplicated house (or other buildings). If you had a duplicated house, you'll now have the most updated one.
- Fix: Animal health and hunger was getting desynchronized in multiplayer.
- Fix: UI still open when starting a cutscene.
- Fix: The animals of Pacha abounded prophecy synchronization in multiplayer.
- Fix: Dialogue conditions and typos.
- Fix: Item descriptions.

Changelog

• Feat: new smoke signal should trigger the first time a player adds an item to an already full inventory hinting that Jizu has more belts.
• Fix: not able to order obsidian tools if the tool station is being upgraded.
• Fix: object placement flickering in some resolutions.
• Fix: most common places players were getting stuck (were evaluating adding an unstuck button in a future update).
• Fix: animal racing cant be started when it coincides with another event. Plus itll now ask all players to talk to Jelrod to start it.
• Fix: Zelk wont trade seeds that arent yet accessible to the player.
• Fix: manage building action with Croll failed for buildings that were being built/upgraded.
• Fix: achievements for dishes and processed items were not triggering on new games.
• Fix: animal taming achievements didn't trigger immediately but until the next taming action.
  

- Players can't create or join rooms after updating the Steam Client (Apr 26 2023)

- Fixed multiplayer entities desync over days that made animals tamed by a player not visible to others.

- Fixes stuck at saving issue.
- Fixes wolf outfit code input adding an extra dash.

The day has finally come! Roots of Pacha is out on Steam!

Were incredibly excited for you to experience all the love weve put into this game.

Join us in Discord to talk about all things Roots of Pacha. Share tips and tricks with the community, or find someone to join you in co-op.

If youd like to read about whats in the 1.0 and our future plans, you can check out our last devlog: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1245560/view/6580362571638953587


Wed greatly appreciate it if you left us a review on Steam. Thank you for joining our journey.

-The Soda Den Team

Hello Pachans!

April 25th is around the corner, and were so excited for you to play the game!

Before diving into the amazing journey its been developing the game, here are a few important things to note.

Beta and Backer Keys

Release and Roadmap

Player Character Customization

Flora of Pacha

Fauna of Pacha

The Caves

The Lands & Neighboring Clans

Home Sweet Home

Pets

Friendship

Romance

Children

Pachan Festivals and Events

• Cave Painting - paint your history on the cave walls
• Clan Gathering - submit the secret judges favorite dish
• Fall Carnival - compete in a music festival
• New Year's Eve - ring in the new year watching the northern nights and hearing a story
• Competition Day - compete in a variety of mini-games to win prizes
• Winter Festival - chat with the clan and have a grand snowball fight
• Racing Days - Once you discover racing, youll be able to race twice a season against other characters
  

Discoveries & Collections

• Explore the lands to find seeds or trade for some to grow over 30 types of plants in your fields.
• Develop 29 different ideas to change the way the clan lives.
• Cook over 70 unique recipes to become an experienced chef
• Catch over 40 species of fish in different spots and seasons
• Gather over 40 types of materials to craft or contribute around the land
• Increase your contribution by processing and preserving food in over 30 ways.
• Complete all the prophecies
  

Steam Achievements

Thank You

Hello Pachans!

In February, we worked on polishing many aspects of the game! We spruced up some building interiors, added an introduction to each Pachan and their relatives, and worked on the Pyramid Prophecies UI.

We also have some great news at the end of this devlog

Pyramid Prophecies

The Pachans

Central Plaza

Cozy homes

Prosperity Points

Pax East Event!

Translations

As we get closer to the 1.0 release, we continue expanding whats possible in the Pachan lands. In this devlog, well highlight our recipe book, buffs, animal melodies, and new experiences in The Land.

Recipes

Player Buffs

Cozy Melodies

The Land

A Month of Love

Hello Pachans!

We hope you're having a great start to the year.

Lets ring in the New Year, the year of Roots of Pacha, by sharing some of our latest developments. In this Devlog, well focus on new decor and art portraits.

As we mentioned in our previous devlog, our updates leading up to release may seem smaller than usual. We want some of Pachas mysteries to be revealed only when its time.

Cozy Beginnings

Home Sweet Home

New Expressions

Hello Pachans! This devlog is quite unique! Are you prepared?

After several months of work, we arrived at the date when Roots of Pacha will go forth into the world.

..Let the drums roll...

April 25, 2023

Hello Pachans! Its hard to believe that the year is almost over! As always, a lot has been accomplished in this last month. This time, well be highlighting animals and cooking.

A Prophecy

Animals

Cooking

The Last Month to Win Beta

Future Devlogs

The Demo

Children & Unions

Waterwheel

Summary

Backer updates

The demo is back for the DreamHack Beyond Indies Showcase! Enjoy the first 8 in-game days (with 2 more bonus days when you use code: D3M0PLUS2).

FAQ

Greater Depths

Fishing

A Friend Indeed

Caves

WIP Art Station

Backer Updates

Hello Pachans! Another month of hard work has passed. Weve continued to expand NPC animations, portraits, and their stories. Now, in this devlog, we will focus on a brand new festival and the expanded caves.

Update on Release

The summer competition festival

New animal caves

Since last July, the team has been working hard to bring more depth and complexity to the Roots of Pacha experience and theres still more to come!

New cutscenes

New expressions

New clothes

Collections

Jungle pyramid

We had a pretty amazing June! We started off with Day of the Devs and the associated Play Days event, IGN Summer of Gaming , Steam Next Fest, and releasing a demo alongside it all. Seeing our work in the limelight has been an unbelievable experience, but nothing can top the amount of love weve received from people playing the demo.

With so many players, weve received helpful feedback that were incorporating into the game. Some examples include a way to return from the top of the Forest mountain without retracing your steps, increasing options in the character creator, and more!

One of the incredibly exciting parts has been seeing our community grow. We grew so much this month that all 5 fires were lit in the Discord mini-game!

Cutscenes

New Processors

Map Redesigns

The Future

The reception of the demo has been beyond our wildest dreams. Thank you all for playing and giving us your feedback too!

With so many awesome events; Day of the Devs, IGN, and Steam Next Fest. We wanted to do something fun with the community that rewarded people for being active, so we decided to celebrate Pachan style with a festival! The community completed the challenge far quicker than we thought (and we couldnt be more proud), so we wanted to share those demo rewards with you too.

To get these unlocked rewards, enter the codes listed below:
Pacheems Statue: PACH33MS
Bunny Hat: LILBUNNY
Item for max animal friendship (golden Pomegranate): ELDORADO
Two more in-game days in the Demo: D3M0PLUS2

& a total of 15 Beta Key Raffles in Discord (be sure to enter before the 20th)!

To redeem the codes navigate to this section of the menu:


Be sure to tune into our stream tomorrow, June 16, at 11 AM PDT to watch three of the team play the Beta.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1245560/view/3343372986653685958

Thanks for being on this journey with us! You rock!
-The Soda Den Team

Hopefully you caught Day of the Devs! If not, we announced that the Demo is now live

Demo festival

Hello all!

Join us on June 16 at 11 am PT | 2 pm ET | 6 pm UTC as we play Roots of Pacha and answer questions from chat.

We hope you get a chance to check our demo. Roots of Pacha is a farming sim set in the stone age where you develop the ideas that shaped humanity.

If you enjoy the game you might also enjoy our Demo Festival where the community can unlock rewards for following us on social media. Find out more on our website .

[url=https://rootsofpacha.com/festival/]
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Check out the demo & wishlist!https://store.steampowered.com/app/1245560/Roots_of_Pacha/

Hello all!

Were celebrating our upcoming demo Pachan style with a Festival! Besides the release of the demo, we have a few exciting events planned this month, including a segment in Day of The Devs (a part of the Summer Game Fest), streams, and more! Be sure to tune in at 11 am on June 9th for the kick-off of Summer Game Fest. We think youll like our segment.

The Demo

A Collective Experience

New Additions to the Demo

Character Customization

Mini-map Update

Game Intro

New People to Exchange With

Beta Update

We want to thank all of those who were able to play and test the Beta. The warm reception the game has received is beyond our wildest dreams. Thank you for all your continued support.

We cant wait for you to see all that is being developed and planned for the games release. In the meantime, we are excited to have people try out a demo next month.

Demo

Exploration

Ideas

Fishing

Processors

Lore and the World

The Caves

Saves

Beta Update

Pachan Festival

Hello Pachans!! This is a mammoth-and-a-half-sized update for the game! Weve added irrigation, expanded caves, romance and dating, a complete overhaul to the ui, new character portraits, and more! (more info on those in devlog #19, #20, #21). In this devlog, we cover a few new ideas, trading, animal updates like racing, and a whole lot more listed at the bottom of the devlog.

We cant wait for Be-ta Backers to play (and send their feedback too!). For those anxiously waiting the game, well have a demo in June we hope youll enjoy.

Theres still a road to be walked, with lots of content to develop, but were more than happy with the state of the game right now. To celebrate, well be doing a live stream with [u]SharkyGames[/u] on Tuesday, April 12th at 10 am PDT on YouTube Hope to see you there!

The Ideas of Ideas

Trading

Social

Dialogues

Gifts

A Few New Looks

New Place To Get Things

Animals

Racing

Animal Updates

Improved Mini-Game

The Lore Expands

Quality of Life

Mark Your Calendars!

Added Features

• Revamped UI
• Full controller support
• New portraits
• New game intro and initial quests
• New introduction to the Yakuan and Mograni clans
• Tutorials
• New Rite of Passage, choose offering
• Mortar, press & fermenter ideas
• Hammering idea
• Tin tools
• Irrigation idea
• Cheesecloth idea
• New preserved items: dried fruit, fermented vegetables, butter, mayo, sour cream, cheese
• Trading idea
• Arrival of trader family
• Inventory expansion
• Frer & Mana are fully dateable
• Kiss mechanic
• Pacha Tree Union
• NPCs now have more dialogue and schedules
• NPCs gifts and birthday reactions
• Skip button in cutscenes
• Overhauled caves with lore and new challenges
• Guanaco & bison variants
• Bison are now rideable
• Wild boar produces fur
• Anima domestication thresholds
• Mana and Jelrod race with players
• New tattoos
• Item placement outside farming area
• Host won't get kicked if the internet is lost
• Time stops when in UI
• Stamina hit if you pass out
• Steam Cloud saves
  

Hello Pachans! With only one month left of development until the Beta milestone, lots has been done in Roots of Pacha and theres still more to come. In this devlog, well focus on two big changes: the intro to the game and the new UI.

New Beginnings

New UI

Hello, Pachans! Love is in the air and the clan is feeling it too. In this devlog, well focus on two aspects of the April 8th update: romance and caves.

Depths of the Heart

Depths of the Soul

Depths of Gratitude

Hello Pachans!

Wed like to wish you all a Happy New Year! Let 2022 bring you plenty of warmth, bright moments, and happy memories. 2021 was an amazing year for us, full of surprises, events, and unwavering support from our community. To our Kickstarter supporters specifically, thank you for believing in us from the start, spreading the word, and giving us a chance to fulfill our dream. We quickly smashed the initial goal and ended up 1,115% funded!

It was a wild ride, hitting stretch goal after stretch goal, with many happy tears shed.

Following the Kickstarter, we were able to achieve another enormous milestone: a playable Alpha. Since then, weve released 6 major Alpha updates, each containing new game mechanics, overhauls, and polish.

Your feedback has helped us improve Roots of Pacha and shape the game to become the best possible experience for players. As we continue to work on the game, please keep it up! Were paying attention to everything you have to say.

At the end of 2021, we spent time scheduling things for next year and evaluating the teams progress. Here are our plans for 2022:

Our next update will be Beta

New Ideas

Item Placement

Dating and Marriage

Polish

And More

Release

Happy Holidays Pachans! We couldnt think of a better way to wrap up the year than with a New Years Festival and live stream. We hope you were able to join us, but if you couldnt, heres a link if youd like to check it out. Otherwise, we hope you enjoy the summary below.



Thanks for being such an awesome and supportive community. We look forward to seeing what 2022 brings!

New Years Festival

The Great Connector

Player House Upgrades

Everyday Life

Building for the Future

Changelog

• New region.
• Initial main story quest.
• New Years Eve festival.
• Tetihs house is open.
• The Player house can be upgraded.
• Initial kitchen system in players house.
• Smoke signals are now part of the master menu.
• Smoke signals dont disappear and show in three categories Today, Active, and Past.
• New smoke signals for when a tool is ready, a building is built, new seeds got added from the nursery, and the progression of ideas.
• Cutscenes can be skipped.
• Initial animal friendship list in the journal.
• Fall NPCs schedules.
• New NPC animations for their schedules.
• NPCs liked/disliked gifts and dialogues.
• Improved music & SFX throughout the seasons.
• New dialogue system with jumps and conditionals.
• Migrated to Unity 2021.
• Maps load dynamically, significantly lowering memory usage.
• Improved joystick support.
• Switch project setup.
  

[h2]A deeper meaning is taking shape in Roots of Pacha.
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Dec. 14th 10am pt | 1pm et | 6pm utc

Join us for a live stream as we talk about the latest in development, answer questions, and set the stage for what the future holds. Dont worry we only introduce the main story and wont spoil it (we also hate spoilers).

Well be streaming right here on Steam, Twitch , and YouTube .

If you miss the stream we will be posting it on YouTube along with the written devlog a few hours after the stream ends.

Hope to see you then!

ps.
We just updated our discord bot community game, we now have fishing!

Hello Pachans! Were back with another mid-sprint devlog! We say it every time, but we continue to make huge strides in the Roots of Pacha world. Progress has been made with character activities and their homes, the main story, a winter festival, and so much more! We hope you enjoy reading about what weve been up to.

Character Homes & Activities

A Greater Calling

A New Year

House Upgrades

Love & Marriage

Switch Progress & Unity 2021

Epic

Hello, clan! Weve just completed another development cycle and big strides have been made in the Pachan culture and the world as a whole. We have a full four seasons, an updated fishing mini-game, a new idea, two new other clans, and big changes in how the characters interact with you and the world.

Winter

Social

Friendship

Roaming Clans

Fishing

A New Idea

Discord bot

Whats next

Alpha 0.5.0 Knifetooth - Changelog

• Winter season maps.
• Winter plants and gatherables.
• The alpha can now be played continuously and doesn't end on a particular day
• Updated fishing minigame: mouse sensitivity doesnt affect how it plays, clearer UI, and added the concept of tension per fish.
• Fish have a tier assigned to them and the difficulty to catch them changes depending on the tool used.
• Implemented new fishing tool and idea.
• Gifts dialogues for specific items.
• 6 new NPCs from 2 different clans.
• Camps of the new NPCs spawn in the places they can be found on different days.
• 2 heart events with and triggers.
• New NPC dance mechanic: request to dance.
• NPC journal list in the menu.
• NPC friendship mechanic updated.
• New NPC animations for Pachans including them seating on stools and rugs.
• Updated Okkas Animal Friendship idea.
• New schedules for Summer, Rainy days, and variations in regular schedules.
• Can now access Tares and Gins house.
• Some new dialogues.
• Trees fall to left/right depending on where they are hit, and they wont fall in invalid places.
• Items cant be dropped in water/air.
• Partial controller support improved in the world and menus.
• New sound FX for characters animations.
• New ambient sounds.
• New music for winter and improvements for the previous seasons.
  

Hello Clan! Lots has been going on in Roots of Pacha. Our walkthrough trailer was included in IGN Awesome Indies for Gamescom and we streamed the latest Alpha update with Sharky and decided "The Battle of Playing Instruments! It was so close! The Mammoths fought hard but end the end the Cave Lions leapt to stardom. We raffled 3 alpha access codes, and the winners are JennyBand and Etrigan from Team Cave Lion, and farahmandpour from Team Mammoth! Congrats and thanks for playing!



[h2]Fall
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Falling leaves and new colors adds another layer of life to our expanding world. Just one more season to go!

Carnival!

Tools & Animals go outside!

Pets

Beach

Ideas

We are excited to say we will be in the IGN Awesome Indies showcase on August 26 that starts at 11:30 am PDT! So to celebrate were having a festival! Check out our full schedule below.

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Join us for a live stream on the 27th at 10 am PT | 1 pm ET | 5 pm UTC with SharkyGames where well play the latest version of the Alpha and have a friendly competition in a brand new in-game Festival to decide if Team Mammoth or Team Cave Lion will rule the day.

Are you team Mammoth or team Cave Lion? Take a side in discord, play along in the community games, and have a chance to win Roots of Pacha Alpha Access!


Hope to see ya there! You rock!

The Soda Den Team

Hello Clan! We have some exciting news, were participating in Gamescom! We arent sure what that all entails yet, but the release of the full devlog and alpha update will be during the event later this month.

In our last devlog we talked about our progress with plant knowledge, a new tools station, and Igrorks idea of plant propagation. If you missed that update you can check it out here. We cant wait to show you that and so much more.


Plus the Clan loves a good party and so do we! So to celebrate our participation in Gamescom well have our own Mini-Festival August 25th-28th in Discord to coincide with the event. Well be raffling off the alpha, having fun with the community, and so much more!

Join us in discord to get the news first on whats to come!

You rock!

Hello Clan! Summer brought many new plants to our Clan, and our old tools could barely keep up. Acre, Igrork, and Ata have a few Ideas on how to improve things.

[h2]Plant Knowledge
[/h2]It all starts with a seed, a tiny powerhouse that provides for the clan. There are no stores, and traders are too infrequent to get these all-important parts of farming life.


When you return from the wilderness with a seed, it will first grow as it did in its wild form. As you tend to the plant, the Clan will gain Knowledge about its needs. This will change how the plant looks, and it will start bearing a domesticated version of the original wild yield.


The more we sow and harvest a plant, the more Knowledge well accumulate. Once a plant is domesticated, its yield quality will improve as its tended. This quality will affect contribution, refill rates of stamina, and even how much a Clan member will like that item.

Plant Nursery

Tools

Bot

Coming up

A New Season

The Beach

Hello Clan! Following our update cycle, today were releasing a new alpha version: 0.3.0 Guanaco.

Thanks to everyone who joined us in the livestream where we showcased many of the new features and content. We added a new area , a new season , expanded the processors , added plants , animals , & more!


With so much new content we couldnt start at the beginning, so well tell you a bit about a new event, The Rite of Passage.


The Clans success depends on every adult being a contributing member to society. So the passage from adolescence to adulthood is something to be celebrated. As a new adult, you go through this rite on the 7th day, taking an oath and learning about your guardian spirit.

Whats next

Alpha 0.3.0 Guanaco - Changelog

• New region: savanna.
• New season: summer.
• Rite of Passage event on day 7.
• 8+ new plants.
• 2 new fruit trees and items: olive & almond.
• New tameable animals: bison & guanaco.
• Music for spring and summer for the existing regions.
• Seasonable resources, decorations, maps, gatherables, plants, etc.
• Timeline utilities to move objects and characters in events and cutscenes.
• Unlock Known Land region mechanic.
• Razor and milker tools, and animal items obtained from them.
• Male/female animals can have different products.
• The Land Between Two Rivers is now fully open.
• 40+ new dialogues with conditions (season, idea researched, etc.)
• Improved NPC pathfinding and default speed.
• Improved targeting.
• Animal herd schedules and locations.
• Animals dont need Attune if they already have some friendship.
• Updated morning light color.
• Minimap for Savanna and updates to The Land.
• 2 new processors: smoker and press with new items.
• Inventory, seeds, and tools menu support drag & drop and split of items.
• Seeds menu radial selector.
• Discard items from inventory.
• Drop items from inventory.
• Item hint in the contribution bin and storage box.
• Last bed where the player slept persists between saves.
• Auto walk/run toggle setting.
• Keyboard layout setting (QWERTY, AZERTY, QWERTZ, custom).
• Name animals.
• Release animals to the wild.
• Multiple sheds.
• Migrated project to Unity 2020 LTS.
  

• Wrong contribution total in save menu.
• Missing collider in cave.
• Fishing minigame cattail visual glitch.
• Spelling and grammar errors in dialogues.
• Tree hit when Shake while holding hand axe or axe.
• Oven collider placement.
• Object layers errors: paths under grass, paths on top of well, cant place path if producer is on top, etc.
• Animals not reaching their destination.
• Forest rocks colliders.
• Hand mortars process wrong items when inventory is full.
• Animal desync in multiplayer after flute playing fails.
• Ideas can be started multiple times.
• When Paused, opening the map with M freezes the game.
• UI stays open when forced to sleep at 2am, sometimes breaking the game.
• When a game where the sundial was already built is loaded, the time is still shown as Morning, Noon, etc.
• Mouse sometimes disappears when in the Summary UI after going to sleep.
• Stuck waiting for other players' answers in multiplayer cutscenes.
• Some days you can't wake up after going to sleep, but time continues to pass.
• Player becomes invisible when making too many clicks while using the mortar.
• If the inventory is full and you're grinding wheat, once you're done with the wheat it will start consuming the selected item (even if it's not grindable) and you'll lose the item.
• Cant exit house because Ostrich laid an egg in entry and it bounces player back.
• NPC emotes under player/objects on top.
  

It's the end of the month, and that means its (almost) devlog time. But since it's also Alpha time, we're going to do something cool and stream the new content instead of doing a devlog. We thought it'd be a fun way to showcase the main features of this iteration and hang out with you, the community.

Join us next week as we explore the Savanna and take in the Summer sun in the Land Between Two Rivers. But dont worry we wont spoil everything.

The alpha update will be released soon after the stream ends !

Tuesday, June 8 at 11am pt | 2pm et | 6pm utctwitch.tv/crytivo

Hi Clan! Its devlog time, and were starting to feel the summer vibes. Heres what weve been up to .

Surveys and rewards

New team members

Alpha

The timeline

The next alpha iteration

Summer

Savanna

New Fauna & Flora

New Event: Rites of passage

The Festival is over. Time for the after-party!

Pre-order store

The Pachan Cooking Contest

Raffle Winners

Main Prize Winners

What weve been up to

Style & new decorations

Food

Multi contribution & Storage

Feedback

Cross-platform tests

Load menu

Whats next

Coordination

• Well be processing Kickstarter pledges and pre-order stores. Were developing a simple tool to automate the process of assigning Discord roles and providing alpha backers with keys.
• Open up Discord channels for alphas.
• Were working on an updated timeline that includes stretch-goals and assets from Kickstarter design tiers.
• Were growing our team. Its a gradual process as we want to have the right size to keep our current synergy.
  

Development

• Sketch and try the dimensions of the updated map with new locations (Tundra and Turtle Islands).
• Seasons assets for The Land Between Two Rivers and Forest area.
• Work on the back story of the game, the Yakuans, and other roaming tribes.
  

Were officially launching the Pachan Cooking Contest (think the Great British Baking Show of prehistory!)

Steps to Participate

• Step 1: Cook something you love. It can be anything you like to eat yourself or share with your family and friends.
• Step 2: Take the best-looking picture you can. Make sure you do it before munching on it (a bite can be hidden if you get the right angle ).
• Step 3: Upload your picture to either Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #PachanCookingContest and mentioning Roots of Pacha user (@rootsofpacha on Twitter, @roots_of_pacha on Instagram).
  

Prizes

• Your recipe will be craftable in the game, obtaining the "Rock polaroid" collectible and in-game item. It might become the favorite dish of one NPC too!.
• A key for Roots of Pacha alpha on Steam which begins on April 2021
  

Gallery

Weve arrived at the Festival of Kickstarter! The Clan has already swam in the salty waters of the sea, feasted on their harvest, and danced to the rhythm of their drums. Now its time to listen to the tale of our origins and the greatness of our people:

Kickstarter Festival

The Festival and Reveals

Kickstarter Festival Challenge

How to play?

• Follow us on Twitter
• Follow us on Instagram
• Join us on discord and participate in minigame

Discord bot

Sneak peak

Hello Pachans, weve reached the end of the year. December has been a month of game design and goals review. This devlog is not going to be our standard feature-based entry but a review of what weve achieved and whats to come.

First of all we want to thank you for your continued support. So heres a candle for each and everyone one of you who makes this Clan, our Clan.


Its never easy to begin any kind of project. Luckily, as brothers, we always had each others back. As kids we loved playing games together and even when life led us apart, playing a game was always a way to reconnect. We were working as devs and artists, we werent unhappy but there was a creative itch, something we realized we had to do, and thats how we embarked on this journey of making a game.

[i]Us, somewhere, a while ago (I wasn't trying to push him into the water, I promise)
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Every piece of the puzzle started to fall in the right place. The farming & life genre, the stone age theme, an amazing artist whos excited about the project, a local publisher that gives us enough support without imposing their view on the game.


All those pieces were great, but we were lacking one essential thing, and it was you, those who wanted to be with us from the start. We presented the idea of Roots of Pacha to all of you back in May and got really excited to find a community with whom to share our dream. The game has changed a lot ever since. The art and the gameplay started to take a unique shape.


Making a game involves a lot of planning, trying out the idea and then deciding if it fits the game or not. Sometimes you need to scrap it all and start from scratch, and that changed our schedule and plans. We realized along the way that we needed more help to be able to iterate faster and include things that we wanted to have in the game, so we expanded our team.


We started working with wonderful people part-time and were able to do more concept art and game assets, add music and SFX, and improve the UI. The game has now reached a mature state where a lot of the mechanics are done, and adding and changing things is a much smoother process.

[i]Thanks momomo, sizu, darkaos!
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The best moments of the year were when you shared the excitement for something wed done, suggested a feature, created beautiful fanart, or simply followed our journey. It honestly renews our energy and helps to make Roots of Pacha even more special.


The game is at a state where we are almost ready to begin alpha testing. Were making a minigame for our Discord channel for us to have fun together and as a way to gain access to the alpha. Will you go out and explore? How about planting wheat, or brushing our newly tamed bison? What idea will we develop together?.


Theres still a lot of work to do but the goal is much clearer, and we feel its the right time for the team to grow in size once again. Because of this, we feel a Kickstarter campaign would be a great way to do it.


Roots of Pacha is a game about the community, about how we, humans, worked together to progress and achieve things that were thought to be impossible. Kickstarter not only will help us grow the team, it reflects how all of us can take Roots of Pacha and make it even greater than we originally thought it could be.

Were really excited and a bit nervous about this new challenge. For now you can help us by following the Kickstarter page and spreading the word. Details will come in the following weeks.

Thanks for reading and Happy New Year !

Connect

Racing tournament

Pacha Hearth

Forest minimap

Food producers and preservation

Taming minigame

Fishing minigame

Join us on [url=https://rootsofpacha.com/discord][/url]

[h1]Ohh look, that ones special
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At first glance, all animals of a herd might look the same, but after closer inspection youll start to recognize different colors and patterns. Some special ones might appear on certain seasons or after an event happens.


Develop a bond with the one you like the most and it might want to live with you and let you ride it.


[h1]Cave paintings
[/h1]Our ancestors used caves not only for shelter but to leave an impression of the way they lived, perhaps as a way to transcend, to communicate, or simply admiration for the surrounding nature.

The Clan uses cave walls too, to express their Ideas. As part of discovering the world, youll get to see their parietal art.

[h1]Riding
[/h1] Nokk: What is this riding and animal?. Okka: Make an animal like you, get on its back, and go places. Okka: Look, this is what I mean.

Nokk: Ohhh, I see. That might work. Nokk: Why is a heart floating around though?

Map

Eagle Eyes

2D is for Draw and Draw it again

Day of the Ancestors

Fires & torches

Would you like to dance with me?

Life at the Land Between Two Rivers

Lucky for you thats what I like

Buildings

Mini map

Food preservation

The power of fire

New plants

Baaaaaa

Under the water

In-game emotes

SFX

Discord

Caves

Tools

Decorate!

Be yourself

Library

Sundial

Drop

Discord Emojis!

Hello Pachans, in this 4th edition you'll learn more about your home, resources, trees, the importance of "ideas," and the mysterious caves that dot the landscape of Pacha.

Join us on Discord!
[url=https://rootsofpacha.com/discord]
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Your house

Ideas

Trees

Craftables

Contribution

Gathering

Social

Shed

Caves

June brought us summer (or winter if youre in the southern hemisphere), and with that came along new animals and their taming mechanic, improvements to the regions, and new ideas and buildings that can be discovered and built.

Animals

Ideas & Buildings

Spring OST

In this edition dear Pachan, wed like to introduce you to the start of the game and some of its mechanics.

The story of humanity

Start of the journey

Plant Discovery

Water from the skies

April has been quite a month for Roots of Pacha. First, we wanted to thank everyone who watched the teaser, joined our discord or wishlisted us on Steam.

If you still havent done any of it, please do and let us know your thoughts! Discord Youtube
Weve been working in Roots of Pacha for many months now in tasks ranging from art style and story, to multiplayer networking, inventory and farming systems.

Lets talk a little bit about plants. Those green living things we all love (well, we know some of you probably dont eat them everyday but we still owe them a lot!). Isnt it amazing that at some point in time, just by trial and error, or even by accident, someone stumbled upon the ancient version of a tomato?; And from there, to marinara, to ketchup, its just history. To show some love to that red ball of yumminess, here are the stages of the tomato plant:


Some of you might know by now that Soda Den is led by a pair of brothers, and it has always been our goal to evoke the feeling of playing together in the games we develop. Thats why Roots of Pacha is a co-op first game, and multiplayer will be supported from day one. Dont worry, if youre playing solo you wont miss out on any content, and we have some ideas on how to connect single players too.


Theres now a road in front of us that we are happy to share with you all. This month were going to focus on fine tuning some of the systems like day/night cycle and seasons, working on new stuff like intro and tutorials, and expanding regions around the village.

Heres a sneak peak of the jungle through an eagles eye. Sorry for the blur, were working on our seer power.


We also have a few ideas for how were going to show this devlogs and answer some of your questions in the future. So stay tuned for next month!

Hello Pachans,

We're proud to present Roots of Pacha, an upcoming co-op farming and life simulation game set in the stone age.


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