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v0.20.0 — Charcoal, tar and the smithy 2026-10-06

Pines	Scots pines now grow in the drier parts of the forest and along sandy shores. Felled, they leave a resinous stump: chop it out for stumpwood.
Charcoal	Hold Z with 8 pieces of firewood to build a charcoal stack. Click it to cover and light it, leave it 8 minutes, then rake out 4 pieces of charcoal. The steward buys charcoal at 3 öre.
Tar	Four fieldstones line a tar pit. Pack 4 to 8 pieces of stumpwood into it and light it. After 6 minutes you get a keg of tar for every 2 pieces, plus a piece of charcoal. The steward pays 8 öre a keg.
The smithy	Every manor smithy has a forge and an anvil. Heap charcoal in the forge (wood won't do): each piece keeps it hot 4 minutes. With a smith's hammer in hand, click the anvil to see what it makes: axes, felling axes, knives, crowbars, hammers, saws, 20 nails, locks and shackles from bar iron, or a bar welded from 3 pieces of scrap. It also mends a worn tool back to 100%, which the grindstone can't. Each job burns some of the forge's charcoal.
Your own smithy	Eight fieldstones build a forge. The steward sells an anvil (40 öre), a smith's hammer (8), bar iron (6 a bar) and nails (10 for 2 öre).
Sawhorse	Three planks build a sawhorse. With a frame saw (20 öre), a log on the ground beside it becomes 3 planks instead of the 2 you get by splitting.
Nails	A door now takes 2 nails, a chest 4 and a crate 2, as well as the planks. Workstations and recipes use what's in your hands, your pouches and on the ground beside you.
Taking stonework apart	Stoves, grindstones, forges, tar pits and anvils come apart with a crowbar, not an axe.

Pines

Scots pines now grow in the drier parts of the forest and along sandy shores. Felled, they leave a resinous stump: chop it out for stumpwood.

Charcoal

Hold Z with 8 pieces of firewood to build a charcoal stack. Click it to cover and light it, leave it 8 minutes, then rake out 4 pieces of charcoal. The steward buys charcoal at 3 öre.

Tar

Four fieldstones line a tar pit. Pack 4 to 8 pieces of stumpwood into it and light it. After 6 minutes you get a keg of tar for every 2 pieces, plus a piece of charcoal. The steward pays 8 öre a keg.

The smithy

Every manor smithy has a forge and an anvil. Heap charcoal in the forge (wood won't do): each piece keeps it hot 4 minutes. With a smith's hammer in hand, click the anvil to see what it makes: axes, felling axes, knives, crowbars, hammers, saws, 20 nails, locks and shackles from bar iron, or a bar welded from 3 pieces of scrap. It also mends a worn tool back to 100%, which the grindstone can't. Each job burns some of the forge's charcoal.

Your own smithy

Eight fieldstones build a forge. The steward sells an anvil (40 öre), a smith's hammer (8), bar iron (6 a bar) and nails (10 for 2 öre).

Sawhorse

Three planks build a sawhorse. With a frame saw (20 öre), a log on the ground beside it becomes 3 planks instead of the 2 you get by splitting.

Nails

A door now takes 2 nails, a chest 4 and a crate 2, as well as the planks. Workstations and recipes use what's in your hands, your pouches and on the ground beside you.

Taking stonework apart

Stoves, grindstones, forges, tar pits and anvils come apart with a crowbar, not an axe.

World: reset (everyone starts with a new character; logins kept). Tests: verify passed; live test passed.

v0.19.0 — The Baronland wiki 2026-10-06

baronwiki.kyrts.com	A wiki of the whole game is generated from the game's own data at every update, so its numbers always match what's live. It has every item (where it comes from, what it's for, its price), everything you can make and take apart, the things that stand on the ground, ground and walls, the production chains, the steward's trade, the manors and their roads, clothes and warmth, and the update log.
Guides	Hand-written guides: your first day, buying your freedom, day and night and the cold, building and taking apart, fights and the lock-up, and the controls. Their numbers come from the game too.
Search	Type in the box at the top to find any item, thing, recipe, manor or guide.
In the game	The Wiki link under the key list opens it.

baronwiki.kyrts.com

A wiki of the whole game is generated from the game's own data at every update, so its numbers always match what's live. It has every item (where it comes from, what it's for, its price), everything you can make and take apart, the things that stand on the ground, ground and walls, the production chains, the steward's trade, the manors and their roads, clothes and warmth, and the update log.

Guides

Hand-written guides: your first day, buying your freedom, day and night and the cold, building and taking apart, fights and the lock-up, and the controls. Their numbers come from the game too.

Type in the box at the top to find any item, thing, recipe, manor or guide.

In the game

The Wiki link under the key list opens it.

World: reset (everyone starts with a new character; logins kept). Tests: verify passed; live test passed.

v0.18.0 — The right tool for the job 2026-10-06

Crowbars	The steward sells a crowbar for 15 öre. Right-click with it to prise up plank floors, lever up limestone floors and cobbles, and lever a stone wall apart course by course. You get the boards or stones back. It also takes doors off their hinges and log walls apart.
The right tool	An axe takes wood apart (log walls, doors) but can't get under floorboards. Holding the wrong tool, the game tells you which one works, and the hint over a floor or wall says so too.
Stone walls and axes	Smashing a limestone wall with an axe now takes about 80 blows and most of a new axe when you're fed and warm. Tired, hungry or cold, it takes the whole axe.
Grindstones	Every manor smithy has a grindstone, and four fieldstones build your own (hold Z with stones). Click it holding a worn axe, knife or crowbar to grind the edge back 30 points. Each grinding wears a little iron away, so the best edge it will take drops from 80% by 10 points each time.
Long jobs	A long job, like levering a wall apart, no longer gets stuck if the server sleeps in the middle of it.

Crowbars

The steward sells a crowbar for 15 öre. Right-click with it to prise up plank floors, lever up limestone floors and cobbles, and lever a stone wall apart course by course. You get the boards or stones back. It also takes doors off their hinges and log walls apart.

The right tool

An axe takes wood apart (log walls, doors) but can't get under floorboards. Holding the wrong tool, the game tells you which one works, and the hint over a floor or wall says so too.

Stone walls and axes

Smashing a limestone wall with an axe now takes about 80 blows and most of a new axe when you're fed and warm. Tired, hungry or cold, it takes the whole axe.

Grindstones

Every manor smithy has a grindstone, and four fieldstones build your own (hold Z with stones). Click it holding a worn axe, knife or crowbar to grind the edge back 30 points. Each grinding wears a little iron away, so the best edge it will take drops from 80% by 10 points each time.

Long jobs

A long job, like levering a wall apart, no longer gets stuck if the server sleeps in the middle of it.

World: reset (everyone starts with a new character; logins kept). Tests: verify passed; live test passed.

v0.17.0 — Roads to Reval and a map 2026-10-05

Roads	Every manor now has a dirt road to Reval. It starts at the far end of the village and runs round the sea, the lakes and the bogs to the Viru gate (from the east) or the Karja gate (from the south and west). Roads from farther manors join the nearer ones, so they form two main roads into town.
Signposts	A signpost where each road leaves its village says how far Reval is. Where two roads meet, one says which way to Reval and which way to the manor. Outside each gate, one lists the manors down that road. Click a signpost to read it. They belong to the Crown.
Minimap	A map in the top-right corner shows the coast and lakes, the roads, the manors, Reval and you. Use the mouse wheel over it to zoom.
Big map	Tab (or a click on the minimap) opens a map of Harrien and Wierland. Click Reval, a manor or any spot to head there; right-click to stop.
Which way	You start out heading for Reval. An arrow at the edge of your view points the way with the distance. The status box says how far it is, which way, and whether you're on the road.
Quieter lanterns	The lanterns the steward and the workers carry after dark no longer crackle like a fire. Fires now crackle with dry clicks instead of little notes.

Roads

Every manor now has a dirt road to Reval. It starts at the far end of the village and runs round the sea, the lakes and the bogs to the Viru gate (from the east) or the Karja gate (from the south and west). Roads from farther manors join the nearer ones, so they form two main roads into town.

Signposts

A signpost where each road leaves its village says how far Reval is. Where two roads meet, one says which way to Reval and which way to the manor. Outside each gate, one lists the manors down that road. Click a signpost to read it. They belong to the Crown.

Minimap

A map in the top-right corner shows the coast and lakes, the roads, the manors, Reval and you. Use the mouse wheel over it to zoom.

Big map

Tab (or a click on the minimap) opens a map of Harrien and Wierland. Click Reval, a manor or any spot to head there; right-click to stop.

Which way

You start out heading for Reval. An arrow at the edge of your view points the way with the distance. The status box says how far it is, which way, and whether you're on the road.

Quieter lanterns

The lanterns the steward and the workers carry after dark no longer crackle like a fire. Fires now crackle with dry clicks instead of little notes.

World: reset (everyone starts with a new character; logins kept). Tests: verify passed; live test passed.

v0.16.0 — People the SS13 way: looks, clothes, things in hand 2026-10-05

Choose your look	When you make your character, pick skin, hair (short, long, tied back, braids or bald), hair colour and a beard. A preview shows you from three sides, and "Another look" picks one at random.
Built in layers	As in SS13, everyone is a body in briefs with clothes, a beard, hair and a hat drawn on top. People now stand in one tile, the way they do in SS13.
Clothes you wear	You start in a linen shirt, woollen breeches and pastlad (leather moccasins). The steward sells a kuub (a long wool coat, 12 öre), a woollen cap (3), a felt hat (6) and leather boots (10). Hold clothes and press E to put them on. Click the small picture of yourself by your hands to show your five clothing slots; click a slot with an empty hand to take that thing off. Everyone sees what you wear.
Clothes keep you warm	Every piece keeps out some of the night's cold. A kuub and a cap over your shirt halve the chill outdoors.
Things in hand	What you hold shows in the hand you hold it in: an axe in your right hand, bread in your left. Workers carry their loads the same way.
Stewards and clerks	Stewards wear a blue coat and a felt hat, and the town clerk wears black.

Choose your look

When you make your character, pick skin, hair (short, long, tied back, braids or bald), hair colour and a beard. A preview shows you from three sides, and "Another look" picks one at random.

Built in layers

As in SS13, everyone is a body in briefs with clothes, a beard, hair and a hat drawn on top. People now stand in one tile, the way they do in SS13.

Clothes you wear

You start in a linen shirt, woollen breeches and pastlad (leather moccasins). The steward sells a kuub (a long wool coat, 12 öre), a woollen cap (3), a felt hat (6) and leather boots (10). Hold clothes and press E to put them on. Click the small picture of yourself by your hands to show your five clothing slots; click a slot with an empty hand to take that thing off. Everyone sees what you wear.

Clothes keep you warm

Every piece keeps out some of the night's cold. A kuub and a cap over your shirt halve the chill outdoors.

Things in hand

What you hold shows in the hand you hold it in: an axe in your right hand, bread in your left. Workers carry their loads the same way.

Stewards and clerks

Stewards wear a blue coat and a felt hat, and the town clerk wears black.

World: reset (everyone starts with a new character; logins kept). Tests: verify passed; live test passed.

v0.15.0 — Intents: shove, grab, tie up 2026-10-05

Intents	As in SS13, pick what a click does to a person with 1–4 or the buttons by your hands: Help, Disarm, Grab or Harm. F switches between help and harm, so the old fight mode still works.
Shove	Disarm pushes someone a step away. With a wall, a table or another person behind them, they go down for a moment and drop what they hold.
Grab and drag	Grab (or Ctrl+click) with an empty hand takes hold of someone. Click again for a firm grip so they can't walk away. Walk to drag them along, click a bench or bed to sit them down in it, and press Q to let go. You can drag your own furniture the same way.
Tie them up	The steward sells rope (3 öre) and iron shackles (15 öre). Click someone with them to tie their hands; it's quicker if they're down or held fast. Tied hands can't use anything, and someone tied into a seat or bed can't get up.
Resist	Press B (or the Resist button) to struggle out of a grip, or work your hands free of a rope (half a minute) or shackles (longer). Anyone can untie you with Help and an empty hand.
Aim	The little body doll (or the numpad) picks head, chest, arms or legs. A blow to the head hurts more, one to the arm can make them drop what they hold, one to the leg can put them down.
Not stuck	If you log off locked in a room you have no key for, the manor household lets you out by the morning.

Intents

As in SS13, pick what a click does to a person with 1–4 or the buttons by your hands: Help, Disarm, Grab or Harm. F switches between help and harm, so the old fight mode still works.

Shove

Disarm pushes someone a step away. With a wall, a table or another person behind them, they go down for a moment and drop what they hold.

Grab and drag

Grab (or Ctrl+click) with an empty hand takes hold of someone. Click again for a firm grip so they can't walk away. Walk to drag them along, click a bench or bed to sit them down in it, and press Q to let go. You can drag your own furniture the same way.

Tie them up

The steward sells rope (3 öre) and iron shackles (15 öre). Click someone with them to tie their hands; it's quicker if they're down or held fast. Tied hands can't use anything, and someone tied into a seat or bed can't get up.

Resist

Press B (or the Resist button) to struggle out of a grip, or work your hands free of a rope (half a minute) or shackles (longer). Anyone can untie you with Help and an empty hand.

Aim

The little body doll (or the numpad) picks head, chest, arms or legs. A blow to the head hurts more, one to the arm can make them drop what they hold, one to the leg can put them down.

Not stuck

If you log off locked in a room you have no key for, the manor household lets you out by the morning.

World: reset (everyone starts with a new character; logins kept). Tests: verify passed; live test passed.

v0.14.0 — Locks, keys and the lock-up 2026-10-05

Locks and keys	The steward sells a lock with its key for 12 öre. Click your own door, chest or crate with the lock to fit it, then click it holding the key to lock or unlock it. A locked door stays shut and a locked chest stays closed for everyone without the key. Your key shows its lock's number.
The lock-up	Every manor now has a stone lock-up by the road: a guard room between two cells with iron-barred doors you can see through. Reval has a town gaol. The cells are locked, and the steward keeps the keys.

Locks and keys

The steward sells a lock with its key for 12 öre. Click your own door, chest or crate with the lock to fit it, then click it holding the key to lock or unlock it. A locked door stays shut and a locked chest stays closed for everyone without the key. Your key shows its lock's number.

The lock-up

Every manor now has a stone lock-up by the road: a guard room between two cells with iron-barred doors you can see through. Reval has a town gaol. The cells are locked, and the steward keeps the keys.

World: reset (everyone starts with a new character; logins kept). Tests: verify passed; live test passed.

v0.13.0 — The crafting wheel and furniture 2026-10-05

The crafting wheel	Hold Z with planks, logs, firewood or fieldstones in your hand: a wheel shows what you can make. Aim at one with the mouse and let go of Z. When there are more than fit, "More…" turns the page. A quick tap of Z still eats your bread.
See it before you build	What you picked follows the mouse as a see-through picture, green where it fits and red where it doesn't. Click to build it. Escape puts the plan aside.
Furniture	Planks make tables, benches, stools, beds, chests, crates and signposts; a log makes a log bench; six fieldstones make a stove of your own.
It all works	Sit on a bench or stool to rest (you heal faster, and a meal at a table fills you more). Lie in a bed to heal fast and stay warm at night. Put things on tables. Keep things in chests and crates. Write a message on your signpost for everyone to read. Right-click your own furniture with an axe to take it apart.
Furnished houses	Village barn-dwellings, manor houses and town houses now have beds, tables, benches and stools. Anyone can sit in them, but they belong to the household.

The crafting wheel

Hold Z with planks, logs, firewood or fieldstones in your hand: a wheel shows what you can make. Aim at one with the mouse and let go of Z. When there are more than fit, "More…" turns the page. A quick tap of Z still eats your bread.

See it before you build

What you picked follows the mouse as a see-through picture, green where it fits and red where it doesn't. Click to build it. Escape puts the plan aside.

Furniture

Planks make tables, benches, stools, beds, chests, crates and signposts; a log makes a log bench; six fieldstones make a stove of your own.

It all works

Sit on a bench or stool to rest (you heal faster, and a meal at a table fills you more). Lie in a bed to heal fast and stay warm at night. Put things on tables. Keep things in chests and crates. Write a message on your signpost for everyone to read. Right-click your own furniture with an axe to take it apart.

Furnished houses

Village barn-dwellings, manor houses and town houses now have beds, tables, benches and stools. Anyone can sit in them, but they belong to the household.

World: reset (everyone starts with a new character; logins kept). Tests: verify passed; live test passed.

v0.12.0 — Day, night and the fire 2026-10-05

Day and night	A game day passes every 3 real hours: dusk falls, then about 50 minutes of dark night, then dawn. The status box shows the time and how long until the next change. At night you only make out people's names when they stand by you or by a light; the steward, the town clerk and the household's workers carry lanterns.
Campfires	Hold 2 pieces of firewood and click open ground: you lay a fire in a ring of stones and light it. It lights up the dark and crackles. One piece burns about 6 minutes; click the fire with firewood to feed it, or it burns down to ashes. Not in a manor's court, not indoors and not inside Reval.
Warmth	At night you get cold out in the open (slower indoors). Cold, you work slower and hit softer; by a fire you warm up quickly. Bread eaten by a fire fills you half as much again. Firewood is now worth keeping back as well as selling.
Stoves	Barn-dwellings, kitchens and town houses have stoves. The village families keep theirs lit from evening till morning, so the village glows at night and anyone can come in to warm up. Anyone can feed a stove firewood to light it in the day.

Day and night

A game day passes every 3 real hours: dusk falls, then about 50 minutes of dark night, then dawn. The status box shows the time and how long until the next change. At night you only make out people's names when they stand by you or by a light; the steward, the town clerk and the household's workers carry lanterns.

Campfires

Hold 2 pieces of firewood and click open ground: you lay a fire in a ring of stones and light it. It lights up the dark and crackles. One piece burns about 6 minutes; click the fire with firewood to feed it, or it burns down to ashes. Not in a manor's court, not indoors and not inside Reval.

Warmth

At night you get cold out in the open (slower indoors). Cold, you work slower and hit softer; by a fire you warm up quickly. Bread eaten by a fire fills you half as much again. Firewood is now worth keeping back as well as selling.

Stoves

Barn-dwellings, kitchens and town houses have stoves. The village families keep theirs lit from evening till morning, so the village glows at night and anyone can come in to warm up. Anyone can feed a stove firewood to light it in the day.

World: reset (everyone starts with a new character; logins kept). Tests: verify passed; live test passed.

v0.11.0 — Giving and paying 2026-10-05

Hand things over	Hold something and click another player: you hold it out to them. They choose "Take it" or "No thanks", and it goes into their free hand. People nearby see the deal.
Pay people	Right-click another player standing next to you, type how many öre, and press Enter: the coins go from your purse to theirs. Hire a friend to split logs, or pay for bread.
Nobody wakes up on the clerk	New arrivals are never put down on the tile where the steward or the town clerk stands.

Hand things over

Hold something and click another player: you hold it out to them. They choose "Take it" or "No thanks", and it goes into their free hand. People nearby see the deal.

Pay people

Right-click another player standing next to you, type how many öre, and press Enter: the coins go from your purse to theirs. Hire a friend to split logs, or pay for bread.

Nobody wakes up on the clerk

New arrivals are never put down on the tile where the steward or the town clerk stands.

World: reset (everyone starts with a new character; logins kept). Tests: verify passed; live test passed.

v0.10.0 — The manor's big order of the day 2026-10-05

A big order every day	Each manor's steward posts one big job a game day (3 hours), for example 40 planks for the new granary floor. It shows over the court and in your status box, with how much is in and how long is left.
Work on it together	Everything you sell him of that kind counts towards it, paid as usual, even after he has enough for his daily needs. When it's filled, everyone who helped shares a bonus by how much they brought, and the whole country hears who brought the most.
Fill it, or else	A filled order means a bigger one tomorrow; a missed one makes the lord unhappy and the next one smaller.
Fixed	News for everyone (freedom, big orders) no longer turns into a box floating over the map.

A big order every day

Each manor's steward posts one big job a game day (3 hours), for example 40 planks for the new granary floor. It shows over the court and in your status box, with how much is in and how long is left.

Work on it together

Everything you sell him of that kind counts towards it, paid as usual, even after he has enough for his daily needs. When it's filled, everyone who helped shares a bonus by how much they brought, and the whole country hears who brought the most.

Fill it, or else

A filled order means a bigger one tomorrow; a missed one makes the lord unhappy and the next one smaller.

Fixed

News for everyone (freedom, big orders) no longer turns into a box floating over the map.

World: reset (everyone starts with a new character; logins kept). Tests: verify passed; live test passed.

v0.9.0 — The household's workers 2026-10-05

Nothing mends itself	When someone breaks part of a manor, the steward shouts for workers. A peasant sets out from the village farm nearest to it, walks to the gap, and you can watch and hear him clear the rubble and rebuild it. Damage that didn't break through is mended the same way once nobody has struck it for a while.
The household tidies up	Things left lying on a manor's ground (the court, its buildings) for about five minutes are picked up by a worker and carried to the manor's stores. Pick up your things in time.
The manor's stores	The steward's panel shows what is in store. Workers use logs, planks and stone from the stores when they rebuild.
The old axe is back	The axe and the felling axe look like the axe from before the art update again, drawn in the game's colours.

Nothing mends itself

When someone breaks part of a manor, the steward shouts for workers. A peasant sets out from the village farm nearest to it, walks to the gap, and you can watch and hear him clear the rubble and rebuild it. Damage that didn't break through is mended the same way once nobody has struck it for a while.

The household tidies up

Things left lying on a manor's ground (the court, its buildings) for about five minutes are picked up by a worker and carried to the manor's stores. Pick up your things in time.

The manor's stores

The steward's panel shows what is in store. Workers use logs, planks and stone from the stores when they rebuild.

The old axe is back

The axe and the felling axe look like the axe from before the art update again, drawn in the game's colours.

World: reset (everyone starts with a new character; logins kept). Tests: verify passed; live test passed.

v0.8.0 — Real trees, and freedom from Reval 2026-10-05

The game starts afresh	Early updates reset the whole game for everyone: choose your manor and a name again. Your login stays the same.
Trees are real trees	Spruces now stand on the forest floor as tall trees, in front of the ground, and a tree in front of you turns see-through. Fell one and it tips over with a crash, leaving 3 logs and a stump.
Forests grow back	Leave a stump and a seedling comes up after a while, then grows into a spruce. Chop the stump out with your axe to clear the ground for building.
Boulders	Granite boulders sit on the ground as objects you walk around. Something heavy breaks them into fieldstones.
Freedom comes from town	The lord will never sell you your freedom. Save 4 riksdaler, walk to Reval (about 15 km west of Maardu) and find the town clerk at his table by the town hall door. He writes you into the town's book of residents, and the council won't hand you back.
Reval	A walled town with three gates, cobbled streets, burgher houses and the town hall on the square. The town guard won't let anyone break its walls.

The game starts afresh

Early updates reset the whole game for everyone: choose your manor and a name again. Your login stays the same.

Trees are real trees

Spruces now stand on the forest floor as tall trees, in front of the ground, and a tree in front of you turns see-through. Fell one and it tips over with a crash, leaving 3 logs and a stump.

Forests grow back

Leave a stump and a seedling comes up after a while, then grows into a spruce. Chop the stump out with your axe to clear the ground for building.

Boulders

Granite boulders sit on the ground as objects you walk around. Something heavy breaks them into fieldstones.

Freedom comes from town

The lord will never sell you your freedom. Save 4 riksdaler, walk to Reval (about 15 km west of Maardu) and find the town clerk at his table by the town hall door. He writes you into the town's book of residents, and the council won't hand you back.

Reval

A walled town with three gates, cobbled streets, burgher houses and the town hall on the square. The town guard won't let anyone break its walls.

World: reset (everyone starts with a new character; logins kept). Tests: verify passed; live test passed.

v0.7.0 — Your first day: work, pay, bread and freedom 2026-10-04

The steward pays	Hold firewood, planks or logs and click the steward in the manor court: he pays 1 öre each and writes you into today's ledger. Each manor only wants so much; when he has enough he tells you which manor still wants some.
Firewood	Right-click logs with an axe to split one into 3 pieces of firewood. Clicking still splits one into 2 planks.
His shop	Click him with an empty hand to see what he wants today and who has worked for the manor. Buy rye bread (2 öre), an axe (10 öre) or a felling axe (30 öre, fells a spruce in two blows).
Your freedom	Save 4 riksdaler (192 öre) and buy your freedom from your own manor's steward. You become a free peasant, everyone hears about it, and stewards pay you half as much again.
Hunger	You get hungry while you play (not while you're logged out). Hungry, you work slower and hit softer. Hold bread and press Z to eat. New characters start with a loaf.
Breaking costs you	Break part of a manor and its steward keeps 3 öre of your pay for it. You can't buy your freedom while you owe your own manor.
Sounds and numbers	Chopping, a tree falling, stone, doors, building, coins and eating all make a sound ("Sound: on/off" at the bottom of the side panel). Your pay rises over your head.
What to do next	The box at the top left shows your purse, how close you are to freedom, your hunger, and your next step until you've sold a few loads.
Rounder ground	Meadows, paths and forest edges now meet in rounded, ragged shapes instead of squares, and the cobbled court and water no longer show tile edges. Wall tops are plain stone again (no windows or plinths on top).

The steward pays

Hold firewood, planks or logs and click the steward in the manor court: he pays 1 öre each and writes you into today's ledger. Each manor only wants so much; when he has enough he tells you which manor still wants some.

Firewood

Right-click logs with an axe to split one into 3 pieces of firewood. Clicking still splits one into 2 planks.

His shop

Click him with an empty hand to see what he wants today and who has worked for the manor. Buy rye bread (2 öre), an axe (10 öre) or a felling axe (30 öre, fells a spruce in two blows).

Your freedom

Save 4 riksdaler (192 öre) and buy your freedom from your own manor's steward. You become a free peasant, everyone hears about it, and stewards pay you half as much again.

Hunger

You get hungry while you play (not while you're logged out). Hungry, you work slower and hit softer. Hold bread and press Z to eat. New characters start with a loaf.

Breaking costs you

Break part of a manor and its steward keeps 3 öre of your pay for it. You can't buy your freedom while you owe your own manor.

Sounds and numbers

Chopping, a tree falling, stone, doors, building, coins and eating all make a sound ("Sound: on/off" at the bottom of the side panel). Your pay rises over your head.

What to do next

The box at the top left shows your purse, how close you are to freedom, your hunger, and your next step until you've sold a few loads.

Rounder ground

Meadows, paths and forest edges now meet in rounded, ragged shapes instead of squares, and the cobbled court and water no longer show tile edges. Wall tops are plain stone again (no windows or plinths on top).

World: kept. Everyone starts with an empty purse. Tests: verify passed; live test passed.

v0.6.0 — One look for the whole world 2026-10-04

Everything drawn in one style	Ground, walls, doors, boulders and the things you carry are now all drawn by hand in one set of colours, at the same scale and lit from the same side, so they finally belong together.
Crisp pixels	Zoom goes in whole steps, so pixels stay sharp and tiles meet cleanly. The mouse wheel still zooms.
Cobbles and spruce	The manor court is properly cobbled, and forests read as one canopy of spruce instead of a pattern of squares.

Everything drawn in one style

Ground, walls, doors, boulders and the things you carry are now all drawn by hand in one set of colours, at the same scale and lit from the same side, so they finally belong together.

Crisp pixels

Zoom goes in whole steps, so pixels stay sharp and tiles meet cleanly. The mouse wheel still zooms.

Cobbles and spruce

The manor court is properly cobbled, and forests read as one canopy of spruce instead of a pattern of squares.

World: kept (only the pictures changed). Tests: verify passed, including the new art check; live test passed.

v0.5.0 — What's new, in the game 2026-10-04

This panel	After a new version goes live, the first time you log in you see what changed. Close it with × or Esc; it won't show again until the next version.
"What's new" link	Bottom of the side panel, next to Log out: opens the latest update again, with a link to earlier ones.

This panel

After a new version goes live, the first time you log in you see what changed. Close it with × or Esc; it won't show again until the next version.

"What's new" link

Bottom of the side panel, next to Log out: opens the latest update again, with a link to earlier ones.

World: kept. Tests: verify passed; live test passed.

v0.4.0 — Joined walls 2026-10-04

Walls join up	Walls now join their neighbours the way SS13's do, so manor houses, barns and the log walls you build look like one continuous wall with proper corners and ends instead of separate squares. Log walls join log walls; stone and plastered walls join each other; every wall joins doors.
You see the wall's face	Seen from above, a wall shows its top, and its front (south) face shows wherever it doesn't carry on southwards, so rooms are easier to read.
Doors no longer confuse your position	Fixed: walking into a shut door could leave the game thinking you were still in the doorway, so the door wouldn't shut and things next to you were "out of reach".

Walls join up

Walls now join their neighbours the way SS13's do, so manor houses, barns and the log walls you build look like one continuous wall with proper corners and ends instead of separate squares. Log walls join log walls; stone and plastered walls join each other; every wall joins doors.

You see the wall's face

Seen from above, a wall shows its top, and its front (south) face shows wherever it doesn't carry on southwards, so rooms are easier to read.

Doors no longer confuse your position

Fixed: walking into a shut door could leave the game thinking you were still in the doorway, so the door wouldn't shut and things next to you were "out of reach".

World: kept. Tests: verify passed (browser 51/51, protocol 25/25; one browser check was too strict about the manor door being shut before a raid and now accepts an open door too). Live test passed.

v0.3.1 — The autopilot takes over 2026-10-04

Nothing new in the game itself	This release sets up the tools that let Claude keep building the game on Tori's PC: safe releases that test the live site and roll back on their own, and an autopilot that works through the roadmap twice a day.

Nothing new in the game itself

This release sets up the tools that let Claude keep building the game on Tori's PC: safe releases that test the live site and roll back on their own, and an autopilot that works through the roadmap twice a day.

World: kept. Tests: verify passed; live test passed.

v0.3.0 — Everything breakable, generated manors 2026-10-04

Hit anything with anything	Trees, walls, doors, boulders, people and yourself. Breaking goes blow by blow (one every 0.8 s) and cracks show the damage. An axe gets through a stone wall eventually, but it wears down and breaks into scrap iron.
Progress bars only for making	Building, taking apart (right-click) and splitting logs show a bar; breaking doesn't.
Fight mode (F)	Every click is a blow. Bruises heal over time; enough blows knock you out. No attacking other players on manor land.
Generated manors and villages	Buildings follow structural rules (wall spans, inner walls, doors in straight walls, every room reachable): a manor house over a court, service buildings, a smithy apart, farmsteads along the road.
Blended ground	Grass, dirt, fields, forest, sand and water meet with ragged edges.

Hit anything with anything

Trees, walls, doors, boulders, people and yourself. Breaking goes blow by blow (one every 0.8 s) and cracks show the damage. An axe gets through a stone wall eventually, but it wears down and breaks into scrap iron.

Progress bars only for making

Building, taking apart (right-click) and splitting logs show a bar; breaking doesn't.

Fight mode (F)

Every click is a blow. Bruises heal over time; enough blows knock you out. No attacking other players on manor land.

Generated manors and villages

Buildings follow structural rules (wall spans, inner walls, doors in straight walls, every room reachable): a manor house over a court, service buildings, a smithy apart, farmsteads along the road.

Blended ground

Grass, dirt, fields, forest, sand and water meet with ragged edges.

World: reset (new manors). Characters kept. Tests: 46/46 browser, 25/25 protocol, live test passed.

v0.2.0 — Names and the first foundations 2026-10-04

Names from your manor	You pick a given name; your family name is your manor ("Jaan of Maardu"). Letters only, capitalised.
Things in your hands	Items lie on the ground and go in two hands, belt, back and two pouches, with SS13 keys (Q drop, X swap, E equip, Z use, T say, Y whisper, M emote).
Materials loop	Fell a spruce for logs, build log walls, split planks, build floors and doors.
SS13 doors and chat	Doors open when you walk into them; what you do and hear shows in the chat log.

Names from your manor

You pick a given name; your family name is your manor ("Jaan of Maardu"). Letters only, capitalised.

Things in your hands

Items lie on the ground and go in two hands, belt, back and two pouches, with SS13 keys (Q drop, X swap, E equip, Z use, T say, Y whisper, M emote).

Materials loop

Fell a spruce for logs, build log walls, split planks, build floors and doors.

SS13 doors and chat

Doors open when you walk into them; what you do and hear shows in the chat log.

World: reset. Tests: 39/39 browser test.

v0.1.0 — First slice 2026-10-04

Accounts and manors	Register, pick one of 8 real manors on a period map, and start as a landless serf.
The real map	Estonia and northern Livonia from real geography, generated as players discover it.
Multiplayer	See and talk to each other, build and break, raid NPC manors and watch them repair.

Accounts and manors

The real map

Estonia and northern Livonia from real geography, generated as players discover it.

Multiplayer

See and talk to each other, build and break, raid NPC manors and watch them repair.