MeltwaterAfter the Great Thaw
World & Legends
An Arctic post-apocalypse is the setting for Meltwater. Your expedition reaches an unfamiliar coast; the settlement that follows gives the journey its direction.
An expedition of your own
First comes the voyage. Then a place to land, work to assign and a settlement to supply. An export leaves the harbour; the ship returns with something the colony needs.
Meltwater is a strategy sandbox built around your expedition, rather than a scripted campaign. The setting gives each decision a place in the world.
The northern frontier
The game's art pairs cold seas and mountain horizons with warmer signs of settlement: timber, parchment, brass, lanterns and busy quays.
The thaw is not a reason to make every scene a frozen wasteland. The illustrated harbour also shows green slopes, clear water and a place taking shape.
People who shape a colony
As civic influence reaches a threshold, the current game offers a choice of Legends. Each brings an effect that can support a different direction for the expedition.
Ships and scouts travel farther beneath the aurora.
Alpha 1 effect: +1 movement point for scouts and ships.
TradeFurs move through northern markets with unusual efficiency.
Alpha 1 effect: +25% fur production.
TimberCareful stewardship increases the timber available to settlements.
Alpha 1 effect: +20% lumber production.
GrowthBetter communal stores turn surplus food into growth.
Alpha 1 effect: a +20% food-growth modifier.
The symbols are game profession badges, not character portraits. Final isolated Legend portraits are not installed in the current game.
The art of the world
These owner-approved studies belong to the deferred v0.2.0 art direction. They are design references, not final installed assets or screenshots of released gameplay.
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