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Game studio founded by a programmer, a professor and a professor turned programmer. Working on ITAT - a turn-based strategy about forging a cultural identity of a prehistoric tribe. Wishlist on steam! store.steampowered.com/app/2447370/It_Takes_a_Tribe

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Thank you very much for your kind words! This means the world to us.

Not yet, but we will. We are currently knee deep in playtesting, analytics and implementing the missing systems. We will start some kind of devlog where we will talk about procgen, yes. This is a theme very dear to us.

04.11.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The difference between life and death? A warmer fire. A stronger shelter. A sharper edge.

Hides become tents. Flint becomes blades. Discover recipes, experiment and craft the tools your clans need to endure, to grow, to thrive.

#indiegame #strategy

04.11.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yugo FTW!

03.11.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you very much!

01.11.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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These are early screenshots from our strategy game about forging a cultural identity of a nomadic prehistoric tribe.

It's not about the destination, but the friends... and foes you meet along the way.

#screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev #procgen #pcgame

01.11.2025 07:42 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

One could even say - its always the little details.

30.10.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is so nice to hear. We did spend a lot of time and effort getting it to look just right. And we are not completely there yet, stay tuned!

30.10.2025 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks for the kind words, here is the teaser trailer:

30.10.2025 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you for hosting #TurnBasedThursday!

Lead a tribe of prehistoric nomads in "It Takes a Tribe", single player strategy played out in a huge simulated ecosystem. Design art, forge a cultural identity!

store.steampowered.com/app/2447370/...

30.10.2025 09:39 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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As the sun rises over the valley, your clans awaken. The day greats you with the river's song, the scratching of claws in the undergrowth, the distant call of a mammoth.

But in the safety of the camp, the brutal world outside fades to a distant echo.

#indiegame

29.10.2025 10:53 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our game is featured in the Games from Croatia steam event!

Proud to share the spotlight with some brilliant games made by our friends. Come, take a look!

store.steampowered.com/sale/gamesfr...

#gamedev #indiedev

28.10.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It Takes a Tribe is a single player strategy in which you lead a tribe of prehistoric nomads on a journey from survival to a unique tribal culture.

Will you be hunters or gatherers? Shamans or builders?

Wishlist on Steam!

store.steampowered.com/app/2447370/...

#gamedev #pcgaming #indiegames

27.10.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I didn't know I was a fogfan until just now.

26.10.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cool! The peninsula with mountains, the lakes, the rugged coast!

26.10.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Something like that. But the focus is on survival and PVE, you are the first and only humans in the world, trying to tell their story.

24.10.2025 07:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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After survival is assured, the tribe will begin to develop their identity. Their own history and culture.

What will your tribe be like? What will they focus on? Tell us in comments!

#itat #gamedev #procgen #indiedev

24.10.2025 07:34 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But what happens in a long game, when you have zoomed in a lot on different areas?

21.10.2025 10:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow! How do you manage all that, states, transitions, stuff? Let alone the visual representation.

21.10.2025 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How many trees are on that island thing?

20.10.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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In this unforgiving world, survival begins with a single question: How will your clans find food? Forage the wilds, fish the rivers, scavenge the remains or hunt the great beasts. Prepare food or eat it raw.

Each choice will shape your fate.

#indiedev #gamedev #pcgaming #indiegames #itat

20.10.2025 08:04 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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They ruled the ancient world and they are a part of our living ecosystem. Mammoths, giant sloths, sabertooth tigers.

To call this brutal and mythical world home, you will have to learn to live beside them.

#indiedev #gamedev #pcgaming #indiegames #ittakesatribe

16.10.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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As She drifted from the primal stillness, the First Wanderer breathed life into Titans and other ancient beings.
From their hands, the world was shaped. From Her deepest longings, a tribe was born.

It is here our story begins.

#indiedev #gamedev #pcgaming #turnbasedstrategy #ittakesatribe

15.10.2025 08:14 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As someone who indeed did boggle their first attempt at homemade pasta (didn't fold dough on first few passes), and as someone who's mind is often boggled - I agree.

14.10.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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"I boggled my first effort to make homemade pasta."

According to Merriam-Webster

14.10.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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What do you think this game is about?

#turnbasedstrategy #pcgame #indiegames

13.10.2025 09:17 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What do you think this game is about?

#turnbasedstrategy #pcgame #indiegames

13.10.2025 09:17 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are a small indie studio obsessed with what happens when systems collide: strategy, survival, simulation and all the stories that emerge in between.

Worlds that feel alive. Choices that matter. Follow along as we shape our first living world, one system at a time.

#indiedev #gamedev #pcgaming

08.10.2025 09:50 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Goofster!

06.10.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It looks like the popping is visible due to shadows, more than the differences in the object itself.

19.09.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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