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Former developers from Bethesda, BioWare, and Naughty Dog bring you a sandbox RPG realm of anthropomorphic animals and fairy creatures. Play co-op or solo as you build a village of memorable NPCs, farm, craft, explore, and celebrate the seasons in an ever-changing world bigger than you.

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Hawthorn Coming Soon on Kickstarter

11 Dec, 2024

We are excited to reveal that we are bringing Hawthorn to Kickstarter! Our Kickstarter Coming Soon page is live and will be premiered later today during the Women-Led Games Showcase - The Game Awards Edition! Please follow us on this Kickstarter journey as we build this nostalgic world for all to enjoy!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nearstudios/hawthorn

Please click the "Notify me on Launch" button on the Kickstarter page to receive a notification when the Kickstarter officially launches.

We also need your help sharing this page as widely as possible to help with visibility. We are depending entirely on organic word of mouth for this campaign.

You can keep an eye out for Hawthorn on the Women-Led Games Showcase here starting at 7pm EST:

www.youtube.com/@Women-LedGames

We are excited to work with our community to bring this game that we are incredibly passionate about to the world! ❤️ Look out for more details about gameplay and the world of Hawthorn in the coming month!

Thank you for your support!

Hawthorn Dev Team

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Looks cute but i'm concerned about AI

I added the game to my wishlist right as I saw it but then noticed it has AI involved. I'm curious whether it's generative AI profiting off stolen work or some other kind of machinery? If it's the first one, i'm probably dropping the game from my wishlist D:...

RedFeather

29 Dec, 2024 @ 9:40pm

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Hawthorn Dev Q&A

6 Dec, 2024

Hey everyone!

We’re thrilled to share that we'll be hosting our first-ever developer Q&A session in our Discord[www.discord.gg] server on Dec. 10th from 3:00 - 4:00 PM EST!

Our Director of Community & Creator Relations and host for this event, Andy Belford, will be joined by the following panel guests for this initial session focused on who we are as a studio:

• Heather Cerlan, Co-Founder & CEO
• Jason Richardson, Co-Founder & Game Director
• Bjorn Taylor, Lead Designer

We love seeing the questions you all have posted so far and we’re excited to bring our whole community together in one place to answer your most burning questions about the team’s background or life at NEARstudios in general!

We intend to host many more Q&As in the coming months to highlight a variety of topics and team members, including a session centered around the world and lore in January, so make sure to join us on Discord www.discord.gg/hawthorn for the opportunity to learn more about the world of Hawthorn before anyone else! Also, be sure to follow our social channels to see more content about the game.

Here's the link to the Discord Stage Event:
https://discord.gg/hawthorn?event=1315197535366676481

Submit your questions here:
https://discord.com/channels/1175009216566657034/1175010990883086406/1314636795501088819

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AI-Generated Content in Hawthorn? An Absolute Travesty!

Look, I've got ONE word for Hawthorn: Betrayal. A betrayal of everything sacred in the world of cozy woodland creatures and whimsical trading posts. Sure, they say they aren't shipping with AI-generated content, but did you read between the lines? AI-generated placeholders, my friends! The horror! The audacity! Imagine the innocent woodland villagers and forest tricksters, painstakingly built with nothing but love and handcrafted artistry, suddenly marred by the cold, lifeless touch of AI. What are we supp...

GameDotExe

14 Oct, 2024 @ 1:55pm

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Wishlisted and then removed

No AI in games development, please. I don't care if you "promise" not to use AI assets in the game or that humans will retouch what's generated. Looks like it could be a fun game but any AI assisted product is an instant refusal for me.

genius.in.disguise

19 Nov, 2024 @ 3:59pm

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Being made with unpaid workers

Bloomberg has a big sob story write up about this ridiculous developer. The most insane part of the whole thing is how the con (wo)man running the company has convinced all of her 12 employees to work on the game without paying them anything: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-10-18/viral-new-indie-video-game-hawthorn-has-a-tragic-backstory...

Mr. Lambert

11 Dec, 2024 @ 9:50am

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This looks like Redwall the Game and I'm here for it.

Think I can build the Abbey? Will there be badgers and hares?

SoleReclaimer

16 Dec, 2024 @ 11:17am

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