
You’ll even be able to breed new species like llamas from the guanacos, which would’ve taken many generations.” When you begin to fish, at first you’ll only be able to fish in the shallows, until you evolve and discover more ways of fishing that let you reach further. You’ll apparently even come across some baby animals “that just don’t grow any larger!” Timo and Joni add, “we are compressing time quite a bit to allow for these kinds of inventions, like bronze age tools and the ability to domesticate plants and animals. For instance, a bison might evolve into a cow, while a wild boar might evolve into a pig. Similarly, we’ll have to find animals for ourselves befriending them in the wild and taking them back to our clan as “sources of nourishment, protection, and friendship.” As you care for them, you’ll soon be able to breed them and see them evolve into new species. The devs say that you won’t find a seed or animal shop, explaining on the Kickstarter page that “part of settling means exploring the wildlands to discover new plants and improving them, making wild variants more nutritious and valuable.” We’ll be tasked with increasing the Clan’s seed storage and learning more about plants. Roots of Pacha looks incredibly detailed. Some days, you’ll wake up to celebrate with your clan by playing music or performing rituals following the customs of the Pachans.” To gather resources, you might decide to venture into the caves to complete a puzzle that allows you to go deeper where materials such as obsidian or tin are tucked away. “Afterwards, you might use the mini map to find that special someone to give a gift to (and maybe dance with) before heading out to find the resources you need to develop your next idea. “You could start the day by watering your crops with your waterskin or using the irrigation system to water your fields much quicker,” Timo and Joni explain. Farming, taking care of our animals, fishing, mining, exploring, and developing friendships all play their part. Your clan will work alongside you, and you’ll be able to build friendships with them, gifting them with their favourite meals or items, or even finding a romanceable partner.įrom the sound of things, we’ll be very busy in Roots of Pacha. Ideas can range from how you handle food to improved tools for the clan, or even bigger notions, like an understanding of gravity. One such Idea, as shown on the game's Kickstarter page, is “Animal riding,” and we can see that Ideas come with what looks like a price of certain resources, and a time span of how long it will take. Eventually, you’ll discover a mysterious structure in the jungle that ties into what called your clan to settle in this new land.” Ideas are a major feature - as you improve your friendships, or come across new animals or resources, clan members will come up with Ideas which will help you progress and aid your clan in evolving. “You’ll need to cooperate with the clan to come up with ‘ideas’ to progress in the game. “Cooperation is the most important aspect of the game, even in single player,” explain Timo and Joni. Roots of Pacha revolves around your clan. The clan then comes to pick the Land Between Two Rivers as its new home. You grow up in the clan, happy and content until a sudden calamity forces the clan to take action, with the elders remembering “an old prophecy” about how they had to “change their way of living” and find a new land.


Believing the baby to be under the protection of Pacha, a deity worshipped by the clan as Mother Nature, they adopt you. We learn more about the game’s premise on its Kickstarter page, which tells us that the clan, otherwise known as Pachans, discovered your character as a baby lost in the woods.
