Winter Cats Studios

Thveit's Steam page is now LIVE! ❤️ Watch our announcement trailer below. Build a cozy settlement inspired by Norse folklore, where changing seasons, ancient traditions, and legendary beings become part of everyday life. ❤️ Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3924780/...

We love when settlements just POP in 👀 #gamedev #indiedev

We’ve added organic districts to Thveit 🏡 As your town grows, districts naturally emerge and divide your settlement into distinct areas, making it easier to understand your town’s layout at a glance. More ways to shape and control your districts are coming later. #gamedev #indiedev

See how your settlement flows 👀 New supply lines let you plan production buildings with more precision, identify bottlenecks, and optimize your layout. Optional in build mode. #gamedev #indiedev

We're happy to finally share our in-game Bestiary! 📖 Handcrafted and animated, with information on the creatures, animals, spirits and Gods you'll encounter throughout Thveit. There's a lot more to discover! #gamedev #indiedev

Behold, Autumn turning into Winter 🍂❄️ #gamedev #indiedev

A fresh look at our winter lighting and color palette ❄️ We feel Winter is finally starting to capture that storybook feeling, with every scene looking more like a painting. #gamedev #indiedev

Added Depth of Field and gave Thveit another lighting pass ✨ We wanted to push the storybook feeling even further, with the goal that no matter where you point the camera, the world feels like a painting. #gamedev #indiedev

Farms are now easier to plan and manage ✨ We added a new grid overlay shader with a subtle pulse effect and Norse-inspired details, making it feel more organic while helping you line up farms, gardens, beehives and more. #gamedev #indiedev #citybuilder

We’re pretty happy with how the new main menu for Thveit turned out 🍂✨ #gamedev #indiedev

Thveit Devlog #4 is live! 🌾 From rye becoming bread, to a choice about hunting whales that could win or lose Njord's favor - here's how Thveit's production chains work. 📖 Read Here: thewintercats.com/blog/farming... #gamedev #indiedev

Shipbuilding is coming to Thveit! ⚓ Before setting out on long voyages, you'll need to build your own ships. Customize them with different sails, figureheads, tails and emblems, while choosing variants with different capacities and storage. #gamedev #indiedev

Inside the lives of Thveit's settlers and animals 🧑‍🌾🐑 You can follow individual settlers around, inspect their cards, see their needs and preferences, and learn how to accommodate them. Keeping everyone happy is a job itself. #gamedev #indiedev

A glimpse into autumn in Thveit 🍂 Prepare for winter by growing rye, building your farms and windmills, and turning your harvest into flour and bread. Also featuring settler stats, UI, and the little details that bring Thveit to life. #gamedev #indiedev

Introducing Tier 2 Homesteads 🏡 You asked, and we’re delivering! We’re expanding Thveit’s building system with upgradable tiers, giving your settlements more verticality, variety, and room to grow. #gamedev #indiedev

Iterating on our graveyard system 🪦 We replaced the wooden fences with low stone walls and added dynamic flowers that bloom as graves are cared for. Thanks to your feedback, too! #gamedev #indiedev

Beehives are in the game! 🐝 Your settlers will tend the bees and produce honey over time. Sell it for profit or use it further down the production chain to brew mead, which your settlers will happily consume. #gamedev #indiedev

We're incredibly honored that @IGN featured Thveit on their main YouTube channel! ❤️ 🎥 (re) watch here: youtu.be/Q_81_QARJNA?... #gamedev #indiedev

Decorate your village and watch it transition into autumn. 🍂 Thveit features seamless seasonal transitions across spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Every season transforms the landscape and changes the atmosphere of your settlement. #gamedev #indiedev

Showcasing a slower, more organic early game. Most settlements begin the same way. Build a few homes, secure food and water, lay down your first roads, and slowly become familiar with the world around you - then expand. #gamedev #indiedev

If Norse folklore is what drew you to Thveit, you'll probably enjoy our latest devlog. We take a deeper look at Trolls, Spirits, Dragons, the Kraken, Landvættir, and how mythology becomes part of everyday life in our cozy city builder. 📖 www.thewintercats.com/blog/norse-f... #gamedev #indiedev

Sharing the Thveit Announcement Trailer here as well! 🍂 In case you missed it - you can wishlist Thveit, our cozy storybook Norse city builder, on Steam now! Thank you for all the incredible support since launch. ❤️ #gamedev #indiedev

A closer look at our (updated) farming and pasture systems🐑 We'll gradually introduce more crops and are already working on new types of livestock, including goats 🐐 #gamedev #indiedev

We wanted to include more of our autumn gameplay in the trailer, but there just wasn't enough room. So here's a cozy glimpse of building a Norse settlement during autumn. 🍂 Wishlist Thveit on Steam if you'd like to follow the journey! #gamedev #indiedev

As we prepare for our Steam store page launch, here's a little timelapse of our cozy Norse settlement coming to life. 🍃 #gamedev #indiedev

🌲 Join the official Thveit Discord! Follow development, chat with the team & community, read devlogs, and be among the first to hear about future playtests. We'd love to have you with us. 🔗 discord.gg/7kKBjQ7e7B #indiegame #gamedev

Build a secluded village in our Norse city builder 🌳 Our new birch trees add a softer, storybook feel to settlements, letting you shape cozy homesteads tucked away beneath their canopies. A tavern beneath a birch has never looked cozier. 🍺 #gamedev #indiedev

We finally added birches to our Norse city builder 🌳 They completely change the feel of a settlement, giving it a much more storybook atmosphere. You'll also be able to plant them as decorative trees to make your villages feel even more alive. Oh.. and say hello to our troll 👋 #gamedev #indiedev

Farming has never been this flexible in our Norse city builder 🌾 Shape your fields however you like. Build across rivers, split farms into separate plots, and mix different crops to create organic farmland that follows the landscape. #gamedev #indiedev

Thank you for featuring Thveit! ❤️ We're excited to share more as development continues. More cozy Norse village life (and plenty more cats 🐈) is on the way.

Happy #ScreenshotSaturday! Here are a few cozy moments from our storybook Norse city builder, Thveit. Hope they brighten your weekend. 🌿 #gamedev #indiedev

Our sheep love rainbows in our Norse city builder 🐑 A quiet bridge, fresh herbs, grazing sheep, and a rainbow after the rain. These are just some of the little magical moments you'll encounter in Thveit. #gamedev #indiedev

You can build your settlement beneath rainbows in our cozy city builder 🌈 Rainbows appear naturally after the rain, lighting up your little Norse village. Sometimes, the smallest moments are what make a settlement truly feel like home. #gamedev #indiedev

Showcasing the stormy weather in our Norse city builder 🌧️ Autumn brings more than colorful golden tones. Rain, thunder, lightning strikes, drifting mist, and dense fog can transform the atmosphere of your settlement in an instant. #gamedev #indiedev

Autumn feels even cozier in our Norse city builder 🍂 We've refreshed the color grading across every season, giving each one a more distinct atmosphere. Autumn is now even more eye appealing and a true joy to build in. #gamedev #indiedev

We're adding verticality to our Norse city builder 🗻 We've been experimenting with elevated terrain and handcrafted mountain formations to create more varied landscapes and make each settlement feel more unique. #gamedev #indiedev

Besides farms and pastures, we've also added custom gardens for your herbalists 🌿 Grow berries, herbs, and mushrooms to help keep your settlement well supplied with food and medicinal resources. #gamedev #indiedev

Welcome Norse folklore to our city builder 🧙‍♂️🐉 From trolls and huldras to dragons, spirits, krakens, and more, Norse mythology actively shapes how your settlement grows and evolves. It's #ScreenshotSaturday - enjoy a few glimpses from the world of Thveit! #gamedev #indiedev

One last showcase of our core city-building features ⚒️ Beyond homes, decorations, and defenses, you'll also build sacred altars, statues of the Norse gods, and other Faith & Folklore structures to earn divine favor and shape the life of your settlement. #gamedev #indiedev