Home by the River

Home by the River is about restoring a polluted homestead and turning it into a home. You remove trash and dead trees, plant new trees and crops, and earn money and resources by growing and harvesting. As you level up, you unlock more tiles to place in the world.

Clean the homestead

You can place solar panels, establish wind farms and build a clean reactor. Trees can help reduce pollution if you let them grow, or you can harvest them for lumber to sell as part of sustainable forestry.

Grow and cook

Plant corn, wheat, sugar and trees. Sell harvested crops or process them for cooking.

Manage your stats

Your actions depend on keeping your stats in good shape:

• Hunger: eat food to keep from being unable to act.
• Energy: rest when tired, or you will be unable to act.
• Spirit: meditate when depressed, or you will be unable to act.
• Experience: gain XP and level up to unlock more tile types and activities.
• Virtue: affects how people react to you and your end-game experience.

Earn income

You can sell crops to rivermen, or use a trading terminal once you reach a higher level. Collect sky nodes for money, XP and spirit, make computer games for income, or establish ventures that generate passive income. Solar panels also earn income. You can bail out businesses close to default; in return, they make you a shareholder and pay dividends.

Research and helpers

Establish an underground lab to gain research points, unlock research cards and create clean reactor components to donate to the world. You can enlist pioneers to help with your objectives; Harvester pioneers remove trash, cut down dead trees and harvest mature crops.

Other activities

You can feed your super cat, change its colours or give it a hat. Upgrade your hoverboard and fly, and earn any of the game's 89 achievements.