The Nature

The Nature is set in a world where you and other creatures struggle to survive. You can speak with the spirit of nature, which seeks to eliminate anomalies and restore balance. It tasks you with defeating other anomalies.

Develop your character

Your four attributes—strength, vitality, agility and intelligence—increase according to your actions rather than direct choices. For example, walking or dodging projectiles raises agility. You can equip weapons, which grant new skills, and encounter three status effects: Slow, Immobilized and Poisoned.

Crafting and family

Gather items to craft a dream item. Once crafted, it disappears from your skill set; to choose a new dream, you must find and drink a dream liquid. You can also find a partner and have a baby. Committing to a partner is irreversible.

Build a party

After you defeat a living, it may choose to obey you. You can accept or decline; accepted livings join your party and follow you. If their thirst or hunger rises above a certain threshold, they ignore party duties.

AI and modding

AI-controlled creatures do not cheat and can gather items, craft, form parties and start families. The game uses text files for most parameters, allowing you to change the attributes of livings and items, as well as ability damage and status effects. You can also add livings, items, blueprints, ranged skills and quests, and change or add music and sound effects.