Cinder Ridge is an upcoming simulation / roleplaying game about restoring California’s forests. The game combines mechanics from third-person character action games and real time strategy games. Players directly control a single point of view character, but work with a small crew of AI characters to adapt and restore a simulated forest ecology based on Northern California’s forests.

Right now, we’re aiming for a PC release first. In the future we are excited to port the game to other platforms.

We have no release date yet. We’re currently working on creating a vertical slice of the game. At that point, we’ll seek a publisher to work with to help with the release and distribution. If you’re a publisher that is interested in Cinder Ridge, please email julia@understory.games.

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Yes, but not yet! Stay tuned for announcements in Discord in the future!

In 2022, Julia Wang and Nick Crockett started Understory Games to support the development of Cinder Ridge, and we are now working with a team of great artists, designers, and engineers. For more information on Understory Games, visit the about page.