The Roadmap
From the trailhead to today. From here, the path forks.
Performance Review: Survivor is content complete. What comes next isn't locked in, and it won't be another learning project, so here are the trails we're scouting. Maybe one of them. Maybe a mash-up. Maybe something we haven't thought of yet.
Trailhead · Feb 2026
LanternWard Games is founded
Two of us in the Northern Wisconsin woods light the lantern and put this site up. We came in fresh off a January survivors-like prototype that taught us a lot, even if it didn't stick.
Our story →Early 2026
Performance Review: Survivor begins
A new idea sticks: fight your coworkers with office supplies and try to survive 30 years.
Late May 2026
Our first Steam page goes live
The first wishlist button with our name on it. It's real now.
See it on Steam →
Fork in the trailWhich way next?
Around the campfire
Smaller projects, jams and prototypes between the big ones, and a lot more posting about how it all gets made.
Overgrown trails
Paused, not forgotten. We might clear these again someday.
Learning Project 2
Learning Project 2
“Every time you conquer the summit, your character ascends—but that might not be a good thing.”
The Primal Cycle — Phase 1
Project Spark
“Seek revenge against human invaders. Ancient dinosaur clans hold the key to reclaiming a dying world.”
The Primal Cycle — Phase 2
Project Ignition
“After the collapse, you flee to a prehistoric past—but magic is real here.”
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