Skip to content
All games
Closed beta, online

歸航HOMEWARD

3D survival city-builder and governance

The ark can't carry everyone.

You are the acting commander of a crew stranded on a frozen planet. You have sixty days to build an ark and make the launch window, but there are not enough seats. Draw up the list, tear the city down for parts, or hand the hard calls to NOVA. Every choice is yours.

Genre
3D survival city-builder and governance
Platform
Web browser
Status
Closed beta, online
How to play
Online closed beta with access keys
Built with
Three.js, TypeScript, Vite, Web Audio, Blender
The camp in an ice storm
Taking the city apart for the ark
The last night
Launch

歸航HOMEWARD

Sixty days.

A camp on the ice has to outlast storm after storm.

Tear down the city.Build an ark.

Take the city apart for the ship: hull, main engine, navigation, one piece at a time.

The day the list goes up,the ark can't carry everyone.

People beg for places, hoard food and rush the launch pad.

The last night.Launch.

Who leaves and who stays is written into the ledger at the end.

Gameplay

Sixty days, one ark

The camp has to outlast storm after storm. Oxygen, food, water and heat all run low, and the forecast only tells you the worst case. Rationing and sending crews out into the snow are your orders to give.

The day of the list

The day the hull, main engine and navigation are done, everyone can count the seats. Once the list is out, people beg for places, hoard food and rush the launch pad.

Everyone has a name

Crew members have names, traits, relationships and stories of their own. Who got hurt and who stayed behind is written into the ledger at the end.

Trust NOVA, or govern yourself

Hand your judgment to the camp's NOVA, or take the human path. Each path's protocols cut deeper the further you sign, and the last page of the ending asks: was it worth it?

More than one way home

Besides the launch there are two more routes: staying behind through the long night, or the ship that came before. Short runs roll different planet traits and cold-wave levels every time.

Screens

HOMEWARD in-game: the camp on the ice
Taking the city apart for the ark
The protocol board
An ice storm rolls in
NOVA's monitor feed
The last night
Launch

Under the hood

Rules and rendering are fully separate and the simulation is deterministic: same seed, same inputs, same result, every time.

137 3D models are built procedurally by Blender scripts. Devices without WebGL2 fall back to a 2D renderer and the game still plays.

In-game sound effects and music are synthesized live with Web Audio, and the score is generative.

An automated player runs full games on a fixed set of seeds and the endings are snapshotted, so every rule change shows up.

Next game

CHASSIS-0零號構裝

Auto-aim. Full control.