A ‘fundamental’ update for this 34-year-old survival game is coming in October

Survival game UnReal World is getting an update this October: Here’s why that’s rad:

• The game launched in 1992 and it’s still getting patches
• The 34-year-old game is considered the first open world survival game—it even has a Guinness World Record for it
• Its creator, Sami Maaranen, has no plans to stop updating it: “When I accomplish one feature, I always have two more waiting”
• The update will bring “fundamental new clothcrafting features” to UnReal World
• This isn’t just some simple outfits being added: “the most complex garments [take] days and days to craft“

That last bullet is important. Materials for garments are expensive: one of the screenshots in the patch notes shows a woman, Heta, bartering for nine feet of linen cloth with another characher. She is offering up a hunting bow, 5 arrows, and a handaxe, and the seller still isn’t willing to close the deal.

“Heta is haggling over the price of 9 feet of linen cloth. That’s just the length required for making an undershirt,” the developer says. “Oh how light, soft and cosy undershirt it would make, but there is really a price to pay for that.”