NEANDERTAL
Neandertal cover art: a family of five Neanderthals in a wooded valley, with the game's stone logo.

IN DEVELOPMENT · ALPHA

Neandertal: Guardians of the Fire

Guardians of the Fire

More than 40,000 years ago, a small Neanderthal family struggles to survive in a wooded valley. Gather fruit, find water and collect firewood. Above all, protect the fire: it provides warmth and light, and keeps the family alive. When it goes out, will you know how to light it again?

Discover the project ↗Follow our progress ↓
01 / THE FIRST STEPSUNREAL ENGINE ↗EXPLORE ↓

01 — THE PROJECT

A family's life.
Guardians of the Fire.

Neandertal: Guardians of the Fire is a video game by Jordi Boixader, developed with Unreal Engine. It centres on a Neanderthal family's survival and the care of their fire in a wooded valley.

The game is in Alpha, with an MVP still to come: an initial minimum viable version to test and validate the concept. The game is being developed with AI assistance: Claude for work with Unreal Engine 5.8, ChatGPT for Blender and the website, and Gemini for music. The project also has beta testers and contributors.

See the current status ↗

02 — VISUAL WORLD

The family and their world.

Cover art, environment and menu design.
Visual material from the project.

Game cover without buttons, showing the Neanderthal family in the forest.
The cover art Version without buttons · Open image ↗
Menu design with Play, Settings — Coming soon, and Exit buttons, labelled in Catalan.
The game menu Design with buttons · Open image ↗
A campfire burning within a ring of stones beside the river, in a sunlit wooded valley with waterfalls. No characters.
The valley's fire The same setting, with the campfire · Open image ↗

Artwork from the project. These images show the cover art, the campfire setting and the menu design; they are not gameplay screenshots. Menu text in the artwork remains in Catalan.

03 — DEVELOPMENT

Step by step,
towards the first version.

A project in progress. Here's where we are.

  1. 01

    Alpha phase NOW

    Initial game development with Unreal Engine.

  2. 02

    First MVP

    Still to come. The first minimum viable version to validate the concept.

  3. 03

    Distribution

    Downloads and potential platforms such as Steam. Availability and dates to be confirmed.

04 — DOWNLOADS

Your first step
will begin here.

When a version is available, you'll be able to check
the requirements and download the installer here.

↓

Neandertal: Guardians of the Fire · Alpha

Installer not yet available

AWAITING THE MVP

Steam and other platforms Links to be confirmed ↗

When will it be available to download?

No date has been announced yet. This section will be updated when a version is ready to share.

What will the system requirements be?

Supported systems and requirements will be published alongside each available version.

05 — CREDITS

The people helping us.

Thank you for helping Neandertal grow.

Beta testers

  • Jaume
  • Lorena
  • Pau

Contributors

  • Esteban
  • Alberto

Development with AI assistance

Neandertal: Guardians of the Fire is a project by Jordi Boixader, developed with support from these artificial intelligence tools.

Claude
Assistance with game development in Unreal Engine 5.8.
ChatGPT
Assistance with Blender and building the website.
Gemini
Assistance with creating the music.