UNDER CANOPIES
PRESS KIT
Updated October 25, 2026

FACT SHEET
Developer: Novemtails, Roberto Ortiz · Mexico

Publisher: Assemble Entertainment

Early Access release: October 23, 2026

Platform: PC (Windows), Available on Steam

Genre: Open world survival crafting, Cozy simulation

Players: Single-player

SHORT DESCRIPTION
Under Canopies is a cozy open-world survival crafting game about living alongside nature. Build your dream cabin, grow ingredients, cook over 30 recipes and photograph wildlife in a peaceful forest without combat or hunting.

FULL DESCRIPTION
Settle into the Sanctuary, a vibrant forest where survival is shaped by resourcefulness, creativity and care. Gather materials, manage your needs and explore at your own pace. There is no combat or hunting. Progress comes from understanding the world and making a home within it.

Build a cabin piece by piece with a modular building system, then make it your own with furniture, decorations and handmade items. Tend your garden and turn the ingredients you grow and gather into over 30 recipes. Feed and care for farm animals, and get to know the wild creatures that share the forest.

Take your camera along to photograph wildlife and fill your nature journal. Follow forest paths, discover hidden letters and find quiet moments worth keeping. Created by solo developer Roberto Ortiz under the Novemtails label and published by Assemble Entertainment, Under Canopies is available in Early Access on Steam.

KEY FEATURES
Build a home, piece by piece.

Design a cabin with modular building pieces. Personalize it with furniture, decorations and handmade items.

Grow it. Gather it. Cook it.

Water your crops, forage for ingredients and prepare over 30 recipes through connected farming and cooking systems.

Take the scenic route.

Explore a handcrafted forest, find useful resources and discover hidden letters and traces of the Sanctuary's past.

Keep a little of the wild.

Photograph wildlife, collect your favorite shots and record discoveries in your nature journal.

Live alongside animals.

Care for chickens and sheep, feed your companions and observe wild animals. Some are shy, while others are curious.

Survive through care.

Gather, craft and manage your needs without combat or hunting. The challenge is planning a life that works with nature.

ABOUT NOVEMTAILS
Novemtails is the independent game development label of Roberto Ortiz, a game programmer based in Mexico and the solo developer behind Under Canopies. Working alongside nine cats, he creates games with a focus on craft, atmosphere and interactive detail.

Roberto has worked with teams including Estación Pi, Amber Studio, 1SimpleGame, Macula Interactive and Jettelly. He is also the creator of Game Publishers, a reference site cataloging game publishers for developers and industry professionals.

DEVELOPMENT STORY
Under Canopies began with a desire to explore a calmer side of survival crafting. Roberto wanted progress to come from understanding, patience and care. Planting, cooking, building and observing wildlife became ways to encourage players to slow down and feel present.

As a solo-developed project, its systems, atmosphere and pacing are shaped around the same idea of living alongside nature. Feedback from the Steam Next Fest demo helped shape the game, and community feedback will continue to inform development during Early Access.

EARLY ACCESS
The current version includes exploration, gathering, crafting, cooking, shelter building and decoration, photography, hidden letters and animal interactions. The narrative conclusion and further content are still in development.

PRESS CONTACT
Maria Zubova, Assemble Entertainment
m.zubova@assembleteam.com

OFFICIAL LINKS
Website: https://www.undercanopiesgame.com/
Press kit: https://www.undercanopiesgame.com/press/
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2939510/Under_Canopies/
Developer: https://novemtails.com
Community: https://discord.gg/sgYX3CaA9E
4K launch trailer: https://www.undercanopiesgame.com/press-assets/video/under-canopies-launch-trailer-4k.mp4

ASSETS
This package contains 20 original 4K screenshots selected by the publisher, 3 key art files and 4 transparent PNG logos. The launch trailer is a separate download. Game by Novemtails. Published by Assemble Entertainment. For further materials and usage enquiries, contact the publishing team.
