Press Releases- Wizardcraft Colonies announced, now on Kickstarter.

[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource GamesPress.] DoubleD Games has today announced WizardCraft Colonies, a top-down colony simulator for PC. In WizardCraft Colonies the players main aim is to keep their colony alive while expanding your base. When you build a base in WizardCraft Colonies players must fulfil the many needs of the colony, this includes feeding them, keeping them warm/cool, keeping them happy, and of-course keeping them alive. The player can control everything a peasant does in WizardCraft Colonies, from the time they sleep and work, to what potions and weapons they should carry. It's also possible to set which different jobs each peasant should do. To expand your base you will need plenty of coin. There are many ways to earn coin, you could either sell gathered resources, sell crops and fruit or raise cattle. In addition your peasants will pay a daily tax for living in your colony. Players can also manually control any peasant, equip a weapon, and then visit new random generated lands to defeat enemies and gather coin. An army marches on its stomach - To keep your peasants fed crops can be grown, these must be grown during the right season to optimize growth. In addition, food can be cooked. Cooked food will satisfy more hunger and will provide a happiness boost. Its thirsty work - Before you can grow crops you will need ample amounts of water, this can be sourced from a well or a nearby lake. Your peasants and cattle will also need to be kept hydrated if they are too carry on working. Weather - In WizardCraft Colonies it will rain or even snow at certain times. When it rains all crops are instantly watered reducing the workload for your peasants. In swampy regions it will rain a lot more than it does in a desert region. Cattle - Another way to feed your peasants is by raising cattle. Cattle can be slaughtered for meat, milked for milk or lay eggs. Cattle will also mate and produce offspring and can be a good source of coin. Powering your base - As your base expnds you will need manatricity (WizardCraft Colonies version of electricity). There are many ways to produce manatricity, either with solar panels, wind turbines or by burning coal. Each has their own benefits and drawbacks E.G (solar panels will only work at night, wind turbines only work while its windy and coal generators produce pollution). Pets - Some of the critters in WizardCraft Colonies may eat your crops or raid your stockpiles for food. To keep them under control you can have pets around your base. Pets can be named but you must also meet their basic needs by feeding them and giving them water. Seasons - There are four seasons in WizardCraft Colonies, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. The seasons will affect how well certain crops will grow, also fruit trees will only produce fruit in a specific season. In winter you must protect your crops from the cold by placing greenhouses above them. In winter it is also possible to walk over lakes as they become frozen. Keeping Warm/Cool -  Winter can be a tough season for your colony, to keep them warm you will have to provide sources of heat around your base. In Summer, especially in desert regions your colony might become too hot, so you will need cooling towers to keep them cool. If a peasant becomes too hot or cold they will slowly lose health and could die. Happiness - Everyone knows that a happy peasant is the most productive peasant, so to keep your colony happy you can place furniture around your base and provide them with cooked food or beer. For the younger peasants you can place tos for them to play with. A new generation - It is possible for your colony to have children, who will grow up and work in your base. Additionally peasants will also get old and die as time passes by. Staying alive - From time to time your base may come under attack by grizzly bears or monsters. To defend your base you can build walls, set traps, or place defensive towers which will attack any creatures that wander too close to your base. Tame enemies - With charm weapons, you can tame enemies who will then fight along side your colony. Creating an army - To further defend your base, your peasants can equip weapons and fight. If a peasant picks up a sword he will become a knight, an archer if they have a bow or a wizard if they pick up a staff. Weapons in WizardCraft Colonies can be equipped and unequipped at any time.  Horses - If you want your military peasants to get about quicker they can mount a horse. Manual control -  Peasants can be manually controlled at any time. It is also possible to take them on an 'Adventure' and visit new lands. Getting Stronger - Your peasants have a leveling system, as they fight or train they will gain XP and level up, making them stronger. When your colony is strong enough you can visit tougher regions of the map which will have new and stronger monsters. Peasant will pass on their level to any children they may have. For example, a level 20 and a level 10 peasant will produce a level 15 baby.  Potions - One of the most important resources in WizardCraft Colonies are the potions. When a peasant is low on health they will use health potions to heal themselves, without them they will simply die. There are a lot of different potions in WizardCraft Colonies, a few of them include, health, mana, invisibility, teleportation and magic defence potions. There are currently 4 different biomes in WizardCraft Colonies each with their own survival difficulties, Grasslands, Swamp, Desert and Volcanic. In desert regions water is scarce while in volcanic regions you must keep your peasants cool due to hot temperatures. When you start a new map in WizardCraft Colonies it is randomly generated and split into 9 different regions which each have their own level caps and monsters. WizardCraft Colonies has launched today on Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doubledgames/wizardcraft-colonies) and is expected to be released on Steam Early Access on September 2019.

Source: Gamasutra.com

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