School start and Castle Story

Hi everyone! Sorry for the lack of activity during the summer, but I'm the kind of person that without a schedule can't find the time to do things. But now, when school is back and running, I will try to update as often as possible. Hopefully every friday, but we all know how that will go...

So anyway, the first thing I'd like to talk about is... a video game?
I know, video games are neither my specialty, nor my main interest, but this game sure caught my eye.

So, what's this game you ask?
Well, easiest way to describe it in as few words as possible would be "Voxel-based RTS castle building simulator"... Or something along those lines. I suggest we look at each aspect of the game separately.

As might have guessed, the main thing with Castle Story is that you're building castles. Tadaa! What's more interesting though is that you're building them brick by brick. I'm sure most of you guys out there wanted to build your own castle, so here's your chance to build it exactly as you want it.
But you don't have an unlimited amount of bricks. In fact, to start you don't have a single one, and this is where your small yellow fat minions, the Bricktrons, come in. They do all the dirty work for you. You send the to harvest lumber or mine for stone... Which is used to make bricks to build with. They'll even fight for you if you give them the tools.

Oh yes, I did say fight. In the game world, there are bad guys too, known as the Corruptrons, whom are a primal version of the Bricktrons, and boy do they hate your Bricktrons. Luckily, you have got your castle up to defend yourself with from the assaults of Corruptrons.

So, I'm thinking you'r beginning to get the picture here. First, you send to minions to gather resources. They you send your minions to build a castle to defend yourself from the evil Corruptrons. I don't know about you, but I see a true beauty in being able to build the castle just as you want it. I know I'm gonna aim to build a castle in connection to a mountain, in which I will have a grand main hall. And of course a moat and a drawbridge. And some Archers on the walls, supporting my catapult whilst my knights hold the gate (should the Corruptrons break in).

Anyway, that's all the good things about the game. And yes, there is a bad thing: The game is not done yet! Sauropod Studios, the guys who are making this indie game have so far been working on it for two years, and they just finished their Kickstarter which collected 700k worth of dollars!!! Which incidentally is just a tad more than their goal of 80k. Heh. But for now, they're working on their Prototype and Beta, and the estimated delivery of the Beta would be November earliest. Or at least, that's the common crowd's best guess, since Sauropod Studios themselves hasn't been able to estimate how much longer it will take. I think that's fine, since this actually is their first game nd they want to get it right.

So, that's the game in a nutshell. If you're not convinced yet or convinced and want to see more, here's the official trailer Sauropod Studios released in July:



Hope you enjoyed it, and happy gaming!