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Circle of Kerzoven - Settlement-building strategy game paired with a detailed simulation experience.

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Nourin

I am working on a city builder that is simulated down to the smallest detail.
These are exciting weeks for us, because we were just at Gamescom and have a public demo going on.

Circle of Kerzoven ๐Ÿก๐Ÿ‘
Circle of Kerzoven is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant tries to find their place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future.

Key Features ๐Ÿš€
Unique deep simulation of the nature in a building strategy game with complex interdependence between humans and nature.

Manage simultaneously the acquisition, refining and distribution of resources on multiple maps in different climatic conditions.

Manage the needs of the citizens. They are โ€œaliveโ€ and have a specific home, workplace, and unique needs. Animals are looking for food, get thirsty, sleepy, and form social groups to find their place in nature.

Seasons and climate affect the gameplay, as certain plants grow only under certain conditions. Temperature affects humans, animals, plants, and the environment.

Create own maps and scenarios in the editor and extend them using mods.

Look at it ๐Ÿ“บ
Check out this WIP trailer: https://youtu.be/wrl6BASU938
Wishlist it on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1733110/Circle_of_Kerzoven/

OK but can i play it? ๐ŸŽฎ
Yes! At the moment I have a public demo live on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1733110/Circle_of_Kerzoven/

If you want to join the closed playtests, feel free to join my Discord: https://discord.gg/2QfAy5W6CG

When release? ๐Ÿ
I am currently expect a early access releases sometime 2023. If you are interested in Circle of Kerzoven you can help us by wishlisting it on Steam.
Thank you for reading this far. If you have any questions or input, feel free to leave me a comment.

2 years ago

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ThalesOwens

I am always happy to try a new city builder (:
I'll download the demo and try it later today. Screenshots looks nice.
I would focus on the mechanics that make this game unique, maybe the holistic nature-human approach? That way your game can stand out.
I'll give you some more ideas later, I hope.
Good job and good luck! ๐Ÿ’—

Edit: What does Kerzoven mean?

2 years ago
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Nourin

Thank you!! Would be happy to hear your thoughts. If you want you can post it on my discord in the feedback section: https://discord.gg/2QfAy5W6CG

Kerzoven is a fantasy name. :)

2 years ago
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ThalesOwens

Cool name, thought it may refer to something in a slavic language ๐Ÿ˜‰
I'll sure post some feedback after I try the demo.

2 years ago
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ThalesOwens

Wow, what a great start!
I am not much of a discord person, so I'll write my thoughts here, if that's ok...
Game is really nice, works pretty well and holds great potential. I think you are definitely in the right direction. Are you working on this by youself? If so, this is really amazing.

  1. It was not intuitive to find the info I needed all the time, for example finding where I can see my overall resources, or who works where. I assume the UI will need some more work to see what works best for players.
  2. The amount of randomized traits in the world is really nice, but for now it is just that: a bunch of randomized and not very interesting info. If there was some edge to it, let's say some more randomzied events based on traits, rare traits, breeding mechanism, actual appearance and in general more systems that rely on traits rather than just numbers running in the background to calculate if someone is more or less happy... That would be a blast. I think this should really be a priority gameplay-wise to make this game stand out. I would take inspiration from games like Rimworld, but I think you set up the stage to make it even better than that.
    Also, another related issue I had is having too many people at the start of the game. It was too overwhelming to even consider going over their personalities one-by-one.
  3. I am yet to see how the "holistic" approach with the ecosystem works, but I hope that will be more apparent in future updates.
  4. Procedurally generated maps would be probably a feature to look into.
  5. QOL: \dragging when constructing roads instead of placing them tile by tile
  6. Maybe some overlays would be helpful to visualize different kinds of info on the map? I would say Tropico would be my example for a game that has such very recognizable system.

That's what I can think of right now...
Keep up the good work!

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BorschtLover

Don't forget about gibs here ๐Ÿ˜Š

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BorschtLover

Well I don't need this game for myself ๐Ÿ˜œ

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2 years ago
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BorschtLover

Nice try to defend this poorly disguised free advertising on SG ๐Ÿ˜‰

2 years ago
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KillerfFliege

Ach du hier ? :D

2 years ago
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canis39

Wishlisted, looks great so far.

2 years ago
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Pestarzt

game looks very neat, too bad i missed the demo tho! wishlisted!

2 years ago
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KoRayven

I keep getting whiplash from this thread's title because my brain keeps substituting Kerzoven with my username. Otherwise, nice-looking game! Wishlisted.

2 years ago
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Kappaking

๐Ÿ™„
I found this discussion recently but the alpha test was long over.
And it looks like a demo will be available to play after this.

Circle of Kerzoven๏ผDIRT DEMO โ€“ BASE BUILDER FEST๏ผ
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1733110/view/3653016388840771221

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THE DIRT DEMO ๐Ÿ’ฉ

Tomorrow Monday at 7pm (CET)
the Base Builder Fest starts on
Steam and with it a brand new publicly available demo!
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๏ฝฅ.:+:(ยดฮ˜`):+:.๏ฝฅ

1 year ago
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Nourin

How's it going, Settlers? ๐Ÿ˜

I have spent the last month reworking the user interface of Circle of Kerzoven from the ground up. The goal: A more pleasant game flow and a better general overview.
You can now play the first preview of this work in the latest version of the playtest.

Please join my Discord and grab your Key there: https://discord.gg/2QfAy5W6CG

See you all in Kerzoven <3

1 year ago
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canis39

Hey, there's a Kickstarter for this game!

That is pretty cool!

1 year ago
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