Open The Gates!
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Build, manage and defend your medieval castle in this crazy sidescroller RTS game. Build walls, towers and traps to protect your fortress from enemy sieges before launching your own. Command powerful siege weapons and design the perfect strategy to take back the empire.
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Open The Gates!About the GameSidescrolling Castlebuilder. Real-time strategy game.The emperor has lost control over his kingdom! Now he has appointed you as the leader of a new conquest.Become a master of castle building and defense in this genre-blending sidescroller game. As you construct and fortify your fortress, you'll have a variety of defenses at your disposal, including walls, towers, and traps. But the real fun begins when it's time to launch a counterattack on the hilariously-voiced foes who dare to challenge you.Build A Thriving CastleConstruct houses, inns, jailhouses, hospitals and more to keep your citizens happy.Build lumber camps, quarries and charcoal makers to supply your kingdom with resources. Rule and manage your castle. Hire falconers to get rid of rats and place guard posts to catch criminals.A quaint city in the Green Fields bustling with life. Each villager will talk to you when you click them. Their opinion of you will become quite clear!Prepare Defenses and AttackConstruct walls and towers to stall the enemy and prevent them from breaking into your castle.Fend off massive sieges and upgrade your defenses.Use siege weapons such as the ladderman, the catapult and the siege tower to besiege enemy castles.Control unique units each with their own special crazy abilities like poisonous darts, exploding bolts and a rediculously powerful mace smash attack.A quaint city in the Yellow Dunes under attack. Wooden walls are not as strong as their stone counterparts but when combined with upgrades such as firebraziers and towers they can make a formidable defense.Siegetowers are a powerful tool for getting units onto enemy walls. Only an extremely good defense can prevent this.Explore Beautiful WorldsConstruct hot air balloons to explore the skies and travel between majestic floating islands.Build settlements in unique locations. There are green fields, hot deserts, volcanic craters and more to be explored. Hot air balloons are the way you can transport units between floating islands. They can also be used as flying weapons if you place archers in these balloons.The Red Depths are where your greatest fear lies. The fire will spread and is hard to extinguish and the enemy is strong. Here you will face a ghost trying to become mortal once again.This game is a linear singleplayer experience. Available are over 26 levels across six different worlds allowing for roughly 15 hours of gameplay in the main campaign. Additionally, there are 12 challenging siege mode levels allowing for more gameplay after finishing the story. The game can be quite challenging but difficulty settings are available to tailor your experience. You will encounter fully voice acted characters, both friendly and villainous. The game includes a wide range of units each with their own unique abilities and a great variety in structure types.
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MINOROpen The Gates into the Realms of Madness!
Realms of Madness is now available!"Dear Knights and Dames,It is an honour and privilege to welcome you to our once great kingdom of Gyldor! The king invites you to embark on an unforgettable quest in
MINORRealms of Madness
Dear Knights and Dames, After two years of quiet creation, I am thrilled to invite you into a new adventure—Realms of Madness, a mysterious fantasy castlebuilder that pushes beyond the familiar into s
MINOROpen The Gates into the Realms of Madness!
Dear Knights and Dames, As some of you may have seen, I have been working on a new game called "Realms of Madness". Similar to 'Open The Gates!', it is a sidescroller castlebuilder RTS but this time i
MINOROpen The Gates to the Realms of Madness!
Dear Knights and Dames, Word has reached us from another kingdom far away. Portals from strange dimensions have opened and they are looking for someone to enter... Foolish if you ask me! But if you ar
MINORStrategy Fest Discount
Dear Knights and Dames, Many have embarked on this quest since October 16th. However, many more are needed to vanguish the evil bastards once and for all! That's why the emperor, and I, have decided t
MINORWhat are you all thinking about the game?
The King is looking for your thoughts on this quest. Dear Knights and Dames, The king has requested a kingdom wide audit of all noble warriors recruited to recapture the kingdom. The noble king is cur
MINORBalance Patch 2
Second balance patch adressing some more balance related issues. As well as some smaller improvements. Reduced frequency of attacks in level 4 of world 2. Attacks in level 4 of world 2 will now no lon
MINORBalance Patch 1
This will be the first in a series of balance patches to address the sometimes crazy balance in the game :) Flying enemy units will now die instead of pile-up near the enemy castle. Should help make l
MINORUpdate! Preview Enemy Army
Preview Enemy Army! This update adds a new button that allows you to see what enemy army is about to attack you. This should allow you to more easily anticipate the next attack. This feature can be tu
MAJORMinor Update 1.0.11
Hey, here is another small update while I am working on a major update. Made level 19 more fair. The game will now try to accomodate players who aren't as quick with building an outpost on another isl
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