Kingdoms and Castles

Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game centred on developing a kingdom from a small hamlet into a large city protected by a castle. Players must manage town planning, taxation, food supply, healthcare and happiness to encourage population growth, while defending against threats such as viking raids and dragon attacks.

Core gameplay involves laying out towns to balance peasant happiness with practical needs, building structures such as churches, taverns and town squares, and directing workers to gather wood and stone or farm land. Castles are built using a block-based system in which walls and towers form dynamically depending on how pieces are stacked, with taller towers giving archers and other weapons increased range.

The game features a dynamic world with a stylised procedural cloud system, a season cycle from summer to winter, and a tree growth algorithm that simulates forest development over time, affected by how wood cutters manage the land. Kingdoms and Castles was the first game funded through Fig, with its crowdfunding campaign reaching 725% of its goal with support from 1,400 backers.