We have just released the first patch for all participants of the Villagers Beta. This patch focuses on fixing the Barn and its profession, the Shepherd. Villagers is coming to PC, Mac & Linux on the 25th of March. Don't miss out, put Villagers on your wishlist now! Read the full list of fixes and improvements:

• Fixed an issue where villagers would not move into houses, if the preceding inhabitants died.
• Fixed re-spawning of starting villagers, when canceling and re-placing the townhall.
• Added a "No Workers Assigned" message to the window of building sites, to alert players that they need to have at least one villager in the "Worker" profession.
• Fixed an issue where the outline of clickable objects would not disappear.
• Added new music tracks to freeplay. Also: Improved sound environment in the main menu; soundtrack will now shuffle-play in main menu.
• Generally improved balancing of sound levels.
• Fixed unreachable resources (trees, stones), especially on the mountain map (chapter 3).
• Fixed several issues with the stork. It should reliably fly in the babies now.
• Fixed several issues while loading a level: Music won't restart anymore and loading hints won't change so quickly anymore.
• Improved the falling animation of trees when gathering for wood.
• Added snow and rain particle effects.
• Fixed several issues with the barn. Also: Animals will now actually be visible at their assigned spots in the barn.
• Fixed a bug that led to crashes or skipping of seasons.
• Fixed raiders in savegames: they were not able to pick up resources.
• Villagers will now only be unhappy about a raider attack, if they actually steal resources.
• Fixed an issue, where villagers would not be able to get sick in any savegame.

[ 2016-03-02 12:15:35 CET ] [ Original post ]

Step back into medieval times in this town-building, people simulation game!

Villagers is a beautifully illustrated and richly detailed game where you build and nurture a thriving community using the people and resources around you. Success or failure depends on your ability to create a town that can grow and prosper, and overcome the harsh realities of medieval life!

Gather and manage natural resources for buildings, ensure a plentiful supply of food and water to keep your villagers happy and allocate them jobs to continually improve and expand your settlement. Watch out for travelling artists who can spread illness, fierce bandits and wild animals that attack your townsfolk and extreme weather conditions that threaten their very survival!

In Story Mode you follow the journey of a group of medieval settlers living through dark times filled with war and illness. Using your town building and resource management skills you must guide them through six challenging missions that introduce the different aspects of Villagers gameplay. The campaigns guide you through building your first town, trading with merchants, food and water provision, managing the emotional wellbeing of your villagers, coping will illness and defending your townsfolk from attack!

You start your game on virgin lands and learn to build a community that allows your town to thrive. Happy villagers are more productive, form relationships and build homes. Couples living in houses will eventually have children who are delivered to your town by a stork! As these offspring grow up, they themselves become workers and help to support the growing town. Adults grow old and weak and eventually die, so you can follow the life of your villagers from birth to death.

Villagers is a lighthearted yet challenging town-building simulation game that will provide hours of engaging fun – are you up to the challenge?

Includes a Free Play mode with unlimited hours of fun across 6 varied maps with full access to all 27 buildings from the game.

Key Features:

• 2 modes of play; Story Mode and FreePlay
• Engaging and humorous storyline that illustrates medieval life
• 27 beautifully designed buildings to construct
• 16 illustrated and colourful characters
• 16 professions with their own clothing sets
• Sophisticated AI that influences happiness, relationships, families and duties
• Challenging missions; trade with merchants, manage livestock; control food and water supplies, produce and sell crops....
• Unlimited fun in FreePlay mode with over 6 maps to explore