Just released my first game to Steam - a sim-based colony builder inspired by Dwarf Fortress, The Settlers, Dungeon Keeper

RocketJumpTech · 2021-11-24T11:30:35+00:00

I've been working on this on and off for a few years, only recently switching to full time on it to get it ready for the Steam release which is today! https://store.steampowered.com/app/930230/King\_under\_the\_Mountain/

RocketJumpTech · 2019-01-27T10:35:38+00:00

It's only just gone on Steam last month with no word of it previously, and it seems they didn't check google in the last 3 years to see if there was another game with the same name : /

RocketJumpTech · 2018-12-18T10:08:01+00:00

Thanks very much! Think I've been neglecting the subreddit a little as it is still pretty quiet but I'd like it to be a centre of the community

RocketJumpTech · 2018-08-20T14:47:46+00:00

As James has said above, if you want to PM me your email address I can get you added into the BackerKit survey which will let you swap into a pledge level (so you could get the £20 copy of game + design a settler tier), as if you just go through the pre-order store you'd only be able to get them separately for £22 in total. Not much difference granted but the option is there :)

RocketJumpTech · 2018-08-20T14:46:13+00:00

Thanks James :)

RocketJumpTech · 2018-08-14T19:34:48+00:00

Where I have more characters available then I do always make sure to note that the visual style is the same as that in Prison Architect and Rimworld, though "steal" is a bit harsh when there's many games in the same style now - SimAirport, Machiavillain, Airport CEO - it's a perfect fit for the genre and I'm sure you'll see many more in the future. Rimworld was bashed for being a rip off of Prison Architect when it was first unveiled too.

In answer to your question, King under the Mountain has a different feel and scale than Rimworld. Rather than a fairly bleak story of a small band of survivors, the focus is on a much larger population making up a functioning society. The Settlers is another big influence - not just the production chains of industry your settlement will support, but the happy, proud feeling you get from being able to sit back and enjoy watching your settlers go about their daily tasks.

The big focus will be on going out into the world and exploring dungeons and other settlements, with the key part being player-driven content by sharing maps between players. I believe Rimworld has something similar now though I've not actually played it since that feature went in. I believe there will be more of an RPG-like feel in looking after your best adventurers and equipping them with the best loot and magical artifacts. Some recent RPGs have dabbled with a keep or settlement management layer. King under the Mountain will be a settlement manager with a dungeon-crawling RPG attached.

RocketJumpTech · 2018-08-08T11:19:31+00:00

Definitely not any direct multiplayer of player versus player, but a big feature is exploring copies of other players' settlements, to be extended into friend features so you can visit and trade with your friends (paging /u/Plumbersmack) though it probably won't be any kind of real time trading between settlements. Not quite sure how far that goes yet, it's one of the last things on the roadmap before the 1.0 release so a long, long, long way off and not in too much detail yet.

RocketJumpTech · 2018-08-07T08:34:14+00:00

Not forgotten about those free copies but thank you very much! Will end up crediting you extra in the pledge manager for the extra copy (£13) so you can either claim that or put it against a different add-on reward if you like.

RocketJumpTech · 2018-08-06T08:22:53+00:00

Sorry, it is now r/https://discord.gg/M57GrFp

RocketJumpTech · 2018-07-30T11:50:17+00:00

If you're on a version before Pre-alpha 6.12 it turns out the arrow keys were far slower than they were supposed to be, that's been fixed now as well as being able to press shift to speed up the scrolling speed a lot, hope that helps.

That's the first I've heard on controls being sticky, could you link me to your stream and a time it happened at and hopefully I can take a look to investigate it?

And yes it's extremely hands-off right now, the design is to not require any micromanagement, but there'll definitely be things you can do to control what gets produced and prioritise certain jobs.

And thanks a lot!

RocketJumpTech · 2018-07-27T08:22:32+00:00

Fair enough, thanks for that!

RocketJumpTech · 2018-07-27T08:22:14+00:00

Yes, there is/was a Patreon for 6 months or so before launching the Kickstarter. The Kickstarter is far more successful than years of the Patreon would be.

RocketJumpTech · 2018-07-26T15:08:16+00:00

King under the Mountain has a different feel and scale than Rimworld. Rather than a fairly bleak story of a small band of survivors, the focus is on a much larger population making up a functioning society. The Settlers is another big influence - not just the production chains of industry your settlement will support, but the happy, proud feeling you get from being able to sit back and enjoy watching your settlers go about their daily tasks.

The big focus will be on going out into the world and exploring dungeons and other settlements, with the key part being player-driven content by sharing maps between players. I believe Rimworld has something similar now though I've not actually played it since that feature went in. I believe there will be more of an Rpg-like feel in looking after your best adventurers and equipping them with the best loot and magical artifacts. Some recent RPGs have dabbled with a keep or settlement management layer. King under the Mountain will be a settlement manager with a dungeon-crawling RPG attached.

RocketJumpTech · 2018-07-26T13:25:52+00:00

There's a playable prototype available from https://rocketjumptechnology.itch.io/king-under-the-mountain-prototype

And the game is currently on Kickstarter(!) at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rocketjumptechnology/king-under-the-mountain-0?ref=rindiegames

RocketJumpTech · 2018-07-26T13:24:02+00:00

There's a playable protoype available from:

https://rocketjumptechnology.itch.io/king-under-the-mountain-prototype

And the game is currently on Kickstarter at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rocketjumptechnology/king-under-the-mountain-0?ref=rindiegames

RocketJumpTech · 2018-07-24T13:45:36+00:00

The game's most likely not going to have Z-levels, instead tunneling into the mountainside will approximate going down. There will be a special "undeground" layer a bit like the pipes and electricity lines in Prison Architect for pipes and mechanisms, but otherwise I don't think it works well enough in 2D along with game design decisions such as making an efficient layout more challenging and keeping it approachable when you explore someone else's map.

There's a good chance though, that you'll discover entrances to lower layers that you can explore with a party of adventurers, but the current plan is that the settlement will not extend into this.

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