Kingdom: New Lands FAQ

[Raw Fury]

Hi All,

We'll try to keep an up-to-date FAQ here to answer common questions. If something is missing feel free to make a suggestion. Hope this helps.

What's the difference between Kingdom: Classic and Kingdom: New Lands?

Kingdom: Classic is the original version of the game and the more vanilla experience of the two. Classic will satisfy your itch when it comes to wanting to play as long as possible (can you get to day 100?)

Kingdom: New Lands has a time limit in place for all the new places you can go. The game is more about trying to survive and escape as fast as possible before winter sets in.

Will Kingdom come to mobile?

Yes! It's out on Android and iOS as a universal app (Apple TV, iPhone, iPad)
ANDROID[play.google.com]
iOS

Will Kingdom: New Lands come to Console?

It's out on Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Is there a PlayStation 4 version on the horizon? MAYBE!?
Xbox One[www.microsoft.com]
Nintendo Switch[www.nintendo.com]

Will you add an easy mode?

No, the game is about exploring, discovering and learning through trial and error. Making an easy mode would not only be a lot of work, for us it would break the experience will worked really hard to deliver. We also strongly believe if players put in the time they will master the game and be glad they didn't have a shortcut to tame Kingdom. :)

That said, something is coming down the line that might satisfy your desire in regards to all this.

Are the AI stupid as they look?

No, they are very simple in their actions though and do as you the player command. What this means is if you send a builder out at night to chop a tree or build/repair a wall, etc... they will do just that regardless the risk or how poor a choice it was sending them to their peril. They live to serve you and will do so regardless.

Are you still updating the game and plan to add new content?

Yes, absolutely. And this will always be free new content and never added as paid DLC. We're working on two expansions for the near future in fact.

How can you afford to make free new content?

We believe those of you who bought the game deserve any new content we make for free. We do get something out of this, though it's not directly measurable. If what we add is good you might talk about it, or tell a friend, and maybe they like what they heard enough to buy it. Then it's a win/win/win and everyone is super happy. :D

We are also working on a standalone release of the next Kingdom called Two Crowns, which will bring in two-player co-op to the game. This will be a full priced title but past owners of Kingdom will be rewarded in some way.

What's the difference between Kingdom: Classic and Kingdom: Classic Royal Edition?

Royal Edition bundles the game with the soundtrack.

How do I access the OST?

Right click the Kingdom: Classic in Steam, go to properties, look under the DLC panel.

Can I buy the soundtrack separately from the Royal Edition?

We removed it for sale individually to put sales and profit in full control of the composer. You can find it HERE[toytree.bandcamp.com], and if you don't have it we encourage you to buy it. ToyTree's music is awesome!

What Game Engine is Kingdom developed in?

Kingdom is developed in Unity 5 and we currently upgraded to Unity 5.3.4.

That water, damn, how'd you make pixel water?

It's a lot of smart use of rendering and technique. You can read Noio's post about how he did it here: Sexy water info here!

Will any of the updates address the late game?

We'll group the many issues that occur as you play the game past day 50+. We're certainly aiming to address those in many different ways. We're definitely going to fix the 'coin orgy' that happens after constructing even just a few farms. We'll brush up the AI behavior to make them feel more responsive without breaking the fundamental indirect control gameplay. We personally feel the game shines most when you're doing a kind of rush build to beat the portals in 25-30 days. We'd like the entire experience to feel that good.

Will there be mod support?

In short: the effort to make this game fully moddable now is too much for what we would gain. We would have to get another two programmers and basically rewrite the entire game. During that time, there will be no new content. Best case: we're done in a number of months, and only then will we start to see some mods and custom content, which—while probably fun—is not guaranteed to be good. I'd rather try and create some of the content that will make the core game a more fun experience, and release that quicker. For my next game, I will definitely keep mod support in mind from the start! Having said that, a more limited form of modding might be feasible. This includes things like sharing banners, map layouts, or event timelines for specific challenges (e.g. beat 5 boss waves in a row). Whether that happens depend on which features we prioritize for a future release.

Will there be multiplayer or co-op in Kingdom?

Not in New Lands, but there will be co-op in Kingdom: Two Crowns![rawfury.com]

[KylaTheNerb]

wait... what's the coin orgy glitch?
excuse my curiousity but with a name like that can you blame me?

[ODevil]

Is it possible to customize your character and emblem?

[Hurodrik]

Originally posted by Austinlb55:

wait... what's the coin orgy glitch?
excuse my curiousity but with a name like that can you blame me?

Sadly is not as "fun" as you might have imagined.

I believe what the OP meant was the situation when you start having far more coins than you can reasonably carry around in your bag. With two farms filled with workers mine got full to bursting every trip I made to collect. The result is a lot of coins go to waste because they spill. I imagine they "banker" npc they added to New Lands might be an attempt to mitigate that somewhat.

[Orion]

@OP - I get it that builders go out at night to build things you've ordered them, but would you kindly make it so that they run inside the walls when they're done, and it's the middle of the night?
They either stand way outside the city walls, or slowly limper towards the campfire, force them to run towards the campfire if they have nothing to do, and it's night time.

[Mobscene]

I would like to ask if i can monetize my gameplay of kingdom new lands on youtube. I found nothing official on your website. It's better safe then sorry to ask for a permission : 3

[RawFury_Jonas]

Originally posted by Mobscene:

I would like to ask if i can monetize my gameplay of kingdom new lands on youtube. I found nothing official on your website. It's better safe then sorry to ask for a permission : 3

We certainly don't mind you creating content using gameplay from Kingdom and to monetize that content. Thanks for asking!

[COMBATWA4LES]

What about a sandbox mode were you can build anything and explore around. but you unlock it once you beat all the islands.

[Alex4evah]

How do you ride another animal? Like a reindeer or a bear?

[Box]

Originally posted by Alex4evah:

How do you ride another animal? Like a reindeer or a bear?

You need to unlock this feature first. Each island have road signs (it's unlock of content) wich you can grab for 2 coins they unlock stuff. First island have 1 unlock others 2-4 depnds on the island but only one per map so you might have to visit same island multiple times to unlock what you want. It seems that you dont have to win on the map just grab the thing and lose. Most of the unlocked features should appear on the next map you will be.

[mathyoulynn]

I don't understamd the "point" of the little "elf" or cottage person you added... surely its not meant to be "an extra hit" and thats all, right? Is there something more to its purpose that I'm not finding? Also... the dog, not noticing much point in it either... does the dog effect gameplay at all?

[KylaTheNerb]

Originally posted by mathyoulynn:

I don't understamd the "point" of the little "elf" or cottage person you added... surely its not meant to be "an extra hit" and thats all, right? Is there something more to its purpose that I'm not finding? Also... the dog, not noticing much point in it either... does the dog effect gameplay at all?

take the elf to one a maxed out archer tower you might find something cool *wink*
i think the dog just barks at enemies mostly but he's free(you can pick up the coin) and nice to have around so why not get him.

[TICKETS]

Originally posted by ODevil:

Is it possible to customize your character and emblem?

Character customization is rerolling during loading screens. If you want a custom emblem check out the guides section for this game and there's one titled "How to Create a Blazon!"

If you bring up the steam overlay in-game it has a link to the guides for the game for easy access.

[Cpt Kincaid]

I was building around the merchants house and his house disappeared and he disappeared and i searched the whole forest and he wasnt there

[Orion]

Originally posted by FlawlessHamburger:

I was building around the merchants house and his house disappeared and he disappeared and i searched the whole forest and he wasnt there

If his camp disappears, he disappears.

The camp disappears when you cut down the trees that surround it, leave 1 on each side and it should stay.

[KylaTheNerb]

How does winter work, nobody seems sure and we wanna know for those amung us trying to survive past winter.