A Faithful Village

by vengeurk

co-authored: @elodie, @kegnarok, @marine13

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.76

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.63

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.18

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.40

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.89

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.97

Pitch

Tired of having to do sacrifices to please the gods in most games this year? In Faithful Village, You are a __god__, and like all gods, You crave *faith*. You turned Your all-seeing gaze to this peaceful village whose inhabitants are a bit stupid, yet You feel they can accomplish great things given the right __guidance__.

Your goal is to turn this village into a __thriving__ civilization whose kingdom reaches as far as the eye can see. You can order __buildings__ being constructed to provide for Your people’s needs and bring __speed__ to the most *faithful* ones. But beware that You remain __feared__, or Your influence will vanish…

Controls

Gameplay

- Left click to select/place building
- Right click to unselect/cancel
- R to restart

Camera

- WASD/Mouse to move around
- AE to rotate around
- Mouse wheel to zoom

More about the game...

The townsfolk

There are 5 different types of workers, whose efficiency will grow over time. *Farmers* harvest and tend crops, while *Loggers* chop down trees for timber. *Builders* do Your construction work, and *Breeders* make sure the town stays populated and lively. Last, but definitely not least, *Priests* will motivate the townsfolk to provide for their god! However, they do sometimes overestimate their understanding of Your will, and may require unneeded sacrifices. Make sure You are prepared for it!

The town

There are 5 types of buildings. *Houses* shelter Your people during the night, and *Warehouses* hold their resources. *Fields* provide food to feed Your growing empire, and *Roads* helps its expansion. Finally, *Temples* increases the population's faith and serves as places of worship.

Faith

Faith is Your primary resource whose You should never run out of. Sadly, Your people are not immune to doubt and may stop believing in Your all-mightiness. You can make them remember Your mercy by building a *Temple*, or showing them Your strength by unleashing a vengeful meteor on their puny village.

Bonus

A lovely morning in Faithful Village™

(Play the game and you'll understand why!)

Comments22

Ryan Brenner4 Dec 2018, 19:33

Whoa, great game! I'm really impressed with what you were able to accomplish in such a short amount of time. The voxel graphics are great and overall it looks fantastic. Smashing your town to pieces with meteors is awesome. At first, I wished there was a way to cancel buildings in progress, but then I realized that I could destroy them myself instead :smiling_imp:. I just really wish there was some audio in the game. It feels lacking without it. That would have made this game the total package. I'm still really impressed though. Great job!

Ancalagon4 Dec 2018, 19:43

This game truely has amazing graphics and physics! The gameplay is also really nice, good controls and an original idea. It's a bit confusing at first but if you read everything, it sould be okay. I sincerly don't know how you managed to create such amazing mechanics in 72 hours. Good job ! It would be nice to see a more developped concept

Kegnarok4 Dec 2018, 20:50

Thanks @ryan-brenner @ancalagon! Glad you liked the game!
It indeed took us quite a lot of time to implement everything, we would definitely have liked to polish it some more with audio and in-game explanation of the mechanics!

Kroute4 Dec 2018, 21:15

Damn it, I can't play. The game crashes at startup, directly after clicking on the icon. It's a shame because the presentation and screenshots really make you want to play.

Giustitia4 Dec 2018, 21:20

Hi! I've tried to play your game but it crashes as I double click on the .exe :sob:

Leothil4 Dec 2018, 21:27

Same here, can't play, double clicking on .exe does not do anything.

DJN4 Dec 2018, 21:37

The goal of the game was a bit confusing at first, as it seemed like I could just spam churches with no build cost, but then I realized that I needed more builders and that they died of sleep deprivation, so I tried to build some houses. Then things happened and a meteor definitely not sent from an ignorant god smited (smote?) my only two builders. Great game, could be pretty fun with some more features!

Suliac4 Dec 2018, 21:37

I love the graphics and the flow of the game is very good ! Great job !

Cibum4 Dec 2018, 21:42

Beautiful game. Although after a while of playing it got a bit laggy

smiley4 Dec 2018, 21:47

Same problem here.. nothing happens when clicking the .exe :(

kruemelkeksfan4 Dec 2018, 22:23

It doesn't start on my computer ("FaitfulVillage.exe stopped working") and I have no Unity 2019 to investigate :/

```

Problemsignatur:
Problemereignisname: APPCRASH
Anwendungsname: FaithfulVillage.exe
Anwendungsversion: 2019.1.0.63925
Anwendungszeitstempel: 5bf07892
Fehlermodulname: StackHash_d0a7
Fehlermodulversion: 6.1.7601.23569
Fehlermodulzeitstempel: 57f7c06e
Ausnahmecode: c0000374
Ausnahmeoffset: 00000000000bf3e2
Betriebsystemversion: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Gebietsschema-ID: 1031
Zusatzinformation 1: d0a7
Zusatzinformation 2: d0a78911048440a64679f1b817ed6db2
Zusatzinformation 3: 302f
Zusatzinformation 4: 302f40c7c3edaebcddddc713a2addbae
```

VengeurKauthor5 Dec 2018, 12:28

For the people experiencing crashes, are you guys running Windows 10 64 bits? We were not able to replicate the crash. If the crash is happening before the small Unity window that enables choice of controls, I suspect it is an issue of Unity 2019. @kroute @giustitia @leothil @smiley @kruemelkeksfan

Leothil5 Dec 2018, 14:26

@vengeurk Yep, W10 64bits, and yes crash happens before anything appears. The game just not launch at all, not even the "Made with Unity frame".
Tell us if there is something we can do to get a log file or something to help you see what happens.

Kroute5 Dec 2018, 14:46

@vengeurk Windows 7 64bits for me.

Giustitia5 Dec 2018, 14:54

@vengeurk The crash happens before the unity dialog. W7 64 bits too.

PS: Early beta builds are the evil and will steal the bread of your children!!

VengeurKauthor5 Dec 2018, 15:45

@leothil Logs should be in %AppData%/../LocalLow/Pytong/FaithfulVillage I don't know if there will be anything useful inside though.
@giustitia I guess we shouldn't have used the beta haha

Thanks for your feedback!

smiley5 Dec 2018, 15:56

Windows 10 Pro 64-bit.. I will check the logs later tonight

Codesity5 Dec 2018, 20:06

The game looks really interessting with so much effects and animations. The gameplay is good and for me is working all fine. (using 2018)

Kutase7 Dec 2018, 23:02

Good graphics and game concept!

kruemelkeksfan11 Dec 2018, 03:02

Win7 64 bit and crashing before Unity screen for me too. Did you use LWRP?

```
Initialize engine version: 2019.1.0a10 (84f9b5a9b69f)
GfxDevice: creating device client; threaded=1
d3d11: QueryInterface(IDXGIFactory5) failed (80004002).

Direct3D:
Version: Direct3D 11.0 [level 11.0]
Renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (ID=0x1c82)

Vendor:
VRAM: 4008 MB
Driver: 23.21.13.8813
Begin MonoManager ReloadAssembly
- Completed reload, in 1.393 seconds
WARNING: Shader Unsupported: 'HDRenderPipeline/Lit' - Pass 'META' has no vertex shader
D3D shader create error for pixel shader [0x80070057]
```

Dorukh21 Dec 2018, 12:44

Nice game, it fits the theme, and graphics are really nice

Erkberg25 Dec 2018, 14:28

Really nice Settlers-like game! The visuals are awesome and it's sooo much fun to smash everything into pieces using meteors! But just watching those little peeps do their thing is already nice and relaxing. Really enjoyed this, good job!

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