Age of Respair

Release Date: 2025

Strategy, economic, RTS, the middle ages, war strategy, indie games, singleplayer

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An RTS set during the Middle Ages, focused on building castles and fortifications. Age of Respair was inspired by the Stronghold series. We must expand our kingdom, take care of subjects, but also build an army to protect our lands and to ultimately siege other castles.

Age of Respair is a real-time strategy game in which we travel back to the Middle Ages to build a castle and manage an entire kingdom and its army. This is the debut project of the independent studio Respair Games.

Gameplay

Age of Respair is a combination of a city builder and an economic and military strategy. The aim of the game is to design and build castles with their fortifications and to erect surrounding settlements that will provide the necessary resources for the development of the entire kingdom.

The necessary resources include wood, stone, and iron. They are extracted by the residents and then transported to the warehouse. This allows us to create supply and production chains that will be used to expand the stronghold.

Apart from production, an important aspect of the game is providing food for our subordinates. It's up to us whether we take advantage of apple orchards or create an entire bread baking system based on wheat fields, mills, and bakeries.

To maintain prosperity in the kingdom, we must also manage the level of happiness of our subjects. We have influence on this by building churches, taverns, but also by using public torture devices. Satisfied citizens are ready to pay more taxes. On the other hand, if they are intimidated, their productivity increases.

Economic development and stabilization of the castle economy allows us to recruit citizens to the army and train them as soldiers to protect our kingdom. Once it is secured, we can try to attack nearby enemy castles. For this purpose, we use not only infantry, but also siege machines in the form of ballistas, catapults and siege towers. Scouting and strategy are crucial for victory, as the fog of war hides the enemy's location.

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