Craft the World

Craft the World for PC and iOS is an independent sandbox strategy game with both RPG and tower defense elements, inspired by such productions as Terraria, Dwarf Fortress, and the iconic Dungeon Keeper. Craft the World has been developed by Dekovir Entertainment, also known for creating such games as Alpha Ball and Hidden Magic.

Mechanics

The game takes players to randomly generated worlds inhabited by numerous dangerous creatures. One gets to control a group of Dwarves tasked with erecting and defending a stronghold. In order to do this, they have to look for resources, construct diverse buildings, and fight enemies threatening their strongholds. The player begins with only one subject, who, by completing different quests, earns experience points necessary to level-up and acquire another Dwarf – this way, one assembles a team to look for resources, attack enemies, and erect new structures. The management system featured in the game is quite unusual – the player only indicates the area on the map where the Dwarves are supposed to go, while the AI that distributes all the tasks between the team members.

Each stage of the game requires players to explore vast areas, limited only by oceans and lava. Consecutive worlds differ from one another in terms of their size, humidity, temperature, the lay of the land, fauna and flora. The game features also a day and night cycle. The Dwarves use a wide range of weapons and armors that the players can create via the relatively simple crafting system. With this system, the player can also build houses, construct decorations, and pieces of furniture. Occasionally, players have to face enemies, among which there are such creatures as zombies, skeletons, goblins, ghosts, and gigantic spiders. Luckily, the main protagonists apart from conventional weapons also use magic allowing them to e.g. accelerate their movement, light the dark caverns to find hidden items, summon rain, accelerate the trees’ growth speed, and sling deadly fireballs.

Technical aspects

Craft the World for PC and iOS delivers 2D old-school visuals typical for platform games from the 1990s, which somewhat resemble productions such as the popular Terraria – nonetheless, the higher resolution is much more pleasing to one’s eye and includes more details.

Last updated on 14 March 2014