Earth of Oryn

Earth of Oryn is a strategy game with city building mechanics. It was developed by an indie studio of the same name, founded by Elivard, a Belgian developer. The game is not his debut, as he has lots of experience as a software author. The game was successfully crowdfunded on Kickstarter.

Plot

Earth of Oryn is set in a fantasy world inspired by the Middle Ages, in the titular realm divided into zones of influence of various civilizations. The beautiful territory of Barne is home to peaceful merchants and farmers, the mountain lands of Niluine belong to two peoples maintaining a fragile peace, the Hambkar canyon is famous for its high-quality steel, while Brandford belongs to famous stonemasons, jewelers, architects and goat breeders, brave enough to live in its harsh, cold climate.

Mechanics

Earth of Oryn makes use of the top-down perspective. We control one of the factions, tasked with making it the dominant force in the region. It's up to us whether we'll rule with an iron hand or do our best to be fair and just.

We'll spend most of the game gathering resources and constructing buildigns. We can choose from pre-made designs or build them from scratch, manually choosing materials and construction elements.

We must also plan roads, manage our workforce by assigning people to specific tasks, such as farming, building or resource gathering, as well as develop technologically. For example, building bridges lets our people cross rivers, while creating water mills increases our processing power.

Over time, we can start discovering new territories, trade and maintain diplomatic relations with our neighbors. We must also remember our people's needs, wants, establish laws, moral systems and religions.

The army is also important, keeping our lands safe and letting us conquer other factions' territory. Armies can be directly commanded and units can be directly controlled during real-time battles.

Enemy forces aren't the only threat we'll face. Various diseases, natural disasters, predators, bandits and riots can also put an end to our reign. Changing weather and time of day also affect gameplay.

Game modes

Earth of Oryn mostly consists of the story campaign. The game also features a sandbox creative mode, letting us play without any objectives and limitations.

Technical aspects

Earth of Oryn features colorful, appealing low poly visuals. The various, densely vegetated locations and buildings, which collapse into dozens of pieces when destroyed, are all very appealing.