Tiny Glade

Tiny Glade is a game revolving around building castles. It was created by Pounce Light, an independent studio composed of two producers - Anastasia Opara and Tomasz Stachowiak. The developers used their experienced in procedural generation and rendering gained at such companies as Embark Studios, Electronic Arts and Creative Assembly to create their own game, their objective being to provide a relaxing experience offering a lot of freedom.

Mechanics

Tiny Glade focuses sorely on building - with a few clicks and movements the player can create detailed dioramas. At their center there can be setpieces such as towering fortresses or atmospheric ruins.

The developers decided to forgo any additional elements such as combat, resource management and challenges to complete. The objective is simply the joy gained from building. No decision made in Tiny Glade is permanent - we can undo any move and modify our creation at any time. Castles are built using a number of components, including walls, roofs, fences and roads. We can then set their height or width, granting them a unique look. All actions are accompanied by animations, which show all changes in real time.

The dioramas seem alive thanks to the day and night cycle, as well as the animals moving across them.

Technical aspects

Tiny Glade runs on a custom engine written in Rust, boasting colorful, appealing visuals. Pounce Light handed over the work on the audio to the small NokNok Audio team, known for games such as Dome Keeper, Sable and Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley.