Desktopia: A Desktop Village Simulator

At it s core Desktopia is a city-builder game which simulates an evolving medieval-esque village along the bottom of your desktop allowing you to work watch or browse something else while you play
Like any city-builder you get to make the big decisions while also being able to take control of your own axe wielding character You can join in the battles harvest resources put out fires or interact with your villagers In Desktopia you can be as active or as idle as you want
Before you buy:This game was not created in a studio but by three friends looking to make something different fun and useful We think we ve done that and we love Desktopia
We want anyone who plays it to love it too With that in mind you should be aware this is not a AAA game like the amazing ANNO series which you should definitely check out with thousands of hours of content nor does it have the beautiful rendered graphics of Cities Skylines a game we love If you re looking for a cute simple pixel-art game something fun you can play while watching a series browsing the internet or writing that essay then Desktopia might be for you
A completely original approach in PC gaming designed with functionality in mind Desktopia allows you to use your PC for multiple purposes on a single monitor
Clever UI with resizeable pop-out windows which can be arranged anywhere on your screen
A playable character which levels with your village so you can jump into the action whenever you want
Detailed logs and statistics arrayed in beautiful charts and graphs
Spy Mode focus the camera on any villager any time and watch as they live their life
Resizeable game world with the option to have it always on top of other windows
From nothing grow a series of villages along a dangerous and treacherous road from a single house to a bustling metropolis
Construct a range of facilities inns libraries post offices temples blacksmiths etc and watch villagers move in independently
Keep your villagers happy to collect gratitude and use it to host festivals which bedeck your village in bunting
Recruit and upgrade soldiers to defend your village from undead bandits fairies and demons Join them in battle if that s your thing
Hire heroes to lead the charge against your foes and destroy their strongholds
Decide on building low-tech villages with few needs or risk it big by aiming for high-tech villages with needy villagers
Quirky villagers each with their own set of needs and personalities
Increasingly dangerous attacks and enemies as your village grows
Villager moods driven by weather village events and personal ones
Criminal villagers driven by low moods that steal or commit arson
Dangerous fires which kill villagers and destroy buildings lit by enemies criminals or accidentally
Huntable animals and monsters
Bosses that stand in the way of you moving down the road and heroes to counter them
Serfs that upgrade to become nobles or even industrialists
You start by chopping down some bushes earning some gold and building a welcome sign
Some villagers move in It s your first village they re serfs and they want food and protection
After they ve harvested some bushes and earned you some gold with you helping if you want perhaps you build them a chicken coop and some more villagers move in
They love it and start dropping Gratitude which you pick up
After some more harvesting you build a barracks and a few soldiers appear
They start heading off along the road to kill stuff Maybe you join them
More villagers move in but now they want religion and some luxuries
Perhaps you build a blacksmith or a hold on some skeletons and spiders are coming down the road from the crypt
Phew your soldiers kill them but only after they kill some villagers
Now your villagers are sad so you build them a tavern
More villagers move in
You have a lot of villagers now and some are getting rich and becoming noble aww don t they look cute in their new hats
Wait now they all want infrastructure
Maybe you build a post office
All your villagers are moaning about rain but you ve earned enough gratitude to throw a festival
You throw a religious one as everyone is still moaning that you haven t build a temple yet
Everyone is so happy but your village has expanded past an animal grove and wild boars are attacking your villagers
You hire a hunter
But now the skeletons are coming back with a vampire this time and they are determined to burn down your village if only you had enough gold to buy a hero