App Detail » VikingJourney

What's New

It's a major update. As before, we have incorporated many of your suggestions, especially on the GamePlay management. With the new feature "Power & Intrigue" we have started to build up a new game strategy, which represents another challenge for our hero Ulfberth. With this in mind, we have also revised all dialogues (content & translation) and adapted it to the new game features.

* We also extended the terrain with many new natural elements - rocks, trees and landscapes.
* We have also optimized the entire code base in order not to suffer from the increased performance requirements disadvantages in graphics performance.
* Also, the handling of the game itself - rotation lock, key and mouse operation, we have expanded. Below is the details of these changes.

The changes described above goes deep into the structure of gameobjects, dialogues and terrain. Therefore, after upgrading to version 1.7, we recommend to start a fresh game.


Changes in detail:

1. Power & Intrigue
Some of the inhabitants have turned away from the old faith and became Christians. They keep their new faith in secret and are no longer well-disposed to you. They want to spread their new faith, but you and your followers are a big obstacle. Therefore they try to sabotage all your efforts to let the island grow to prosperity and power. They burn down houses, grapple with your enemies, they do not even shrink from murder. You have to identify them quickly and make them harmless, because the damage they do is significant and will eventually lead to your destruction.

2. Chest Key
Most of the hidden treasure chests now require a master key. Find it and carefully check the contents of the chest before using or taking it. But this key does not help with every chest - some chests you have to open by force, others take you violence extremely bad.

3. Potions - Treasure View and Hazard View
These potions have been expanded to reveal now most of the treasures and most traps. But remember, you still can not use the potions portioned. Once activated, they consume themselves.
 
4. Additional key assignment
We have added many new keystrokes, so that you can reach relevant menu items now also by pressing a button. The function of the previous keys is retained.
 
Rotation lock camera
Normally, your view though a camera is aligns with the mouse cursor movement. However, this also applies if you want to reach a menu item located on the edge of the screen - the camera moves with the mouse.

Now, by pressing the key [q] the camera rotation is blocked, so that you can now reach the menu items with the mouse cursor, without any camera moving. Pressing the [q] key again unlocks the camera. In the course of this change, we have also connected other menu functions to keystrokes.

All new modifier keys:

[Q] Key: rotation lock on / off
[M] Key: Opens the game menu
[Esc] Key: Opens the exit menu
Key [6]: Inventory menu
Key [7]: Construction menu
Key [8]: Mission Manager
Key [9]: Opens the Minimap
Key [0]: Status messages of the production sites

Quality Settings
The speed of the graphics depends not only on the depth of detail, pixel quality and graphics settings, but also on the number of objects to be displayed. That's why you can also choose the level of quality before every launch of VikingJourney, allowing you to customize the game to suit your PC and its performance.

App Description

Experience the impressive realistic 3D-World of Ulfberth, the Viking in the 8th Century - lost on an desolated island in the baltic sea. Setup and manage an economy, fight your enemies - survive with tricks and power and rise to be mighty jarl - on the way to Haithabu.

Historically, the Vikings were real allrounders: ingenious explorers, merchants, fighters and sailors. They understood, much better than any other people at that time the art of economics. From their trading centers in the Baltic Sea, Birka and Haithabu they sailed the seas and developed extensive trade routes from Russia to the Mediterranean.

Back into the Year 853 a.d
The game considers all aspects of Vikingism in a fantastic and realistic 3D world - trade, economics, and combat to the degree that they may have been in the real life of a Viking. To describe VikingJourney's genre best, think of the popular formats like Myst (or Riven), Siedler and Medieval War. But story transferred into the year 853 a.d.

The Economy
Goal is to build a robust economic system with a flourishing maritime trade under realistic climatic and seasonal conditions. Only with the income of your island production and the reward of fullfilled tasks you’re able to fullfill the claims of your lord - Thorvaldson.

Schlachten & Kämpfe
The multitude of enemies are the biggest threat to your prosperity and your life. They invade your island and bring death. As a loyal swordsman of Thorvaldson, you will receive guards with which you can protect your village.

Power & Intrigues
Some of the inhabitants have turned away from the old faith and became Christians. They keep their new faith in secret and are no longer well-disposed to you. They want to spread their new faith, but you and your followers are a big obstacle. Therefore they try to sabotage all your efforts to let the island grow to prosperity and power. They burn down houses, grapple with your enemies, they do not even shrink from murder. You have to identify them quickly and make them harmless, because the damage they do is significant and will eventually lead to your destruction.

Other information about the game:
* The costs, prices, taxes, flows of goods and materials, but especially the interconnectedness and interdependence, take into account all the components of today's economy and production system.
* The presentation of the figures, the calendar and the seasons, are largely based on historical traditions and geographical conditions. At the presentation of battle scenes, however, in order to increase the thrill, we have used a little bit of fantasy.
* The in-game time of the game is divided so that 1 hour of real time means a day in-game. This results in a varied and long playing time in which you can do your daily work under realistic changing weather conditions and seasons.

Average Net Playtime: 72 hours - as Viking Journy experienced player (150 hours as newbie)

In order to learn the details of the game, especially the economic features, we recommend to visit us at : https://www.indiedb.com/games/vikingjourney

Important: min. System Requirements
- macOS: 10.11.6
- Prozessor: 2 GHz (64 Bit) (or better)
- Speicher: 8 GB (or better)
- Grafikkarte: 1 GB VRAM (or better))
- Internet, Maus, Tastatur
- Freier Festplattenplatz: 10 GB

App Changes

• June 16, 2019 Initial release