Medieval Dynasty

Medieval Dynastyis a survival game. Like mostsurvival games,Medieval Dynastytasks players with maintaining their character’s need for food and shelter while exploring the world.

Unlike most survival games, the protagonist inMedieval Dynastyisn’t a lone explorer in uncharted territory. They’re the patriarch of an expanding medieval village, and have to look after the health and well-being of their villagers.

Berry Picking From Medieval Dynasty

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While a first-timeMedieval Dynastyplayer might first focus on farming, there’s one resource that’s more important than food: Water. And while keeping the player character hydrated is easy, keeping a village hydrated is a bit more of a challenge.

An Easy Source of Water

If the player character is thirsty, all they need to do is go to a river and drink. Their stomach is strong enough that they don’t have to worry about water-borne diseases or micro-organisms. But their fellow villagers are nowhere near as hardy.

If the player wants their villagers to access water, they need to build a food storage buildingusingMedieval Dynasty’s crafting system. In the short term, they place river water in storage using a bucket or waterskein, and no one has to think about where it came from. They can also harvest and store berries, which double as a source of food and water. But if they want a long-term solution, they’ll need to build some infrastructure.

A Self Sufficient Village

As expected, the solution to a village’s water problems is to build a well. It’s not available immediately, but the player can build one after reaching 50 farming tech points.

Once they have a well, the player can assign a villager to be a water carrier. They’ll automatically fill available buckets or waterskeins with water and place them inone ofMedieval Dynasty’s storage buildings.

This is a process that can be further automated. If the player has a Resource Storage building, empty buckets and waterskeins will automatically be stored there. If the player has a workshop, they can assign a villager to be a craftsman, automatically making buckets. If the player has a woodshed, they can assign a villager to be a lumberjack, and they’ll automatically get wood to build buckets.

A village’s production cycle can’t be built solely around wells and buckets. It’ll take some time to first build all the necessary buildings, and then figure out a workflow to best fill everyone’s needs. But after a certain point, the player won’t have to worry about keeping their villagers well fed and watered and can freely explore independently.