Ages of Cataria is a village story sim where over real-time your villagers grow, form families, and develop your town.
-Experience real-time aging where your villagers live for a month+
-Customize your town and share it with others online
-Trade with other real players online
-Experience immersive text-based life events that will change your villagers forever
-Collect unique creatures from the magical land of Cataria
*All purchases will go towards the development and improvement of Ages of Cataria
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Dev Diary #3 The Survivalist Skill
almost 2 years ago
– Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 12:25:06 AM
Hello, Villagers!
It’s been a while, and we have a hefty update for you today!
The Survivalist skill applies to three buildings: Hunter’s Lodge, Herbalist, and the Dock. With these three buildings, players can have their villagers be pure carnivores, pescetarians, or vegetarians. Nothing is holding you back from making your town a mixture of all types of nutrition by having all of the Survivalist-related buildings.
Fishing! At the Dock, villagers will be able to fish in the river for some local fish. These fish will provide plenty of nutrition for your villagers to consume while mixing up their diet to be more interesting. There will, of course, be a classic fishing minigame for players to enjoy. With this minigame, we aim to achieve a laid back cozy feel that comes with fishing.
Fishy with leggies swimming
Hunting! At the Hunter’s Lodge, players can assign villagers to go out on hunts to bring back different types of meat to the village. We have 5 different types of meat: venison, beef, poultry, pork, and magical. Villagers want a variety of flavors in their meals, so it is beneficial to bring in multiple types of meat. Hunter’s lodge also brings a new minigame of Hunting, where players will take control of a villager and hit a certain number of targets, increasing their hunt yield and skill.
Level 2 Hunters Lodge
Gathering! The Herbalist will allow players to gather mushrooms and other naturally growing organics to craft potions for villagers to heal, improve skill, and boost moods. Here the Herbalist minigame is all about mixing potions and crafting the perfect concoction.
That’s it for this month's update! Next, we will talk about player progression.
We’ve been hard at work getting all these systems into the game, and we are currently in the market for a publisher! We will be having more regular updates coming in the next few months. Until then, thank you, everyone, and happy spooky season!
Dev Diary #2 Relationships, Eating, and Life
about 2 years ago
– Tue, Aug 02, 2022 at 06:07:26 PM
Hello and welcome to our second Dev blog, all about wellness!
What's wellness? Wellness is the overall status of your villager. If this is positive, they will be more productive, if this is negative, they will be less productive. There will always be a mixture of both positive and negative experiences throughout the day, but maintaining a mostly positive score on your villagers is the goal.
Relationships, Eating, and life all affect villagers' wellness.
Relationships
Some villagers will hardly know each other in town. How do they get to know each other? Through conversations, of course! If their personalities mesh, they will be more likely to have a positive experience and increase their relationship with the other villager. This is important for creating lifelong friendships or future families. Some villagers just won't get along, and that's okay! However, it might sour their day a little bit by having a conversation with them.
Eating
Who doesn't love to eat? Exactly. Your villager will want to eat, and at the start, they will eat the raw resources you collect. This isn't the most satisfying, so you'll want to start cooking meals to eliminate this negative experience. The lowest level meal simply eliminates the negative experience, so you'll want to improve your meal quality to create a positive one. Nothing to eat? Villagers in Cataria won't die (unless you're on challenge mode), but their productivity will drop to basically zero unless you start harvesting some raw food!
Life
Life, well, lifes. Some events in life we just have zero control of. Your villagers will bop their head, have bad conversations, get food poisoning, and lose a family member. They will also experience the beauty of life, gaining a new friend, finding a pet, getting married, and seeing their child grow. These will all affect your villager, and you as a player must do your best to manage what you can.
Dev Diary #1 Wrinkles, Spirit Tree, and Customization 🌳
about 2 years ago
– Sat, Jun 18, 2022 at 06:29:22 AM
Hello, again, Villagers!
We missed you and we hope you missed us! There have been loads of new content created since we hit our funding goal and we can't wait to show it all over these next few months. Here are some of the new goodies...
We created the final leveled-up model of the Spirit Tree. As your villagers pass, their spirits will enter your town’s Spirit Tree. As more spirits enter the tree, it will grow, showing how old your town truly is. The Spirit Tree is designed to be the heart of your town, where you can remember past generations and receive gifts and guidance from the spirit realm.
Villagers have 3 age ranges:child, adult, and elder. These age ranges will now show more of a growth effect as they reach the end of a range. For example wrinkles and greying hair!
Oh, your villagers can also poop now that the Outhouse building is complete. Make sure you build one for your town or things will get stinky fast! Also, make sure you place it in the right area or else your villagers will get sick.
Speaking of buildings, here’s a sneak peek at an alpha version of building customization. You’ll be able to change multiple areas on each building in your town, and share your town color schemes with everyone. These building colors are changed individually so you don’t have to have two neighbors with the same color home.
OTK Games Expo
Last week we were at the OTK Games Expo and got 7th place out of 40 upcoming games! We were so excited to be there and the community has grown so much since then. Watch Nicole and I get interviewed here.
That's it for now! Our dev diaries will be more frequent now that things have settled down and we're producing a lot of new content. We are so excited for the future and thank you everyone for making this dream game possible. Until next time, I need to go harvest some tomatoes so my villagers don't starve.
Surveys are out!
over 2 years ago
– Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 02:41:47 AM
Hello, again villagers!
The time has finally arrived to fill out your Backerkit Surveys for Ages of Cataria!
Here, you'll select what copy of the game you want, either Steam or Switch. You'll also be able to select additional add-ons like the Sleepy Duck enamel pin, Piggy Keychain, or our new Turtle Duck figurines(seen below)!
All extra proceeds will be going towards the development of the game (which we are hard at work on and excited to show off more later this month)!
If you have friends who missed out on the campaign, you can send them to our Indiegogo site which will be up until 4/24! This will be the last chance to get Crowdfunding Exclusives! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ages-of-cataria#/
Dev Updates, Payments, and Indiegogo
over 2 years ago
– Fri, Apr 01, 2022 at 02:23:34 AM
Hello villagers!
We have three topics to cover today and then a friend we'd like to promote at the bottom! We're also streaming tonight on Twitch at 7 PM EST! Join us for laughs, games, and questions about Cataria!
Dev Updates
Development updates will come once a month so we can keep our backer community in the loop about how development is going. We have a long way to launch, so please be aware that anything you see is still in early development. That said, we're excited to show you the process all along the way!
Here's some early gameplay footage looking around an Elven village, assigning a villager to work, and playing the archery minigame.
Payments are still processing and if you haven't completed the payment there should be a red bar at the top warning you. If you have this red bar and want to ensure you get your rewards please complete the payment before it's too late!
Indiegogo
If you're just now discovering Ages of Cataria and want to support our game by getting your game key at a discount, check us out on Indiegogo for the next 25 days! Join the community, help us reach our next Stretch Goal, and get exclusive rewards before it's too late. Please share this with your friends and Discord communities to continue to boost us!
Critter Crops!
Looking for more games with cute critters? Check out our friend's adorable farming adventure RPG, Critter Crops! Cultivate darling critters, restore a mysterious island, and grow your newfound magical abilities. They're already 50% funded; check them outonKickstarter: https://kickstarter.com/projects/crittercrops/critter-crops-mystery-of-mullery-mansion
