Hildeguard: Monastery Madness

Projekt Description.

The game follows a story in which an antipope seeks to obtain the holy relics kept in the player's monastery for his own sinister purposes. With a team of saints and monks, the player will build a fortified monastery to defend against the antipope's minions, including monsters and demons.

The gameplay is divided into two phases: day and night. During the day, players strategically update their monastery in existing but unused rooms, using “Collection” as a resource. Collection is the most important resource in the game. It is used to train troops by upgrading rooms and improving their skills and stats.

During the night phase, players play an action-driven tower defence game with realtime strategy elements. Instead of traditional defence towers, the player builds rooms from which allied units are sent to fight enemy troops. 

The demo version of the game introduces one hero – Hildeguard. The historical monastery of Hildegard of Bingen inspires the level design. This version has two allies – the beer monk (tank) and the nun (ranged). The enemies are the Cardinal (tank) and a floating demon head (ranged). The relic that needs to be protected is the Crown of Thorns. The objective is to defend the relics from being stolen by enemy troops. The round is lost if the enemy reaches the relic and escapes with it.

In the full version of the game, there are several different levels planned, each with its own hero and set in a different monastery. Both the allies and the enemies will be adapted to each monastery. Each monastery has its own relic, unique passive abilities and an active skill that affects gameplay strategy. Levels vary in terms of enemy types, attack intervals, and stats. Story-based events, such as boss encounters and global map effects, occur throughout the game. As the levels progress, the difficulty increases, but players can unlock upgrades and skills for their troops during gameplay. 

Allies – demo version: 

• The tank class, the beer monk, uses as a weapon a beer barrel to smash his unholy enemies. Breweries can be built to train beer monks.  
• The nun fights evil with her crossbow. Either by slowly bleeding her enemies to death or with deadly accurate headshots as a range unit. They run crafting workshops to equip themselves.
• The hero, Hildeguard von Umbringen, is a skilled herbalist and talented musician. Her home,  the church, resembles a greenhouse, reflecting her close connection to nature. 

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