Choose Your Kingdom

This game could be summarized as “pick the best option from a set of random options, quickly, again and again”.

  • On a quick timer (5 seconds? 10 seconds?), the screen presents a row of options.
  • You must tap one. (You get it; the game moves to the next options.) => It automatically selects the “worst” option, so failing to do anything is bad. But might get an extra punishment anyway.

In this way, you try to run and grow a kingdom. The game would be completely UI (menus/buttons/interface), nothing else.

What are the options?

The options are simple stuff like “get raw resources” or “invest resources into X” (advancement, tech progression, etcetera.)

  • Obviously, I can calculate if you have the resources beforehand, only presenting options when you can pay them.
  • There are random events / disasters.
  • There are fluctuations in your population growth, what people want, etcetera.
  • But there are also “enemies”. In solo play, this is a simple computer that also makes choices and builds military and stuff. In multiplayer, you simply play against another (on the same screen) doing exactly the same things.

The specific options are:

  • Get Resource => you simply get more of that type
  • Use Resource => you use what you have for its special action
  • Trade Resource => pay X to get Y

The resources are:

  • Defense/Health => can’t be used or gotten normally.
    • If 0, you lose the game.
    • If opponent 0, you win the game.
  • Military => if used, you ATTACK the opponent with your current value.
  • Technology => if used, you INVENT something new => the higher this is, the larger the chance of getting something great.
    • These are the powers/curses mentioned (x2 numbers on resource X, timer increase/decrease, etcetera)
  • Wood/Stone/Resources => if used, this INCREASES your health/defense.