Village Hero

From the village square to the fields.

A game starts in a village square. Villagers sell potions and weapons, and a minimap in the corner shows the way out. Past the bridge the fields belong to wolves, and stronger monsters wait further on. Tap the ground to walk, tap an enemy to attack.

• Three potions sit on the quick bar, so healing is one tap away in a fight.

Two allies, four orders.

A Thief and an Archer follow the hero and fight on their own. Each takes its own order from the command menu: attack anything in range, stay close as an escort, hold the ground where it stands, or wait. One ally can guard while the other charges.

Experience into stats.

Every kill gives experience. A level-up lights the hero up and hands out stat points to spend on attack, defence, speed and hit. The status window shows the totals they add up to, from critical rate and attack speed to attack range and move speed.

Buy it, then drag it on.

The weaponsmith sells swords and rods, from a 300-coin wood sword to a 3,000-coin broad sword. The potion seller restocks the quick bar. Bought items land in a grid bag, and dragging one onto the hero fills one of six slots: head, body, both hands, shoes and an accessory.

Know what you are fighting.

The bestiary has a card for each of eleven creatures, from a thief, an archer and a monk to wolves, a lycan, a zombie, a vampire and a mummy. A card shows health, attack, defence and speed, the experience and gold a kill gives, and drop chances. The Wolf Leader has 1,000 health and pays 1,000 to 3,000 gold.

A template underneath, our layer on top.

Topdown Kit gives the game its movement, combat, enemy behaviour and quests. Our code sits on top of it and inside it. The template's scripts carry our changes where allies and enemies needed new behaviour, and everything the player touches is new.