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Artwork based on buildings and other sprites Iron Village, with the current logo in the top left partially covered by smoke coming from the steam locomotive driving through town. In the bottom left is a text box that reads, Wishlist on Steam!

Iron Village

  • Build Your Village
    • Build houses to give your villagers homes.
    • Clear farm fields to grow a variety of crops, from basic staples to exotic magical ingredients.
    • Open shops that turn raw resources into valuable goods.
    • Construct warehouses to store your resources and goods.
  • Trade Resources With the Railway
    • Take the resources and goods your villagers make and turn them into gold!
    • Trade for other resources that your villagers need.
    • Invest your gold to expand your village.
    • Refuel trains that stop by on their long journeys. 
  • Expand the Railway
    • Keep the railway happy and pour in gold to improve it.
    • Unlock new types of goods and resources.
    • Create opportunities to grow into a prospering town!
  • Iron Village Dev Diary #4 – Feature Creep & Mental Well Being

    So this entry is going to be a lot more personal, but still related to this project. This week has mainly been some work with the train station and trees, not really enough to write a whole diary entry about. One thing that stands out to me though, is I actually cut a planned mechanic. You may…

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  • Iron Village Dev Diary #3 – Trains!

    Now for the dev diary on the most important thing, the thing that I’ve (over)hyped – trains! Trains are the lifeblood of your town, delivering the resources you need and giving you opportunities to trade what you make. On the other hand though, your village is a part of the railroad – it’s being settled…

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  • Iron Village Dev Diary #2 – Pops, a.k.a. Human Resources

    So the biggest thing I’ve been working on during my off time this past week (and a chunk of last week) has been what I call “Pops”. Sims is probably trademarked? Cims is specific to Colossal Order games (Cities in Motion, a.k.a. CiM). So I went with Pops, short for population. It’s used in Paradox…

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