First game: "Romilda - Vísi" (1) (Puzzle Game) (2)
This game tells the story of Romilda's youth and how she becomes Vísja (3), a wise woman. The story is told through a combination
of different puzzle games. For example, you have to look for medicinal herbs in hidden object scenes in wild meadows or
mushrooms using a memory, in order to then combine them with small logic games, such as match-3 for teas or ointments. The game
will almost exclusively only be played on Samsø. However, with a later update, the option to use herbs and other objects from other
realms of the Norse cosmos will be added.
(1) Old Norse for knowledge, knowledge,
wisdom
(2) Game genre that brings together all
kinds of logic, search and skill games:
Hidden Object, Match3, Memory, Bubble
Shooter, etc.
(3) Old Norse for "woman with great
knowledge and wisdom"
(4) Old Norse for rise, beginning, beginning
(5) game genre in which the player has to
make and sell agricultural products;
simplified economic simulation
(6) Old Norse for downfall
7) = player versus player, variant of the
strategy game
(8) Name for the warriors who fell in battle
in Valhall (Heroes' Hall in Ásgardr)
(9) Doomsday in Old Norse Mythology
(10) Oðinn's spear; was made by dwarfs
(black albums); never misses its target; is
the only weapon that can be used to kill
Fenrir and Jormungandr
(11) Giant wolf caught in Hel (realm of the
dead for those who did not fall in battle)
devouring Oðdinn during Ragnarok
(12) Old Norse "enclosure of the Assir",
realm of the Æsir family of gods
(13) Jotun = Old Norse "giant", heimr = Old
Norse empire; Kingdom of the Jotnar
(mythological beings)
(14) Old Norse for companions, in the sense
of combat companions
(15) = role playing game; Game genre in
which the player slips into the role of a
character and controls him through the
game world
Second game: "Romilda - Uppruni" (4) (Farming Game) (5)
This game is designed to tell Romilda's story from the point she decides to leave her village and go her own way. Since she also
(actually unintentionally) founds her own village, of which she will later become the leader, the story is told in the form of a farming
game. Using a small economic and town planning simulation, the player helps Romilda to found and build up a village community.
Various handicraft and agricultural products must be produced and used or sold and trade with the AI (in the form of the Roman
Empire, the Arab world and the Celtic tribes) as well as with other players Miðgarðr also includes other realms of the old Nordic
cosmos, so that a strong integration of the old Norse mythology takes place and the "universe" is shown as the (northern) Germanic
peoples imagined it.
Third game: „Romilda – Glaðan“(6) (PvP Game)(7)
"Glaðan" describes the last section in Romilda's life: She is already a successful and feared military leader and supports the armies
of the Einherjer (8) in the battles of Ragnarok. (9) The narration takes the form of a PvP game in which the Player runs his own
army camp and must try to conquer Gungnir (10) with the help of the troops trained there. This spear is needed to kill Fenrir (11)
and thus prevent Oðinn's death and the destruction of the world. It mainly takes place in Asgarðr (12) and partly in Jotunheimr. (13)
Fourth game: „Romilda – Sveitungr“ (14) (RPG) (15)
Here the story between "Uppruni" and "Glaðan" is told: How Romilda becomes a military leader. The game is to be a role-playing
game in which the player stands by Romilda as a companion on various adventures. However, the decisions are made by the player,
so that everyone can play the game individually. The main part of the game will play on Miðgarðr, but there should be the possibility
to switch to other realms of the Norse cosmos for some quests.
The Romilda Games Series
Photos: Museum Village Klein Köris