CivHero by WhaleBunny

Build a Civilization in 10 Minutes #

Got an itch to build a civilization, but don’t have 8 hours to spend?
Explore the world with your hero, collect resources, build stuff, and compete against other AI-controlled civs in this short-session turn-based civilization-building game.

The Essense of 4X #

CivHero scratches that civilization-building itch with exploration, resource collection, civilization expansion, combat with local monsters, and competition with other AI civilizations, all with a unique focus on a single controllable hero.

Infinite Scenarios #

Each scenario is procedurally generated and seeded with random AI civ leaders.  Every session is unique.

Play on Mobile and Tablets #

Playable on touch devices, including **phones **and tablets.

Like it?  Tell me! #

Please let me know if you like the game.  If people enjoy it and keep playing it, I’ll keep working on it!  Leave a comment here or contact me.

Updates #

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2023.04.27 – daily challenges and birds! #

• Daily challenges
• Birds (collected through playing daily challenges)
• Replay same scenario
• UI/UX improvements
• Many bug fixes and small new features

2022.10.29 – minor improvements #

• Reveal more resources on start
• A few small bug fixes and improvements

2022.09.11 – records, many other improvements #

• A new records screen lets you track performance in various categories
• Map generation improvements
• AI improvements
• Many UI/UX improvements
• Many bug fixes and small new features

2022.05.15 – civ combat changes, misc improvements #

• Civ-vs-civ combat has changed in a few ways,
• AI and balance adjustments
• Misc. other improvements

2022.03.01 – rules/AI #

• Trading takes a turn
• AI is slightly improved (including fixes to tutorial level AI)
• Import/export progress feature (currently only applies to card collection) (useful on itch.io, where progress may be lost… ☹)
• Misc. other improvements

2021.05.22 – combat/keyboard improvements #

• Monster Combat should be less confusing
• Extensive keyboard support
• Victory point changes (e.g. cities give 2 points now)
• Misc. other improvements

2021.03.21 – improvements #

• Experimental saving feature – turn on in settings
• Difficulty adjustments
• Turn structure slightly changed
• New animations and art
• Some early placeholder audio
• Bug fixes and improvements

2020.09.07 – bug fixes and improvements #

• Fix the issue with extra horse cards bugging out
• Small visual improvements
• Small AI improvements
• Some new map styles
• Smoother/clearer turn events

2020.05.06 – pets #

• Your favorite Collectible Cards can now be marked as Pet, and one random pet shows up in the game.  Pets found in game give rewards.
• Added initial custom scenario option, and another difficulty level
• Mobile usability improvements
• Various other UI, art, AI, and gameplay improvements

2020.03.07 – all new art #

• Finally replaced a bunch of placeholder art with more final art
• Gameplay and balance changes
• End-of game results screen (work in progress)
• Collectible Cards (work in progress)

2019.12.13 – lots of changes #

• Can unlock the ability to trade resources
• Much better mobile experience in many ways
• UI improvements – better sizing, positioning, etc.  World is more visible during game.

2019.10.10 – First itch.io prototype #

Key Future Plans #

Subject to feedback from players…

• Real audio, continued improvements to art
• Many bug fixes and gameplay improvements
• More options in custom game setup
• Replaying seeded maps
• Replay feature (review how the game went)
• Unique Civ Abilities? (e.g. Mao starts with extra science)
• Long-Arc goals (achievements)
• More Collectible Cards
• Unique scenarios
• Content unlocked through community play

… and many other misc ideas.

Legal #

This project Copyright © 2016-2023 WhaleBunny and Steve Taylor.  All Rights Reserved.  It is OK to show the game in a video or stream.  It’s not OK to host this game or its assets anywhere else.  If you’re interested in collaborating with me on something, please  get in touch.