Critterville Goes Bankrupt
Inherit a royal title, preside over a cast of woodland critters, and survive an industrial revolution together in Critterville goes Bankrupt, a town life RPG that combines farming, village management, home building, and high-society intrigue into an unforgettable adventure!
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Inherit a royal title, preside over a cast of woodland critters, and survive an industrial revolution together in Critterville goes Bankrupt, a town life RPG that combines farming, village management, home building, and high-society intrigue. You'll start a new adventure—being put in charge of a town of critter-folk on the verge of bankruptcy.
Features
Tend the Land: Balance farming crops with growing a prestigious garden to impress your fellow nobles
Don't go Bankrupt!: The town of Critterville is in bad shape, but you have a mandate to rule as you see fit. Create jobs and hire the locals. Open new shops, hold a bake sale to raise funds, or choose to double the tax rate (again)
Build your Dream Estate: Inherit a crumbling chateau—decorate, renovate, and expand your home until it is the jewel of Critterville
Find Romance: Attend high-society soirees and start courtships with six dateable suitors. Fall in love or follow your benefactor's wishes and forge a political alliance
Write a Living Story: Characters react to your choices in unpredictable ways. Forget a critter's birthday and you'll get sued, tell a ghost story and you'll start rumors the town is haunted. With hundreds of daily events and dozens of possible neighbors no two journeys will be the same
Hire your Neighbors: Interview residents of Critterville and assign them to jobs. Go exploring the mines for riches with your best friends, or bribe the mayor for a logging permit. Decide what kind of boss you'll be: promote your best workers to managers or become a ruthless robber-baron, firing anyone who dares go on strike
Enjoy Country Life: With a variety of minigames, spend your time fishing, writing letters, exploring the wilds, or dragging your neighbors to court
Meet Your Suitors
No empire is built alone. Build partnerships with neighboring human nobles and start a courtship with your favorites. Who will you invite to the New Years Eve Masquerade? Will you give into your benefactor's demands for a strategic high-society relationship, or will you kindle a secret romance?
A Living Story
The town of Critterville is at a critical junction, and the decisions you make will shape the future of the residents and even the land itself. The game is driven by a unique domino system where characters react to the player’s choices in unpredictable ways. Decide whether to lead with compassion, chase profits, or operate somewhere in the grey. Your choices will ripple throughout the fabric of your tale.
Dominate Industry
The town's coffers are empty, and it won't survive another season of disrepair. It's up to you to rebuild the town's economy. Start a thriving business and employ your best friends. Bribe the mayor and open a mine. Rebuild the town through your generous donations. Quell labor strikes. How you bring riches to Critterville matters—and the critter-folk will be sure to let you know it.
