From victuals to Vikings, lead your village and expand it into a thriving city.

In Land Of The Vikings, players take on the role of the Jarl of a new Viking village. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions and enemy raids, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict.

It is up to the players to expand their village into a thriving city. But they are not completely on their own; the Norse gods will aid players with different bonuses in return for their worship. 

Skál!

The Steam Early Access release of Land of the Vikings took place 3 weeks ago, and developer  Laps Games have been carefully making notes from players' comments, community forum posts, feedback, bug reports, and more.

The team has been steadily updating the game with several small patches to address community feedback, like for example, having the ability to turn off disasters.

What can be expected in the near future? 

Defense Update. With this update, your Viking village will be open to external attack, so it will be up to you to organize a proper defense, by placing walls and other obstacles to deter attackers.

The Editor Update will add Steam Workshop support so you can create your own buildings and share them with others!

There will also be changes to the Happiness System. As the population grows, villagers will become more restless. You will need to indulge them with ale in the taverns to keep them happy!

The most requested feature, automatic worker assignment, will also come with this update.

Key Features:

• Manage your village: Chop trees, plant and grow crops, hunt wildlife, mine and fish from the surrounding seas and fjords. From victuals to Vikings, manage your resources carefully to ensure you can outlast the winter, and expand your settlement season to season. Each of your villagers is a character in their own right. With 20+ characteristics, your villagers might be powerfully-built strongmen and women or silver-tongued thespians. Pay attention to skills and abilities when assigning your people to a task. Not all Vikings are alike, nor are they equally good at all jobs!
• Know your Vikings: More Vikings will ask to join your settlement as it grows. You can choose to welcome them or turn them away. Over time, your Vikings will begin new families and give birth to new generations, extending their lineage and strengthening your village. 
• Survive fierce weather and events: This land will bring many challenges to your settlement, from earthquakes to fire-starting lightning from the heavens above. Band together and withstand these disasters as best you can. The seasons bring their own challenges, as do events and disasters. Be ready for storms and blizzards, or just the long deadly cold of the winter season. Prepare firewood and food stores to keep your Vikings warm and fed!
• Trade and raid: Your neighbors are an excellent resource of goods and gold. Once you build a Trade Dock, ships will visit you with different cargo. You can also send out your own trade missions, as long as you have enough villagers to crew the vessel - and enough beer to fuel the crew! Any good Jarl knows that force is the best path to glory. Raid foreign villages to plunder their silver and gold, and gain Fame points.
• Train your villagers: Train and strengthen your Vikings to ensure your victory. Your villagers need to be trained to raid. They can be anything from normal warriors (light warriors, like archers) to mighty male berserkers V and female shield maiden elites. These latter two warrior types are unique to the Vikings.
• Celebrate and decorate: No grids allowed! You can build wherever you want, design your village as you feel like, and increase your Vikings’ happiness. Construct monuments to Odin or Freya and customize the look of your Viking ships. You will even be able to modify the look of houses with the Building Editor, in one of the Early Access updates!
• Yggdrasil, the tech tree of life: Unlock new buildings and bonuses by spending Fame points in the Tree of Life. Discover beer brewing and build a Tavern for your villagers to relax in. Invest in goat farming to gather wool and weave fabric for better clothes. As you create better quality living and resources, your Vikings will become healthier and happier and your settlement will flourish!

Land Of The Vikings is in development for PC (Steam), scheduled for 2023.