Valhalla Hills - on Early Access now

[Knurps]

Hi guys, we finally managed to release our first Unreal game on Steam Early Access. It took us around 9 months to reach this great target and we are quite proud for the positive feedback and reviews we could achieve til now.

So what is teh game about? Well, it’s a building strategy game in the tradition of games like “The Settlers” or “Cultures”. You have to lead your outcast Viking heroes to the top of a mountain, where a magical portal is leading to Valhalla. For this, you need to build up a balanced economy-system and help your vikings o survice against animals and all kinds of enemies.

All maps are generated randomly, we have varying mountain terrains, night and day cycles etc.

Here are some impressions:

We also made a quite funny “developers diary” that is really worth to take a look:

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Key features are:

• Master the mountain’s challenges
• Fight your way through the unrelenting wildlife
• You’ll never stop to improve: all findings and achievements will be transferred to the next map
• Endless gameplay through procedural maps

Platforms:
Windows PC
Mac OS and Linux shall follow. Others are in evaluation right now.

If you like it, you’ll find some more infos here:
://www.valhalla-hills

And if you want to help us to make the game even better, you can support us on Early Access (three versions available right now)

[anonymous_user_4d4a8607]

Looks great! Reminds me of those classic strategy games I played back then (except those didn’t age well visually).

[eXi (Cedric Neukirchen)]

I’m so close to buying AT LEAST the normal version. But right now i have no time playing it ;_;

[anonymous_user_923c79df]

Nice to see a video game from a german game company!

Looks really cool, but I have one question: do you guys use an “emissive material” for your trees or are they just so bright because of the moonlight (SSS effect) -> the ones on the 3rd pic (the contrasts of the different trees are pretty high)?

@Knurps;366514

We also made a quite funny “developers diary” that is really worth to take a look:

I have seen many dev diaries, but this one is one of my favorites (not so boring like the other ones)

[order66]

Sieht richtig hübsch aus

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Looking really good

Edit: Just one thing that bothers me. You should definitely add a video with an english synchronization to your steam page.

[Mavwarf]

Hi guys, thanks for the compliments

@Dragonwalker: well, it is sort of natural that Valhalla Hills reminds you of classic strategy game. I have done Settlers 2 long, long ago and Cultures not that long ago But Valhalla Hills is not just a classic game with new graphics, but it has some new mechanics (extended unlock system, random generated mountains, …)

@eXi: go for it, find the time to play it. You will like it

@: thanks for the compliments! I do not know details if we use emissive materials, but I can take care on that on monday.

BTW: Thanks to everyone here in the Unreal Community! Good place to be!

Häuser - Valhalla Hill game design / game coding

[pixelvspixel]

Picked this up the other day when it was on sale, looking forward to playing.

[sivan]

looks very promising!
and please let us informed with the technical details, experiences/difficulties with UE4 in English too.

[anonymous_user_138c2332]

Is it like the Black & White game?

I like the visual style a lot.

[McTune]

Looks like something I want to play

[MyFreshP]

It’s a really nice game! I bought the Contributor Edition when it was on sale.

[sivan]

unfortunately, on GameWatcher (former StrategyInformer) the review is not really positive, emphasizing pathfinding as an issue… ://www.gamewatcher/reviews/valhalla-hills-review/12407