SouthPeak Games and Firefly Studios have just launched a unique community competition for their upcoming castle building strategy sim, Stronghold 3.
Fans of the title on Facebook can have their input in development by choosing which dead animal will become the new, rather grisly, ammunition for trebuchets in the game. There was no PETA in medieval times.
“Medieval sieges were often just long periods of people doing nothing,” explains Simon Bradbury, Stronghold 3’s designer. “The besiegers would sometimes catapult all manner of things over the walls, in the hope of causing disease and panic, or possibly just to relieve the boredom. Traditionally we’ve had a deceased cow as alternative trebuchet ammo but in Stronghold 3 we’re taking massive development leaps by offering several dead animals to choose from. Once again, I must stress they’re already dead before being launched skywards. They’re no more. They have ceased to be. Bereft of life.”
From today, the Stronghold community can head over to the Stronghold 3 Facebook page and vote for one of four creatures to be launched from trebuchets, with the winner appearing in the finished product.
When launched, the dead beasts will cause a cloud of disease that seeps through castles, killing anyone in its path – depending upon the size of animal, the cloud changes in size or splits into multiple foul fogs. The options available include:
1. Senile donkey.
2. Cage of rabid otters.
3. Retired dancing bear.
4. Sack of diseased badgers.
Since first launching in 2001, the Stronghold series has become known for its mix of precision village building, fast-paced real-time strategy gameplay and dramatic sieges with hundreds of enemies swarming over castles.
Firefly promises that Stronghold 3 will be the best yet, with a keep full of new features that will ensure that old fans and series newcomers will be happy overseeing medieval life. The title launches on PC in Q1 2011.
Share your choice for the Stronghold 3 trebuchet ammo in the comments section below and discuss Stronghold 3 on the MyGaming forums.
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