Gord News

In this instalment our of Developer Series, we explore the creation of your first Gord. We look at the buildings and resources you must manage, how many options are at your disposal and how managing your space can be an important skill to master.

Join Stan and Michal (Lead Designer), as they discuss the initial ideas behind city-building, and how a blend of two genres had to be considered when shaping this key pillar of the game.

In this video, we will also discuss:

• Building variety
  
• Upgrades
  
• Attention to detail
  
• Why Gord is more than just a City-Builder
  

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In this weeks Dev Log we'll be diving into the art of Gord, and look at how the visual design team began work on our dark fantasy adventure-strategy.

Join Stan, and Tomek (Lead Concept Artist), as they discuss how they found the right visual style, how concepts are created and how Tomek often has to decipher Stan's drawings.


Key Talking Points:

• Looking for the right visual style
  
• Intro to Tomek Larek - Lead Concept Artist
  
• Ardaven concept
  
• How concepts come to life
  

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1351210/Gord/

As we head deeper into the launch year of Gord, we thought it was time to delve into how the game came to be. It's inspirations, how it was designed and ultimately how Gord began to take shape.

Over the coming weeks and months, we'll be sharing a variety of developer diaries, recorded back when Covenant first began work on our dark fantasy city-builder. These will feature interviews with the development team, behind the scenes clips, and unreleased concepts and assets, all combining to give you a detailed look into how the game came to life.

[h3]Welcome, to Gord.[/h3]

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Key talking points:

• An introduction to Stan Just, CEO and Game Director of Gord.
  
• Inspirations from other genres.
  
• How does Slavic Mythology feature in the game.
  
• Creatures, beasts and Horrors.
  

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1351210/Gord/

[h3]Welcome to the DisGord! [/h3]

Our server is dedicated to Gord, the upcoming single-player adventure-strategy game from Covenant.dev. Featuring developing societies, eerie forbidden lands, and remarkable mythical creatures inspired by Slavic Folklore!

[h3]Join us here![/h3]

Covenant.dev and Team17 have partnered up to bring Gord to PC.

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Gord is a single-player, dark fantasy strategy game inspired by Slavic folklore. In the world of Gord, you will lead the Tribe of Dawn as they strive to establish new settlements and explore eerie forbidden lands, which interacting with horrific creatures and deities.



You’ll need to complete quests to grow the tribe’s settlements (known as ‘gords’) and fortify these to protect from invaders while managing a populace whose personal stories, familial ties and mental well-being can have devastating impact on the survival of their communities.



Covenant.dev is a 24-person creative development house including alumni from prominent Polish developers CD Projekt RED (The Witcher 3), 11 bit studios (Frostpunk), and Flying Wild Hog (Shadow Warrior 2). Headed by Chief Executive Officer, Stan Just, former producer on The Witcher 3, Gord is the studio’s debut title and aims to deliver players a mature and unforgiving strategy experience.



[h3]Key Features:[/h3]
Dark Fantasy Strategy: Lead the people of the Tribe of the Dawn and venture deep into forbidden lands in a lore-rich, dark fantasy, real-time strategy campaign
Build and Survive: Grow your gord from humble settlement to formidable fortress while protecting your citizens from invading tribes, gruesome monsters, and mysterious powers that lurk within the surrounding woods
Unique Sanity System: Keep a close eye on your townsfolk as everything from illness to hunger and the death of kin can have devastating impact on their lives and wellbeing
Hand-crafted Quests: Take on a wide variety of quests and random encounters that will lead you deep into the wilderness to hunt legendary creatures, uncover ancient secrets, and vanquish deadly scourges
Unleash Powerful Incantations: Unlock a variety of offensive and defensive spells to tip combat in your favour
Custom Scenarios with Procedurally Generated Levels: Take on an endless variety of challenges by creating your own scenarios. Customize your playthrough by picking a main objective, choosing your starting party, level size, number of resources, enemy types, raid intensities, and even the severity of the weather!


We’ll have more news to share about Gord in the near future. In the meantime, be sure to add the game to your Steam wishlist!


https://store.steampowered.com/app/1351210/Gord/


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