The name selection

This name will stay for years, can impact the communication and marketing strategy, describe what the game is about, etc. It needs to be selected carefully.

Every video game project has a "code name". It is important to have one to refer to the project easily before the selection of the official name. It is often short to facilitate the exchanges. Our project name was: Pro Domo.

After 6 months of production, we started the official name selection.

We used the pitch of the game we had back then to find the first options: "Pro-Domo is an accessible grand strategy game taking place in a fantastic world where you’re taking the lead of one of the Family/Houses of the realm and building its legacy. You’ll have to make sure your fiefdom is well administered and that you're on good terms with your rivals (or not...). You’ll embody leaders over generations: expand and protect your domain, define your traditions, values and goals, and make sure all your family is aligned with it. You have plenty of choices: traders/warlords/lawmakers... But remember every action you’re taking will have consequences and each generation will have to carry the family’s legacy."

[h2]Our objective was to find a name that feels medieval, have Renaissance sounds, and tell people it's a strategy game.[/h2]

First, we brainstormed about potential names for the game. Then, we came up with a dozen of names and asked the community to add their ideas to our list. After that, we all voted on Discord. Here is the name list:

🇦 Houses of the New Dawn
🇧 Legacy of Power
🇨 Bloodbound Legacy / Bound by Traditions
🇩 Great Houses: Tradition / Legacy / Royal Legacy
🇪 Royal Houses
🇫 Houses of legacy / trades
🇬 Trades of power
🇭 Atlantium / Houses of Atlantium
🇮 The Sprouting
🇯 Citadel Rising
🇰 Royal path: Eternity
🇱 The Land of Hundred Kingdoms
🇲 Legacy of Royals/Nobles
🇳 Ballads of the Old/Ancient Houses
🇴 Power's peak

After one week, we collected the three names that had the most votes.

Another important step is to check the availability of this name and be sure that it was never used before (in a game or anything else).

Then, we decided internally which one would be "the one".

[h2]We ended up with the name you all know: Great Houses of Calderia[/h2]


To be part of the development process of Great Houses of Calderia and help us make these kind of decisions, join us on Discord!
Great Houses of Calderia Discord: https://discord.gg/vsxD6n8P8J

- Great Houses of Calderia Team -