Tribal Trouble
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Tribal Trouble is a real-time strategy video game for Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. The game pits natives of tropical islands against invading Vikings. The game was developed by independent studio Oddlabs, and has won several awards, including four top 5 positions in indie game review site GameTunnel's 2005 awards in the categories of best multiplayer game, best graphics, best strategy game and best game overall.
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[edit] Gameplay
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[edit] Warriors
Warriors are made from the Armory, but to become a warrior, each peon needs to be equipped with a weapon. There are four resources: wood, rock, chicken and iron. Rock is the weakest, iron is stronger and chicken is the most powerful. Chicken weapons can bounce on opponents from time to time.
[edit] Building
There are three buildings, tower, armory and quarters. First peons gather wood to build. Towers can act as a defence with a single warrior being able to throw their weapon over a longer distance. Quarters generate more peons. The armory trains warriors. (See warriors) The armory can also be used to order peons to gather resources (chickens/stone/wood/iron). Peons within the armory can make weapons(see warriors).
[edit] Map Size
Tribal Trouble has a range of small, medium and large island sizes. Large is only available in the full version.
[edit] Resources
Wood is used to create weapons and buildings. Rock, iron and chickens are used for making weapons. Weapons are created in the armory. The more peons there are in the armory, the faster the weapons are made.
[edit] Chieftains
Chieftains are made from the quarters without people. Chieftains do not need weapons but instead have magical powers. The Viking chieftain's magical abilities are ravaging roar which destroys almost anything within range and terrifying toot, which stuns the enemy for a while, while the native chieftain's magical abilities are the crackling cloud, which strikes down enemy units in a bolt of lightning and stinking stew, which cooks up a green stink that kills off lifeforms equipped with a nose within range. Both chieftains can do hand-to-hand combat, and the more peons in the quarters, the faster production is. Please note that only one chieftain of a tribe can be present on the island, and that reproduction of peons will stop while the chieftain is being trained up.
[edit] Price
Tribal Trouble is a download game. However the download is a serial code game to unlock. In the US, Tribal Trouble currently costs 29.95$ (October, 2007).
[edit] Features Of The Full Version
- Towers
- Large island size
- Chieftains
- Hard AI
- Chicken/Iron
- Extended Online Play Ability
However the AI gets iron in the demo, making it a huge handicap to the player.
[edit] Tutorial
This has six scenarios in here.
- Getting Around
- The Quarters
- The Armory
- The Tower (Not in demo because of Tower)
- The Chieftain (Not in demo because of Chieftain)
- Defeating Another Tribe
[edit] Map Randomness
There are four things you can change-Resource Supply, Tree Density, and Hills. Maps also have a code that you can see in the advanced options.(Island options)To enter one, go to the advanced set of options, and you will see a box below saying "Enter Map Code".
[edit] Races
Races make no difference except their appearance and magical chieftain powers. The two races are the vikings and natives. There is also some debate of the myth that the Natives have increased mobility, and the vikings deal a more powerful hand-to-hand strike.
[edit] Online Play
There is also an option of multiplayer. This is somewhat limited to the demo player, prohibiting guest chat (due to increased cyberbulling), disabled rated games, cannot keep track of rating, wins, and losses and cannot be logged in the hall of fame. The layout consists of a hall of fame, displaying the top 50 players ranked by rating, the chatroom(s), where the users can chat, view games, and private message each other, and game, which displays pending games and their discription. Players can first make an online account, and then an online profile. Once done, players can play matches and chat. It is known that having an account can create a legacy known on the server. (ex. the hall of fame, virtual friends, and even fame). It is strictly observed that there is no exploit of rules such as no cyberbulling, hacking [which is impossible as of now], harassmment, and exploit of rights).
