Robin v/d Horst, Advonger Games

Realms of Madness  is a castlebuilder RTS (real-time strategy) game played from a unique sideview perspective.

Build a castle, manage its economy, recruit an army and lay siege on the opposing castle.

Control mythical creatures such as dragons, trolls, underwater squids, flying harpies and more.

Releasing in 2025, a free demo is already available!

A castlebuilder RTS played from a sideview perspective

Build castles

• Manage the economy
food variety, wood, stone, taxation, structure upgrades and more.

• Build defenses
falling rock traps, wall towers, firebraziers and more.

• Command your forces
move units freely across the map, like in traditional RTS games.

Attack your opponent's castle

• Using siege equipmentsuch as catapults, ballista’s and siegetowers.

• Using magical creatures, including wizards.

Building on the lessons learned from my previous game Open The Gates! (2022)

• Players liked the core gameplay loop (building, defending, attacking)

• Players disliked the repetitivenessdue to the lack of mechanics. Essentially, they wanted more to do.

• Realms of Madness provides a much more complete and polished product over Open The Gates! (2022).

Control mythical creatures

Five layers of combat

• The game area is split into five layers. Each layer can be individually contested during the game.

• A player may decide to invest heavily into flying units, thereby leaving the seas open to the opponent for exploitation.

Play across five chaotic Realms, each with its own substory in a larger narrative.

• Each Realm has a fully voice acted character acting as an antagonist.

• All realms have a distinct atmosphere achieved through music composed specifically for this game.