Retro Strategy SLG Banana Kingdom Demo Hits Steam, Early Access Set for August 31
The demo's map editor and 650-plus planned maps point to a strategy game built around community-created content, a notable feature for the genre.
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Midori Games released a demo of the retro-style turn-based strategy simulation Banana Kingdom on Steam on August 16. The full early access version launches August 31, priced at 530 yen with a 20 percent launch discount. The demo includes about 25 maps and a restricted map editor, with saves carrying over.
Banana Kingdom is a turn-based strategy game inspired by SD Gundam Gachapon Senshi 3: Eiyuuki and Famicom Wars, with the creator imagining what those games would be like with a map editor. Players produce units at forts, place bases, and fight chaotic battles with up to five factions. Unit types include cost-effective soldiers, high-power knights, ranged hunters and mages, water-crossing Orca and Manta soldiers, and transport airships.
Combat triggers when units are adjacent to enemies, with unit affinities affecting outcomes. Defeating enemies levels up units, and each army commander has a unique skill that charges over time. The early access version will include over 650 maps, and the map editor lets players create and share their own. The demo's editor is restricted but usable, and created maps carry over to early access.
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