Third Pie Studios Presents

Ages of Cataria

A story-rich colony simulation game for PC

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FactSheet

Developer: Third Pie Studios, LLC

Release Date: TBA

Platforms: PC/Mac/Linux, Nintendo Switch

Website: agesofcataria.com

Description

Ages of Cataria is a village story generator where you get to expand your town over weeks in real time and follow the generations of villagers who live there.

Features

Choose to play as one of the two unique ancestries: Humans or Elves. Each ancestry has unique buildings, characters, and gameplay bonuses.
Characters’ stories: Characters live full lives from birth to death in Cataria. In between, you’ll get to play through text-based stories that will determine what path their lives will take.

Over 23 unique building types and multiple upgrade options to make your village thrive. There are no play-to-win features, do everything will take real time to build.
Resource collection mini-games and village life activities allow you to enhance the productivity and general well-being of your villagers.

Discover and domesticate all kinds of animals, from pigs and cows to unicorns and turtle-ducks! Cataria has a vast bestiary of rare and magical creatures.

History

Creating Ages of Cataria was a childhood dream for creative director Alex McCord. McCord always loved playing city-builders on his PC and was passionate about building a game that was accessible and intimate. He has always loved ant farms and wished there was a colony sim that would allow players to learn about the individual lives of the “ants”, so to speak. As he aged, McCord developed a passion for storytelling through creative writing, and so his vision expanded to include text-based adventures that would allow players to have unique stories within the world of the game

During the Covid-19 pandemics of 2020, McCord and his partner, Nicole Gabriel, were searching for rolls in video game development to fulfill their passion for the arts and teamwork, but having literally no experience in the industry, and being in the middle of a massive job scarcity, they were unable to find a team interested in bringing them on. So, the two decided to create their own team, and thusly, Third Pie Studios was born, and development on Ages of Cataria began.