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Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 0 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 7 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
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Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
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Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 0 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 11 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
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Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
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Pay to Win
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A player can spend real money to purchase something that gives them an advantage in the game.
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Accidental Purchases
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Making it easy to accidentally spend money with no confirmation or ability to undo or refund the action.
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Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
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Waste Aversion
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Capped inventory forces you to destroy items or upgrade inventory. Also, having small amounts of left over premium currency.
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Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
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Social Dark Patterns
This game has 0 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 7 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
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Social Pyramid Scheme
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You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.
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Social Obligation / Guilds
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To avoid letting down your friends, you are obligated to play when you don't want to.
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Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
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Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
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Fear of Missing Out
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If you stop playing you'll miss out on something or be left behind and unable to catch up.
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Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 0 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 7 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
1 votes
Invested / Endowed Value
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Having already spent time and money to improve your status in the game, it's difficult to throw it away.
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Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
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Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
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Illusion of Control
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The game cheats or hides information to make you think you're better than you actually are.
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Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
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Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
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Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
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App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (4.50) with 1,133 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.39) with 2,572 votes. |
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** Nominated by the Independent Games Festival for Excellence in Design. **** Two IGF Honorable Mentions for Music **
In Kingdom: New Lands, you take on the role of a monarch struggling to build your kingdom up from nothing. Explore the lands for resources, recruit loyal subjects, and shore up your defenses — but make haste, for when nightfall comes, a dark and greedy presence awaits…
Kingdom: New Lands provides a welcome yet challenging & strategic experience for newcomers and longtime fans alike. Building upon the award-winning twist on tower defense gameplay and mystery of classic Kingdom, New Lands introduces an abundance of new content to the IGF-nominated title while maintaining the simplicity and depth that legions of monarchs have come to cherish.
Travel to the New Lands and welcome the deluge of new mounts, merchants, and vagrants that call these isles home, but be wary of the new obstacles that threaten your arrival - for not just the greedy creatures block your way, but even the environment itself can defeat you.
Be brave, ruler, and fight to the bitter end, lest these New Lands conquer you instead.
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“The fact that it’s far deeper than I could have imagined has easily pushed this into my Best of 2017 list.” -Touch Arcade
“A cryptic, gorgeous, and righteously frustrating way to spend time.” -PC Gamer
“I am in love.” -Destructoid
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EXPLORE
Traverse the land on horseback to discover all the wealth, secrets, and unlockables that you can use to your advantage.
RECRUIT
Across the land, wandering vagrants await your orders. Spend gold to recruit them as loyal subjects to help build and bolster your kingdom.
BUILD
Do you need sturdier walls, or taller sentry towers? Farming plots or bakeries? As the leader of your people, shape and sustain your kingdom as you see fit.
DEFEND
The wisest of monarchs know that the night brings danger. Make sure you’re safe and well protected from the insidious Greed when the sun sets - if they steal your crown, it’s all over!
STRATEGIZE
Time and gold are both in limited supply. The army of Greed grows stronger with each passing day. The land, while plentiful, can also be harsh. Will you make the right choices of when and where to devote your resources?