Kingdom Builder

How to Play

Kingdom Builder is a real-time city builder. Your goal is to build a thriving medieval settlement and survive 15 waves of enemy raids. If your Town Hall is destroyed, you lose.

Getting Started

You begin with a Town Hall at the center of the map, 3 workers, and starting resources (300 Wood, 200 Stone, 200 Food, 100 Gold). Press Enter to start, then use WASD or Arrow Keys to pan the camera around the map.

Resources

There are four resources displayed in the top bar:

Resources are gathered automatically every 2 seconds from completed buildings. Workers visually shuttle between resource buildings and the Town Hall.

Building

Press number keys 1-9 to select a building type (shown in the bottom bar), then click on the map to place it. A green preview means valid placement; red means invalid. Right-click or ESC to cancel.

Buildings take 3 seconds to construct. Click a completed building to select it, then press U to upgrade it (up to Level 3). Upgrades cost 1.5x the base price and boost HP and output by +50% / +100%.

Units and Combat

All units are fully automated - you don't control them directly:

• Workers (yellow circles) - auto-gather resources from buildings
• Swordsmen (red circles) - melee fighters, 80 HP, 15 damage, patrol near Town Hall and intercept enemies
• Archers (purple circles) - ranged fighters, 50 HP, 10 damage, attack from range 4

Barracks and Archer Ranges auto-train units every ~8 seconds if you have enough Food + Gold and available population. Build Houses to increase your pop cap. Without soldiers, enemies will walk straight to your Town Hall and destroy it.

Enemy Raids

The first wave attacks at 2 minutes (120 seconds), then every 60 seconds after that. You get a 10-second red warning banner before each wave. Enemies (red circles with HP bars) spawn from random map edges and beeline toward your Town Hall, attacking any Walls or Towers in their path.

Each wave brings more enemies that are tougher and faster. Your soldiers and towers will fight them automatically.

Step-by-Step Build Order (Do This!)

Follow this order right after pressing Enter to start. You have 2 minutes before enemies arrive:

1. Press 1, click near Town Hall - Build a House (+4 pop cap, needed to train soldiers)
2. Press 2, click on grass - Build a Farm (produces food for training soldiers)
3. Press 6, click near Town Hall - Build a Barracks! It will auto-train Swordsmen every 8 seconds
4. Press 1 again - Build another House (more pop cap = more soldiers)
5. Press 8, click around Town Hall - Build 4-6 Walls as a barrier (only 5W 15S each!)
6. Press 2 - Build a second Farm to keep food flowing

By the time Wave 1 hits, you should have 3-4 Swordsmen patrolling and some walls. They will fight automatically.

After Surviving Wave 1

1. Build a Lumbermill [3] next to a forest and a Quarry [4] next to stone to sustain resources
2. Build an Archer Range [7] for ranged support
3. Add a Tower [9] behind your walls - it auto-shoots enemies in range
4. Keep building Houses and Farms to support more soldiers
5. Click a building and press U to upgrade for +50% HP and output

Map Legend

Tip: The minimap in the bottom-right corner shows a bird's-eye view of the whole map. Click on it to quickly jump to that area. Red dots on the minimap are enemies.

About This Game

Build your medieval kingdom from scratch. Manage resources, train armies, and conquer neighboring territories.