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I walked the EGX 2015 floor among a sea of games and one bobbled to the top. It wasn't shouting at me like a blockbuster but quietly resting, a king on a horse, like a scene from a pixelated fairytale. I watched someone sit down and play it, gallop left and right, screen following them through foresty scenes. But after an aimless while they gave up, no idea what to do. I left, they left, but the game didn't leave me, and so another day I returned, this time to play.The game is Kingdom, a sequel of Flash game called Kingdom, I later find out, and it's coming out in a few weeks on PCs and mobiles. It's made by Thomas van den Berg, AKA noio, and Marco Bancale, AKA Licorice.
All I get when I sit down is a whimsical title and an introduction: I, as either King or Queen (I think it's random), need build a new kingdom. Then, off I go, and as I canter towards what will be the heart of the kingdom, I learn the absolute basics. I drop coins by people to have them follow me, and I use the same coins at points to build certain things. I have a small purse of coins. And I must survive the night. Then my hand is let go.
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