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Credits
Who made the game, and everything it is built with.
Made by
Nikoloz: design, code, art and the music arrangements. Every building, raider, soldier and map in the game is drawn in code, and the music and sound effects are synthesised live in your browser. Contact: contact@nikatopu.dev.
Music
Georgian songs in the public domain, arranged in three voices for the game:
- Suliko (სულიკო): melody by Varinka Tsereteli to a poem by Akaki Tsereteli. Played at night. The arrangement follows the CC0 setting on Wikimedia Commons (File:Suliko.mid).
- Shen khar venakhi (შენ ხარ ვენახი): a medieval Georgian hymn, traditionally attributed to King Demetrius I. Played on the menus.
- Mravalzhamieri (მრავალჟამიერი): a traditional Georgian song of good wishes.
- Kriste aghdga (ქრისტე აღდგა): the traditional Georgian Easter hymn.
Sound recordings
The background ambience of the themes and weathered nights. Each was trimmed, normalised and looped for the game.
| Summer day | “Birdsong mild sunny day” by stephan, Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. |
| Summer night | “Crickets Ambient Noise - loopable” by Wolfgang_ (Ted Kerr), OpenGameArt. CC0 1.0. |
| Winter wind (and the drought's day) | “Howling wind” by Tvabutzku1234, Wikimedia Commons. CC0 1.0. |
| Autumn leaves | “Leaves falling from the trees during autumn in the forest” by Wilfredor, Wikimedia Commons. CC0 1.0. |
| Rainy nights | “Rain (loopable)” by Ylmir, OpenGameArt. CC0 1.0. |
| Misty nights by the lake | “Sea and river wave sounds” by RandomMind, OpenGameArt. CC0 1.0. |
All other sound effects are synthesised in the browser.
Maps and heraldry
- Region boundaries: geoBoundaries, Georgia ADM2, public domain. The historic borders of about 1765 are drawn from the sources listed on the History page.
- The banner of Kakheti: after Vakhushti Bagrationi’s atlas (c. 1735–45), public domain.
- The banner of the Kingdom of Kakheti: a red crown on a white swallowtail.
- The banner of Queen Tamar: quartered in red and black.
History
The history in the encyclopedia and on the History page links its sources entry by entry. Enemy names follow 18th-century Georgian usage; see the History page for why.
Fonts
- Cinzel by Natanael Gama, SIL Open Font License.
- Noto Serif Georgian by Google, SIL Open Font License.