Seigneurie: From a ruined Refuge to a Hamlet.
Hold the valley together.
Light a fire in a broken land, raise the walls that keep it burning, and hold them through the raids, alone or with up to three friends.
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The game
Gather, build,
defend
Light the Hearth in a ruined Refuge and rebuild from nothing. Gather wood, stone, food and gold by hand, then raise the palisade, a gate and towers.
Raiders never come out of nowhere: they sound their horn before they strike, and each raid is announced before it reaches your walls. Hold them from the towers, repair what breaks, rebuild what falls.
Explore and
automate
Follow the rumors out of the camp. A cave in the Scarps keeps the plans of the Old Forge; rebuild your workshop from them and it works iron. Row across Stillwater to the wreck, and watch your map fill in as you find places.
Then settlers walk up the Old Road to your fire. Give them a lumber camp, and in a Hamlet a quarry, and they bring in wood and stone while you are elsewhere.
Together against
the night
Co-op for up to four players. Solo is a complete game; with up to three friends, the work splits naturally: one chops wood, one quarries stone, one builds. One of you hosts a game from the menu and the others join it by its address, or everyone meets on the official server.
The raids come at dusk and at night. A fallen keeper goes down instead of out, and a friend can pick you up.
A valley
that grows
Stillwater Vale gives something on every side: wood to the north, the road to the east, water to the south, stone to the west. A painted, hand-hewn world at golden hour, around a settlement that grows wall by wall.
Hold four raids, in about 35 minutes, and your fire grows from a refuge into an outpost and then a hamlet.
These are only a few of the things in Seigneurie 0.3.0. Everything that's new, and what's still rough, is in its notes.
Latest media
Eleven seconds of play, captured in the game: a raid comes up the Old Road and the Hearthkeeper holds it with the bow from an archer tower by the gate. 
The start: a broken refuge, and a palisade line dragged across its gap in build mode. 
Exploring: the cave in the Scarps, found on a first visit and marked on the map.
Play together tonight
The official server is open to everyone with the game, for up to four players at a time.
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The official serverseigneurie.frozenshield.ca
To join: start the game and choose Join. The official server is listed first; a lock means it needs the playtest password (see the questions below).
Questions, a bug, or a raid that went wrong? Write to seigneurie@frozenshield.ca.
System requirements
| System | Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit |
|---|---|
| Graphics | A GTX 1660 or RX 6600 class card or better, with an up-to-date driver (the game uses Vulkan). It aims for 1080p at 60 fps and has been tested on few PCs so far. |
| Storage | About 133.0 MB, plus a little room for saves |
| Input | Keyboard and mouse |
| Players | Solo, or co-op for up to four players: host a game from the menu, join a friend by address, or join the official server. |
Questions
“Windows protected your PC”: now what?
Seigneurie isn't code-signed (signing costs money this project doesn't spend). Click More info, then Run anyway. If your security software still won't let it run, please don't lower your protection for us: tell us instead.
My antivirus warns me about it. Is it safe?
Some antivirus tools distrust new programs that aren't signed. Seigneurie needs no administrator rights and only writes to your own user folders. You can check your download against the SHA-256 published beside it. If your antivirus still blocks it, don't switch your protection off: tell us which antivirus it was, and we'll look into it.
Where do my saves live?
In %APPDATA%\Godot\app_userdata\Seigneurie\, with your settings and playtest sessions. Press Windows+R and paste that line to open it. Back it up before you uninstall if you want to keep your worlds.
How do updates work?
When a new version is out, the game offers Update now on its title screen. Nothing downloads until you click it, the download is checked against its SHA-256 before it replaces anything, and your saves are kept.
How do I uninstall it?
Windows Settings, then Apps, then Seigneurie, then Uninstall. It asks whether to keep your saves; keeping them is the default.
Does the official server need a password?
During a closed playtest it can: the Join screen shows a lock beside the server. The password goes to that round's testers and isn't posted on this site.
Is anything sent without me knowing?
No. The test build never goes online. The release goes online only to check for updates and the official server's status, and to play on a server you join. Playtest results files stay on your PC unless you send one yourself. Details: privacy.
Is it free?
Yes: Seigneurie is free to download while it's in development. No account, no store.
Mac or Linux?
Windows only, for now.