Stacks:Village!
Welcome to STACKS:VILLAGE! v1.1.10
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It is a "Survival Solitaire" card game heavily inspired by Stacklands. Survive in a forest, build your village, explore, craft, and fight! Play in the browser (fullscreen mode works best), or download the binary version below.
There are no ads, no microtransactions, no in-game store, and no player tracking of any kind. This game is completely free to play, no strings attached.
Options and Features
- Created with Stacks:Engine, a card game framework that is heavily inspired by the Stacklands (no assets "borrowed");
- ~370 cards to collect and use in Stacks:Village
- ~100 craft recipes (some cards could be crafted via multiple recipes)
- 5 unique bosses to defeat
- 1 base + 10 visitable locations
- Settlers have attributes: Strength, Agility, Endurance, Intelligence
- Various scenarios - each having different starting conditions, different end-game goals, or even a different location
- Game Tutorial included as the Guide/Advisor for the first scenario
- Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android versions included!
- Languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian. Localizations are provided by volunteers, so if you notice issues, please email your corrections to StacksEngine@gmail.com
- Community support: post your questions or share new card ideas on Reddit
Combat
Both ranged and melee combat modes are supported (no combat box!). Melee units will move toward the enemy as soon as they see it. Drag your card next to an enemy card (do not stack them!), and you'll see them punching each other. Ranged units will shoot their projectiles immediately.
- Stacked cards - the ones doing crafts - do not engage in combat but could be attacked by an enemy card.
- Some enemies prefer to attack resource cards instead.
Developer Notes
- If you like this game, please don't hesitate to leave a comment and/or recommend this game to your friends!
- This game is in active development and may contain bugs and unexpected glitches. Please report issues to StacksEngine@gmail.com
- The Android version (.apk) of the game works best with tablet displays of 10" or more.
NOTE: The Windows version of this game REQUIRES Windows 10 or newer. The game will NOT work on Windows 7/8!
ATTENTION macOS users: this game is not signed with the Apple-provided certificate, so you will need to unpack the game and then do "xattr -c <path/to/the/game>" to avoid the dreaded "this app is damaged..." message upon start
Stacks:Village was included for free (as a mod) with the Stacks:Space game built with Stacks:Engine. Also, you may want to have a look at Stacks:Jungle - a peaceful exploration and adventure card game.
Download
Development log
- Stacks:Village 1.1.10 releasedNov 14, 2023
- Stacks:Village demo releasedJul 05, 2023
Comments
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how do you make bread
You get it randomly from the “A FEAST OR A FAST” booster pack.
question: how do I get a dog
also I think it would be nice to have a wiki so that people can figure this stuff out
Dog = wolf + bone, or wolf + raw meat. The tricky part is to pause the game before the wolf gets killed by your army.
thanks your a life saver
also is it possible to breed cats?
Cats can be found via the Old Village exploration card, no breeding.
why can’t they be breeded
you could just make it cat + milk or something
You can make a small mod to allow cat breeding. Adding a new recipe for the existing cards is trivial. Here are mods for cat breeding: first one for “cat + cat”, and second one for “cat + milk”:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mfc8dufvpALFjVRp7QVJ2KKm6BUIq09d?usp=drive_link
Load these using the “manage mods” button in the main menu, activate, and enjoy :)
does anyone know how to make specialist
The game reset my data :(
If you doing a very long run, then it is recommended to do the “export to file” for backup purposes, periodically. Save the resulting JSON file to some safe storage (google drive, dropbox, etc).
where is said export to setting?
Edit: Nvm I found it
Cool game btw
An the save to file doesn't work
I pressed it like 50 times and it still save so when I refreshed all my data was gone again :(
Browser version or desktop version? The browser version will save files silently - check the “Downloads” menu of your browser, there should be files like “stacks-<timestamp>.save.txt”. The desktop version will offer the “save file” dialog.
I'm on browser but my computer would've notified me if I downloaded something
question: how do I get the 2nd amulet piece
I have all the others and can’t unlock the last location
never mind I just needed to kill ed
This game is great. I have not played anything like it before and really enjoyed it. I played it several times and I got really far into it but then I came back and now I'm having issues. I have tried multiple times but after I click resume game on the menu screen I get a blank textured green screen. So sad, I'm using firefox and never had issues before but maybe an update caused problems.
I have not updated the game for a while… The green screen means that saved game has not loaded correctly for some reason (“corrupted save”). This sometimes happens late in the game - sorry for that.
Thanks for replying. It's ok, I mostly wanted to let you know in case you did not. Its free! Anyone who gets cross about a free game not doing what they want needs to take a step back. Is it something that happens if you download the game?
It happens less often with the offline version of the game because it saves data faster.
In both versions, it is recommended to keep the game on for a couple of seconds (at the menu screen) after the “save and quit” button is pressed. Also, please don’t close the game right at the beginning of a new day when autosave happens.
Should be fixed in the improved version of the engine I am working on now.
Huh how do i make cream?
Cream: Milk + Milk + Settler
Cheese: Milk + Milk + Milk + Settler
Make sure you don’t stack too much milk or you will only get Cheese.
Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️
game broke on mobile i can't interact with anything
What is your phone model, screen resolution, and android version?
fun
The game is very good, I really liked it, but I need help in one part. I've already made the castle and I've already made that artifact, it told me to give the artifact to the castle, but. I would do that and nothing would happen.
You also need a Golden Crown. Stack together: Castle + Crown + Amulet.
very much in love with the game after playing it on mobile,however it was a bit slow so tried on pc but doesn't run with error message saying 'discardvirtualmemory' procedure entry point not located,pls help.
Regarding the PC: which version of Windows do you have? This game supports Win 10/11 only. It will crash at the start on anything older than Win 10.
oh, 8 ,ok thks and good luck.
You can always play the web version on PC in full-screen mode.
Yeah but it freezes sometimes so I lose progress, chrome , which also stopped updating for anything but win 10.
Firefox will work too. For some, it even works better than Chrome… If you encounter the freeze, please let me know how you did that. I thought that I eliminated all known bugs :)
Or some other info source
Is there a wiki for this game?
really fun game and i like the viva la dirt league refrences
how can i build a castle?
it not showing in ideas
The Castle idea is in the “advanced thinking” booster, or it could be researched via the Library card.
What a good game, I just have one question what is the chance of the mirror for the world to appear again, it appeared once but I was killed, it's the last boz missing
Click on the “area map”, then click on the “Portal” location to get a travel card.
is there supposed to be a custom cursor? my cursor just disappears when i try to play it
Yep, there is a custom cursor. Which browser do you use? It should work fine in Chrome or Firefox (the newer the better).
Alternatively, your cursor may disappear if you have a gamepad plugged in. If this is the case, you will see a red dot instead.
Love the EpicNPCman references :D
Love the game!
Very fun! It could even be said to be an improvement on stacklands... Especially the card piling mechanic which greatly saves space and allows more interesting setups.
Thaanks for making stacklands free <3
Please note: this game is not Stacklands! Stacklands is here: https://sokpop.itch.io/stacklands
yeah, but it's so similar that it basically is
No, not really. Stacklands has different game mechanics and a lot more content. Note that all such games will be very similar visually because it is essentially a fantasy Solitaire with crafting :)
See this image for example. Does it look like Stacklands? It very much does :)
🤔 you are right
Anyone know how to beat ed?
Just keep beating him. There is a fixed 10% chance of true death, and you should get it done in 7-15 tries depending on RNG and your luck :)
Thanks!
Fun, but it gets a bit tedious. An explanation on stats would be nice.
IN+AG = work speed ST = melee damage AG = ranged attacks EN = HP
Really cool stacklands clone!
I wonder how many differences in game mechanics people can spot :)