Valhalla Hills

Following release, Funatics developed two pieces of downloadable content, Fire Mountains and Sand of the Damned, introducing locations and enemies, and compiled them in a Definitive Edition published in 2017.

• Title — Valhalla Hills • Developer — Funatics Software • Publisher — Daedalic Entertainment • Platforms — * Windows • Linux • MacOS • Released — 2 December 2015 • Genre — City building • Modes — Single-player

• Illustration — Players manage settlements by constructing buildings to acquire raw materials, food and other resources. Players manage a settlement inhabited by Viking villagers that autonomously collect resources and fight enemies. The player controls the settlement by selecting and constructing buildings and is required to balance the needs of the settlement to acquire and sustain raw materials and food, and addressing enemies by either building military structures requiring weapons from mined materials, or building temples to pacify the enemy with their own building requirements. The game features a 'Campaign' mode in which new buildings, upgrades and systems are incrementally introduced, and an 'Open' mode where all features are available from the start of the game, as well as the presence of more difficult enemies. Players can also expand their settlement across randomly generated maps, with each map presenting different terrain, resources, and challenges. Efficient planning is important, as Vikings need food, resources, housing and other facilities to keep the settlement functioning. Players must develop their settlement while preparing to reach the portal at the top of the mountain, which is often guarded by enemies.

Valhalla Hills was developed by Funatics Software, a German studio whose CEO Thomas Häuser had previously been involved creating The Settlers II and proceeded to form Funatics in 1998 to create the Cultures series of real-time city building games. The developers stated they set out to create Valhalla Hills to make a "classical building game" similar to the Cultures titles, with the game developed by a team of nine from January 2015 and built in Unreal Engine 4. Funatics released the game for early access in August 2015, and in October provided an update that introduced an 'Open Game' mode, providing the player with all features unlocked at a higher level of difficulty. Valhalla Hills exited Early Access for full release in December 2015, with additional game modes and bugfixes. A Definitive Edition of Valhalla Hills was released on 28 February 2017, combining the content from the Sand of the Damned and Fire Mountains DLC.