The AI is dumb. You can build machiculations, murder holes and such... but the AI characters can't and won't lean to reach a proper line of sight or take any kind of cover. There is no point in offering the one big advantage of a castle if your AI can't use it.

But it's ok, your archers can stand butt naked on the wall and fight anyway but... because characters are VERY costly to create (and I guess CPU intensive), the devs have created red crystals wich act as automated towers... put those cristals on your wall to have five time more ranged ♥♥♥♥ fired towards the enemy... it's a bit of a shame that we are to replace archers with "cristals" but it's ok...

If you play seriously, to win, without RP, your contraptions won't look like castles or forts. They will look like glorified 2.5m high property walls with walkways. But it WILL be fun. The AI is simply going to 'dig' trough your walls by hand, but it's ok. You get to experiment fun ways to defend yourself.

Where the game truly shines is for RP enthusiasts. You'll be able to build your castle in creative mode, in peaceful mode or semi-peaceful mode and you'll get to build all kind of crazy castles! Build Penrose stairs (viewed from the good angle)! Build Escher's room (nammed: Reliativity, see the paint!). You have some physicts to repsect, but it is a non issue. You can build HIGH and WIDE!

The AI is dumb. You can build machiculations, murder holes and such... but the AI characters can't and won't lean to reach a proper line of sight or take any kind of cover. There is no point in offering the one big advantage of a castle if your AI can't use it. But it's ok, your archers can stand butt naked on the wall and fight anyway but... because characters are VERY costly to create (and I guess CPU intensive), the devs have created red crystals wich act as automated towers... put those cristals on your wall to have five time more ranged shit fired towards the enemy... it's a bit of a shame that we are to replace archers with "cristals" but it's ok... If you play seriously, to win, without RP, your contraptions won't look like castles or forts. They will look like glorified 2.5m high property walls with walkways. But it WILL be fun. The AI is simply going to 'dig' trough your walls by hand, but it's ok. You get to experiment fun ways to defend yourself. Where the game truly shines is for RP enthusiasts. You'll be able to build your castle in creative mode, in peaceful mode or semi-peaceful mode and you'll get to build all kind of crazy castles! Build Penrose stairs (viewed from the good angle)! Build Escher's room (nammed: Reliativity, see the paint!). You have some physicts to repsect, but it is a non issue. You can build HIGH and WIDE!