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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 a hand-drawn picture, 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. |
| Gareja steppe wind | “wind1 (the third of its five winds)” by lukerustltd, OpenGameArt. 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.
- Noto Sans Georgian by Google, SIL Open Font License.