Creep Kingdoms: a free strategy game with twikoi's creatures, battles and castle sieges

What is Creep Kingdoms?

Creep Kingdoms is a free strategy game in the style of Mount & Blade, made entirely of twikoi's drawings. You pick a hero, ride out with five free folk, and build a warband of her creatures on a big parchment map.

Three kingdoms rule the map: Moss Court, Horn Hold and Ink Reach, each with a ruler, lords, towns and one castle. They make war and peace with each other while bug bandits roam the roads. Hold all three castles at the same time to win.

Every fight is a real-time battle on a field you can see: two armies of her creatures in formations, with a hill, a wood, flags over every group and your hero in the middle of it. Towns and castles have walls, a gate and a ram.

How to play

Tap the map to ride. Time passes while you travel. Tap a village, town or castle to visit it, or tap an army to ride at it.
Recruit troops in villages and towns. Each one costs ink coins (play money) and a wage every day, and your warband eats food.
Check the strength bars before a fight. Fight it yourself, send your troops in on their own, or try to get away.
In battle, tap the field to move your hero and give orders: Charge, Hold, Follow me, Fire! and Flank. Your hero can ROAR to stun enemies nearby.
Sieges: push the ram to the gate, or climb the ladders. Walls make defenders tough, so bring a big army.
Hold all three castles at once to win the campaign.

Features

A whole campaign on one map: 14 villages, towns and castles, nine lords, three kingdoms and bug bandits.
Real-time battles with formations, a hill and a wood, charge bonuses, hits from behind and armies that run when their courage breaks.
Castle sieges with a gate, a ram and ladders, and you can defend your own castles too.
Troops earn stars as they win, your hero levels up and picks a new skill, and kingdoms make war and peace.
Saves by itself all the time, even in the middle of a battle.
Eight heroes to unlock with glory, plus a Hall of heroes with every creature you have met.

Modes, levels and unlocks

Campaign: The full game: build a warband, take villages and towns, and win all three castles. A good campaign takes about an hour.
Quick battle: One battle, no campaign: pick both armies, the size, and a field or a castle siege.
Battle of the day: The same battle for everyone each day, with a result to share.

Tips

Fast winged troops hit hard when they charge, but a line that holds will hurt them: press Hold when wings come at you.
Shooters are strongest from the hill. Press Fire! when the enemy walks into range.
Flank: your wings swing round the side and hit the shooters at the back.
Bug bandits are the best first fights. Leave the lords alone until your warband is bigger.
Keep a few days of food and wages in hand: hungry, unpaid troops slip away at night.

Who will like Creep Kingdoms?

Creep Kingdoms is for anyone who likes strategy and big battles but wants something they can play in short bursts on a phone. Each battle takes a minute or two, and the campaign keeps itself saved.

It is also for fans of twikoi's art: every one of her creatures has a place in the armies, and the Hall of heroes links to each one on her site.

Questions

Is Creep Kingdoms free?

Yes. Creep Kingdoms is free to play in your web browser. No sign-up, no ads. The ink coins in the game are play money.

Does it work on phones?

Yes. It is made for phones first: tap the map to travel, tap the field to move your hero and tap big buttons to give orders. On a computer you can also use the mouse and the number keys.