TFC: The Fertile Crescent
A base-building RTS where your food surplus is your economy, your tech tree, and what civilization stands on.
How it plays
You settle a village on fertile land, then try to keep your people and your food supply alive at the same time. Surplus food grows your population and earns Knowledge Points, which you spend on Village Improvements that can swing a match your way.
Everyone starts with a village center, on equal footing, with several real openings from the first minute. Later you align with one of the Bronze Age civilizations with different strengths. You can win by conquest, by finishing a Wonder, or by starving the other side out.
What you get
- Campaign
- 10 missions.
- Skirmish
- Against bots, on four difficulty levels.
- Hordes
- Survive waves of mountain nomads.
- Sandbox
- Build with no pressure.
- Multiplayer
- Up to four players online with cross-play, co-op with bots, spectating and shareable replays.
Where it came from
TFC was our first game, and mostly a two-man project. It went into Early Access in 2022 and reached 1.0 on 13 June 2024, with support from the Queensland Government through Screen Queensland's Games Grant. MicroProse came on board along the way, and that led to TFC2.
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