Ink Reverie

Ink Reverie is a casual city-building game set in a fictional historical era, with hand-drawn art inspired by the Tang and Song dynasties. You manage a remote village, guiding its villagers as they explore, build, produce goods and trade to grow it into a prosperous home. The game uses match-3-style building synthesis: you can click and drag to rearrange buildings, while adjacent low-level buildings merge into higher-level ones and unlock more gameplay and content.

Five regions

The game takes you through five regions, each with its own setting and mechanics: Jiangnan Mountain Village, Dunhuang and the Western Regions, Citong Sea Area, the Four Seasons of Jincheng, and the ancient capital of Chang'an.

In Jiangnan Mountain Village, you start with a small piece of wasteland and establish basic production facilities. The village trades with a town at the foot of the mountain; tea and peach blossom brew are its specialties. Manage these goods to obtain more types of buildings and increase prosperity.

Dunhuang is a Silk Road trade hub and the starting point for a trading journey between East and West. Build relay stations and organize camel caravans to establish routes with cities to the east and west. Alongside regular production, these journeys bring back varied resources and precious materials for developing the town.

At Citong ancient port, now Quanzhou, you begin a chapter of maritime trade on the ancient Maritime Silk Road. Plan resources to improve the chances of merchant voyages succeeding, and build merchant ships and fleets to trade with other regions.

Plan for each season

Jincheng lies at the foot of North Heng Mount in Shanxi and has four distinct seasons. Adjust resource management to seasonal conditions so crops can be harvested and supplies stored. Each season has different production priorities and resource needs: focus on large-scale production in autumn and reserve enough materials to get through the winter.

Develop Chang'an

In Chang'an, the capital of thirteen dynasties and a center of ancient China's politics, culture and economy, you develop markets in a setting inspired by the Tang dynasty. Buildings belong to four types: scholars, farmers, artisans and merchants. Upgrading them improves their attributes, while combining different buildings strategically within market areas can unlock special benefits.