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Hoard (trademarked as HOARD) is an action-strategyvideo game developed by Canadian studio Big Sandwich Games Inc. It was released in November 2010 in North America on PlayStation Network, and April 4, 2011 for the PC and Mac on Steam and was released on June 2, 2011 on the PAL PlayStation Network regions.

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Gameplay[edit]

Hoard is an action strategy game that combines elements of a dual-stick shooter with those of a real-time strategy game. Each player controls a dragon that has the ability to fly, breathe fire, and perform several special abilities with the help of powerups.

The core mode of the game, called 'Treasure', challenges the player to collect as much gold as possible over a 10-minute period. Gold is earned in a variety of ways, the simplest being to use fire breath to destroy merchant wagons or buildings and then pick up the treasure chests that appear. Dragons have a limited carrying capacity, so from time to time the player must return to the dragon's hoard and deposit the gold there.

When certain key thresholds of gold have been collected at the hoard, the dragon 'levels up' and is awarded with upgrade points which can be distributed amongst four key abilities: speed, fire breath, carrying, and armor. Upgrading each of these improves the dragon's abilities, which can have a major effect on game strategy.

In addition to destroying things for gold, the player can earn gold in other ways such as kidnapping princesses for ransom, capturing wizard gems, and scaring villages into offering tribute. The player can also steal gold from other dragons and their hoards.

Treasure mode is the main mode of the game with over 20 maps available. Other modes include Princess Rush (be the first to ransom 15 princesses), Hoard (survival), and Co-Op Treasure mode (all dragons share a hoard and work together).

Hoard supports four players at a time, working competitively or co-operatively.

Global leaderboards are present in the PlayStation 3 version and will be in the PC (Steam) version.

Strategic depth[edit]

Hoard is somewhat unusual in that it contains elements of deep strategy and systems interactions typically absent from action-oriented shooters.

The medieval kingdom simulates with its own simple commerce, and the player's interaction with the kingdom can have a large effect on how much gold the player is able to score. Farms and towns can be destroyed regularly, or left to grow to become prosperous. Generally, the bigger towns, castles, wizards towers and similar structures become, the more valuable they are but as a result are also better defended. Individual town buildings are also important, as the presence of markets or taverns help determine wagon value, number of thieves produced, and so on.

Dragon upgrade choices are also integral to the game's strategy. In single player scenarios with only one dragon, the player is motivated to play strategically to maximize points. In multiplayer scenarios, upgrading leads to interaction mechanics with strategies and counter-strategies similar to an RTS or fighting game.

Player progression and rewards[edit]

Hoard contains approximately 100 'badges', or mini-objectives which challenge the player to complete tasks of varying difficulty throughout normal play.

Badges award the player with experience points, which raise the player's dragon profile level. This is a title-only award that does not confer any game abilities.

In the PlayStation 3 version, Hoard contains 11 trophies worth a total of 315 points.

Development[edit]

Hoard was released for the PlayStation 3 on November 2, 2010.^[2] The PSP version of Hoard was released on March 22, 2011 in the United States.^[1]

Reception[edit]

Review aggregator Metacritic rated the PlayStation 3 version of Hoard at 75 percent and the PC version at 65 percent.

IGN awarded Hoard 'Best Quick Fix' in their PlayStation 3 Best of 2010 Awards,^[7] and also nominated the game for 'Best Competitive Multiplayer.'^[8]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abcHatfield, Daemon (March 22, 2011). 'Hoard Review'. IGN. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on August 30, 2011.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
2. ^ ^abHatfield, Daemon (November 8, 2010). 'Hoard Review'. IGN. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on November 13, 2010.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
3. ^http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/hoard
4. ^'PC Hoard Review'. Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-10-23.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
5. ^Watts, Steve (November 18, 2010). 'Hoard Review'. 1UP.com. UGO Networks. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011.
6. ^Jeremiah Leif Johnson (November 12, 2010). 'Hoard Review'. GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on November 15, 2010.
7. ^'Best of 2010: Best Quick Fix'. IGN. IGN Entertainment. 2010. Archived from the original on December 17, 2010.
8. ^'Best of 2010: Best Competitive Multiplayer'. IGN. IGN Entertainment. 2010. Archived from the original on December 16, 2010.

External links[edit]

• Hoard at MobyGames

Getting Started

Table of Contents

System Requirements

Java Requirements

If you don't have Java installed at all, or if yourversion of Java is earlier than 1.4, or if you have problems when you tryto run WordHoard, go to Sun's web site anddownload and install Sun's latest version of Java for Windows. The latestversion as of this writing is Version 6 Update 17 (aka Java 1.6 update 17).

For best results, if you already have an old version of Java on yourWindows computer, remove the old version before you install the newversion. Run the 'Add or Remove Programs' control panel and remove both'Java 2 Runtime Environment' and 'Java Web Start'.

UNIX users should check Sun's web site forthe proper version of Java for their version of UNIX.

For Linux users, we recommend Sun's JRE 6 version ofJava. This version fixes a bug in earlier Linux releases which sometimescaused unexpected internal errors in WordHoard.

Font Requirements

You might like to try the Gentium font, available at the Gentium Web Site. Gentium was designed for use withmultilingual applications like WordHoard. You can download free versionsfor the Mac, Windows, and Linux. If you have Gentium installed on yoursystem, WordHoard uses it by default.

If you use a Linux system, you should install Gentium. On most Linuxsystems, the built-in fonts cannot display all of the characters used byWordHoard, especially the many Polytonic Greek accented letters.

See also: Font Preferences

How to Run the Program

When Web Start downloads WordHoard to your computer, it saves a copy ina special system 'cache' directory on your hard drive. The next time yourun the program, Web Start runs it directly from the cache, so you don'thave to wait for it to download again.

Each time you run WordHoard, Web Start checks to see if there is a newversion available. If there is, the new version is automaticallydownloaded. So you are always kept up-to-date. You don't have to worryabout checking for new versions yourself, downloading them, or running anykind of installer.

When Web Start is downloading files, it presents a progress dialog thatlooks like the following:

The Security Warning

WordHoard wants the same rights as any other typical applicationprogram you run on your machine. WordHoard needs to establishnetwork connections to remote servers for database access andsession control, and to allow access to your local disk drives inorder to install itself and store your preferences. If you useWordHoard scripts,those let you do whatever any typical programming language lets you do.

WordHoard cannot subvert any system privileges you already have inplace. The warning about WordHoard requesting unrestricted accesswhich appears on some systems is misleading (and unfortunately, wecan't change that text). This warning just indicates thatWordHoard does not impose any restrictions on system access beyondthose your system configuration sets.It is possible for a Java program to disallow access to the network,system clipboard, local files, and so on. Such restrictionsare useful when writing browser-based Java applets.They don't make sense for a regular desktop application like WordHoard.

If you receive an error message on a Windows system like'Missing signed entry in resource', e.g,'Missing signed entry in resource: http://wordhoard.northwestern.edu/client/mysql-connector-java-3.1.12-bin.jar',your version of Java Web Start is not handling WordHoard updates correctly.This problem seems to happen most often on systems running a version of Javaolder than 1.4.2, or one of the test releases of Java 1.6 .

Try to uninstall WordHoard. Press the 'Start' button, choose'Settings', then 'Control Panel', then 'Add or Remove Programs.' Scrolldown the list of programs and check if WordHoard appearsin the list. If so, highlight WordHoard and press the 'Change/Remove'button. After a few moments, WordHoard should disappear from the list.Close the 'Add or Remove Programs' and 'Control Panel' windows.You may now Download and Run WordHoard.You should no longer see the 'Missing signed entry' error.

If WordHoard does not appear in the 'Add or Remove Programs' window,you can uninstall WordHoard using the Java Application Cache Manager.Select the 'Run' command in the 'Start' menu and type the following command:

Press the OK button. This should open theJava Application Cache Manager program. If it does not,your version of Java is too old.Please install a newer version of Javaand download WordHoard again.

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The Java Application Cache Manager displays a tabbed panel withentries 'User' and 'System.' Select 'User.' WordHoard should appear inthe list of programs. Highlight WordHoard in the list and pressthe 'Remove Selected Application' button.This uninstalls WordHoard. Close the Java Application Cache Manager andDownload and Run WordHoard again.

If these approaches fail, please uninstall your current version ofJava andinstall a newer version of Java.You may thenDownload and Run WordHoardagain. You will also need to reinstall any other Web Start applications.

Saving a Desktop Version

Press the OK button. Thisshould open the Java Application Cache Manager program. If it does not,your version of Java is too old.Please install a newer version of Javaand download WordHoard again.

The Java Application Cache Manager displays a tabbed panel withentries 'User' and 'System.' Select 'User.' WordHoard should appear inthe list of programs. Highlight WordHoard in the list.

Select 'Install shortcuts' from the Application menu item(the text may differ a bit depending which release of Java you haveinstalled). The WordHoard icon should now appear on the desktop.If this doesn't work, please update Javaand try again.

Web Start on Unix systems may not allow you to save a desktop version.You can always start WordHoard from theDownload and Run WordHoard link.

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The Loading Dialog

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The number at the bottom ticks up each second. It can take 5-20 seconds for the program to load, before the first window appears (the Table of Contents window). As the dialog says, please be patient.