In Children of Orc, you control one single Orc.
To make the player Orc move around, simply click on any tile on the globe.
To explore the globe, drag with left button on the globe, and use scroll wheel to zoom in/out.

An Orc can only carry one item at a time, so drop the carried item before picking up a new item.
To pick up an item, walk over to the tile containing the item, and select a command on the center bottom of the screen.

All commands are context sensitive, so they only show up when applicable.
To have your friend Orcs help you out, you need to approach them first and then greet one.
Once greeted, you can select from a list of requests which are applicable at that time.

Your friend Orcs will make action plans on how to fulfil their tasks.
If you click on a friend Orc, you will see the action plan that the Orc has come up with.

MOUSE

Left mouse button click selects where the player Orc should walk to.
Left mouse button drag to change view.
Right mouse button drag to pan.
Middle mouse button drag, or scroll wheel, to zoom in/out.

KEYS

ESC to return to main menu, or quit game when in main menu.
TAB to speed up time.
F1 set sound options.
F10 set debug options.
F11 to toggle full screen.
P to focus camera on player Orc.
+/- on keypad to tilt the camera.
* on keypad to zoom out camera to show full planet.

Building sites need to be marked for construction first.
To do this, the player Orc should pick up a marker and stake out a site on which to build a specific structure.
Some structures require an area of 7 hexagons to be reasonable flat.
Once staked out, such a structure will first be prepared with a completely level surface, formed by decks. Once levelled, the actual building will be erected.
Buildings include a sawmill, storage, smelter, and a smithy.
The smelter produces ingots which can be used in the smithy.

Once a building site is provided with all the required building materials, either the player Orc, or a friend Orc, can commence the construction, provided that Orc is in the possession of a hammer.

If you start the construction of a bridge, the direction of the bridge will be towards the shortest crossing, preferring a landing place on another island if possible.

Children of Orc is a game by Bram Stolk.

Music (c) cynicmusic.com pixelsphere.org
Animated models (c) bitgem3d.com
nuklear UI system by by Micha Mettke
libSDL2 is by Sam Lantinga

If you experience any issues with Children of Orc, you can reach the author at b.stolk@gmail.com anytime.
Alternatively, you can describe your issue on the forum.

Please attach the log file which you can find at these locations:

LINUX
$HOME/.local/share/Steam/userdata/*/544840/local/coolog.txt

WINDOWS
c:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\*\544840\local\coolog.txt


If the game fails to launch, it tends to be one of these cases:

-1- Make sure that you have Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable Files installed. You can download these from Microsoft, at: https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=48145

-2- Make sure your OpenGL drivers are up to date. Some laptops with a discrete GPU will use the integrated GPU instead to save power. Force your system to use the Discrete GPU instead. For nVidia, use nVidia config center.