The tribes

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The tribes
The tribes Logo.png
Studio InnoGames
Publisher InnoGames
Erstveröffent-
lichung		 June 2003
platform Web browser , Android , iOS
Game engine PHP and MySQL
genre Browser game
Subject middle Ages
Game mode Multiplayer
control Mouse keyboard
language 34, u. a. German

The Tribes is a browser game launched in 2003 by the InnoGames company that revolves around the conquest of enemy villages in the Middle Ages . The game, which is offered in several language versions, is divided into independent game worlds. Internationally, the game is marketed under the name Tribal Wars .

history

The game "The Tribes" was developed in 2003 and was only planned as a hobby project at that time . According to the developers, their motivation was to create a game that they would love to play themselves. The first game world was opened in June 2003, the second in February 2004 after the number of players had risen to several thousand. At this point, the developers decided to work full-time on browser games. As a result, other language versions were created. First the game was translated into English. Licenses for a few other language versions (Turkish, French, Spanish and Italian) were initially sold to Gameforge AG , but were bought back in February 2009. In 2007 InnoGames GmbH was finally founded.

In November 2019, Die Stämme had around 800,000 players worldwide who had logged into the game within the previous 30 days.

Game principle and technology

The tribes is a mixture of a structure and strategy game . Players can enter the game at any point in time and are assigned a small village on a two-dimensional map that represents the game world. Each player must first set up a resource economy that enables him to expand the village and finally to set up a military force. Other players' villages can be invaded and captured. Players can join forces to form the namesake tribes to take action against other players and tribes. The aim of the game is the dominance of the game world by a tribe.

graphic

The game has very simple graphics. There is a map of the game world, a village view with a few animations and overviews with a clear database character. The player can also switch between the standard village and map view and the classic village and map view in the settings.

If you have a premium account , you have the option of integrating your own graphics with the help of a graphics package. InnoGames offers graphics packages from older versions for download.

financing

To finance the game, there are chargeable, so-called premium accounts , which make the game more comfortable at various points and which can be activated by using previously purchased premium points. For example, this gives the player the opportunity to enlarge the map section and to place more construction orders through a longer queue. Once you have reached 500 player points, you can test the premium account for seven days, and from 15,000 player points for a further three days. Premium points can also be acquired using the SponsorPay principle . There is the possibility of registering for free offers (e.g. competitions) or by making purchases in online shops from partners of the game operator. Then, after a short or long waiting period, you will receive a predetermined number of premium points. According to the operators, using a premium account should never result in a gaming advantage, so that successful participation without a premium account should also be possible. Premium use consists of the use of additional game functions ("features"), which primarily serve to better and above all faster organization and management of the game account, which is not available to basic users. InnoGames charges service fees for premium use of the games. The player can thus expand his account and gain advantages (e.g. dynamic menu bar, no deletion due to inactivity) compared to basic players. In the meantime, however, the terms and conditions of the game state that gaming advantages can be obtained through premium use. For players without a premium account, the only source of income is advertising banners . Another source of income is the account manager introduced with version 7.0, which can be activated for a fee in addition to the premium account. In December 2011, purchasable game advantages such as reducing the construction time of buildings were introduced.

Awards and nominations

The tribes were awarded the audience award of the GalaxyNews website as “Browser Game of the Year 2006” in the fun category.

In 2009 the game was also nominated for the well-known DMMA OnlineStar .

Player projects

The player projects are an important part of the community. These are developed by players and usually made available to the rest of the community free of charge.

Scripts

There are a number of scripts that can be integrated into the game in order to create certain comfort advantages (such as extended village overviews on the map). Scripts that create direct game advantages or carry out automated actions (so-called bots ) may not be used. Some of the scripts may only be used by players with a premium account.

External player projects

The game offers an interface to the game data to a certain extent. This includes configuration, player data (points, name, profile, etc.), village data (points, name, etc.) and master data. These are used by external player projects, for example to create point progression graphics.

TWPlus

TWPlus is one of these external player projects. It was created from a merger of two player projects, DSPlus and TWTools. TWPlus currently supports all language versions of “Die Stämme” and makes life easier for the players with progress graphics, attack planners, world map generators and much more. TW-Plus was originally discontinued by the operator on September 1, 2010, before the portal was taken over by InnoGames.

criticism

The increasing commercialization of “The Tribes” is criticized by part of the community . For example, some extensions that were previously free are only available with a premium account (e.g. a bar with links that allows you to quickly switch between certain buildings.) There are also a large number of new changes that increase user-friendliness , only to premium customers.

InnoGames counters the criticism that they are responsible for several jobs and apprenticeships and therefore as a company must achieve the highest possible profit. Rising prices of the premium accounts are justified by the increasing costs of the company and increasing advantages of using PA, which has met with strong criticism in large parts of the community.

The last price increase for Premium Points took place in April 2010. In addition to criticism from the community that the price increase was inappropriate, it was heavily criticized that the price increase was accompanied by a new premium system, which makes it difficult for users to understand how much the prices are changing in detail.

The introduction of the account manager was also criticized, as a result of which parts of the game (such as the moving of raw materials) could now be automated against the use of premium points, whereas previously they only wanted to offer convenience benefits via the premium account. This is viewed very critically by parts of the community, since such great gaming advantages could be bought and thus instead of the playing skills and activity of the individual players, financial participation in the game is increasingly decisive for success.

In December 2011, a game world with game advantages that can be bought directly (e.g. reduced construction time for buildings) was launched for the first time. This innovation caused a lot of criticism from the community, which is why a round table was started a few days later , at which questions about the new advantages should be answered directly by the developers. The date for answering the questions has been postponed several times. Preliminary answers to some of the questions were published at the end of February. On June 18, 2012, more than six months after the start of the round table, it was announced that the answering of the questions could not be carried out for organizational reasons. This caused a lot of criticism in the community.

Many community members attribute the falling number of players in recent years (halving from around 600,000 in June 2009 to around 300,000 in June 2011) to the increasing commercialization of the game.

The criticism of some players is also directed against some supporters and moderators , who, in the opinion of the players, often issue excessive or unjustified penalties or warnings in the official forum or in the game itself.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tribal Wars - World Status. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 4, 2013 ; accessed on September 16, 2013 (English, overview of language versions, game worlds and account numbers). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / status.twstats.com
  2. ↑ a b c d company history. (No longer available online.) InnoGames, archived from the original on September 27, 2013 ; Retrieved September 16, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Company history. (No longer available online.) InnoGames, archived from the original on August 28, 2009 ; Retrieved September 16, 2013 (Original reference for the article).  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / corporate.innogames.com
  3. ↑ Interview with an operator of Die Stämme on datenschaetze.de accessed on June 20, 2009
  4. ↑ Game help via the first game world  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on May 30, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Toter Link / help.die-staemme.de  
  5. ↑ "Hugelgupf": GameForge and the brazen copy - Update # 2 ,. (No longer available online.) In: hugelgupf.de. Archived from the original on September 20, 2010 ; accessed on January 29, 2014 .
  6. ↑ MMOFacts.com: The Tribes. Retrieved November 26, 2019 .
  7. ↑ InnoGames on their business model , accessed June 21, 2009
  8. ↑ General Terms and Conditions of the Tribes , accessed on January 23, 2009
  9. ↑ Announcement of new premium benefits ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on February 23, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / forum.die-staemme.de
  10. ↑ Winner of the Browser Game of the Year category on Galaxy-News.de , accessed on December 17, 2008
  11. ^ The Tribes , accessed December 17, 2008
  12. ↑ Rules for the use of scripts ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 17, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / forum.die-staemme.de
  13. ↑ Announcement about the continuation of the project  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 5, 2010@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / forum.die-staemme.de  
  14. ↑ Official announcement that an extension will only be available for premium customers in the future ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 23, 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / forum.die-staemme.de
  15. ↑ Announcement: Version 5.2 ( Memento of the original from May 24th, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 23, 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / forum.die-staemme.de
  16. ↑ Forum post by a game master about the purchase of game advantages  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 23, 2009@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / forum.die-staemme.de  
  17. ↑ Forum post by a game master about the jobs to be secured  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 23, 2009@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / forum.die-staemme.de  
  18. ↑ Official announcement of rising premium prices ( memento of the original from July 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 21, 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / forum.die-staemme.de
  19. ↑ Discussion thread on rising premium prices  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 21, 2009@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / forum.die-staemme.de  
  20. ↑ Announcement of the new premium system ( Memento of the original from May 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 17, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / forum.die-staemme.de
  21. ↑ Announcement of the new premium system ( Memento of the original from May 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 17, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / forum.die-staemme.de
  22. ↑ Feedback thread on the account manager  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on March 28, 2012@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / forum.die-staemme.de  
  23. ↑ Feedback thread from version 7.0 ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 17, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / forum.die-staemme.de
  24. ↑ Announcement: World 78/79 and new premium benefits ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on March 28, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / forum.die-staemme.de
  25. ↑ Feedback thread on Welt 78/79 and the new premium advantages  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on March 28, 2012@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / forum.die-staemme.de  
  26. ↑ Forum post about postponing the answer  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on March 28, 2012@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / forum.die-staemme.de  
  27. ↑ Forum contribution about the postponement of the reply date ( memento of the original from March 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on March 28, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / forum.die-staemme.de
  28. ↑ Preliminary answers to some questions ( Memento of the original from August 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on March 28, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / forum.die-staemme.de
  29. ↑ Announcement that the processing of the round table will be stopped  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 19, 2012@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / forum.die-staemme.de  
  30. ↑ Discussion of the reactions and actions of the supporters and moderators of the game  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 23, 2009@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / forum.die-staemme.de