As the name suggests, Medieval Dynasty is a game about building a dynasty in medieval Europe. This doesn't just refer to building a reputation and starting a family. It also involves the player building and maintaining a whole medieval village themselves.
Alongside being an open-world RPG, Medieval Dynasty is a city-building game. Players make buildings and generate items and resources to meet the needs of their villagers.
Because it's in a pastoral setting, Medieval Dynasty's thatch roof buildings are primarily made from wood and straw. It's obvious where to find the wood --the player just needs to cut down trees. But finding the straw is a bit more labor-intensive.
Medieval Dynasty's Straw by The Riverbank
Because straw is needed from the start of the game, the player doesn't need any special equipment or buildings to produce it. It can be found freely in the wild.
That being said, it won't be clearly labeled as "straw." Instead, the player will be looking for reeds, which spawn along rivers. While reed hunting, players should be wary of animals and other wild hazards.
Of course, this method has obvious drawbacks. Aside from putting the player at risk, the payout is slow. Picking a reed only gives the player 1 to 2 units of straw. As the game progresses, they'll find this woefully inefficient, not only because advanced buildings cost more, but because straw is used for other things like animal feed and torches.
Thankfully, if the village has advanced enough, this shouldn't be an issue. It'll practically generate straw itself.
Medieval Dynasty's Straw from The Farms
A central part of Medieval Dynasty is getting seeds and building farms to feed the player's growing population. But growing food also creates useful byproducts. For example: keeping animals not only produces meat but manure as well.
Straw is another one of those useful byproducts. It's produced when players thresh Flax, Oats, Rye, or Wheat. But players should note that they need a barn building in order to thresh. The simplest type of barn will cost them 27 logs, 64 sticks, and 48 units of straw.
This seems like a big investment, but it will pay off in spades, not only in resources but in time. Picking reeds has to be done specifically by the players' hands. But with farms, they can assign villagers to automatically prepare and harvest the crops while they do other tasks, such as traveling and trading.
Medieval Dynasty is available now for PC.