Blacksmith Legends - Town Building Medieval Blacksmith RPG

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[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

If I remember correctly historical Blacksmith workshops were away from the homes and shops of other people. Tough they would often have a shop in town to sell any premade items. Although people these days think of a Blacksmith as a one stop metal shop. They weren't. They made horseshoes, nails, farmtools, pans and other simple day to day objects. Usually sticking to Iron rather than working with Steel. If you wanted a sword, you would go to a Swordsmith or a Bladesmith, if you wanted armour you would go to an Armoursmith. If you wanted fine jewellery you would go to a Silversmith or a Goldsmith. Pretty much every type of metal and harder to make specialty items had a different associated smithy. Brownsmiths for brass or copper, Tinsmith for tin, Pewtersmith for pewter, the list goes on. Crafting items like weapons, armour and advanced tools is a much more refined skillset than most Blacksmiths would have had. Really the type of generalist Metalsmith who can make anything as seen in games and movies, never existed. There were Metalsmiths who worked with multiple types of metal though. But even they didn't do everything. And as I said, they would be called a Metalsmith, not a Blacksmith.

[@thomaslacroix6011]

I knew omnipotent metalsmith wouldn't exist, but I didn't think it was that specialized. Then again, with the way trade worked back then, sending wares to be sold elsewhere wasn't practical, so a blacksmith would realistically only learn what's going to be sold locally and maybe one village over, but not much more.

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

@@thomaslacroix6011 Exactly. Why bother learning to make something you'll never sell. And yeah, it gets really specialised. Different metals can work completely differently, plus there were guilds that were pretty strict about not stepping on another tradesman's toes. A Swordsmith would be understandably pissed if a Blacksmith took his business and made a sword. Especially as it could also ruin his reputation if someone misunderstands who actually made it as it would probably be a pretty crude and cumbersome weapon. There is a lot of maths and refinement in swords and armour. Armour for example (discounting generic bulk orders for soldiers) has to fit perfectly and contour to the clients body, you need a pretty deep understanding of human anatomy as well as knowing where to dome and flute the armour for maximum protection. As well as making sure the parts move over each other smoothly and without binding.

[@DD_Dietriech]

Blacksmiths did and do work with a multitude of metal types although iron and steel were primary metals you would need to know how to work other metals and woods inorder to do your jobs. Horseshoes were also done primarily by farriers and Not blacksmiths. Most towns large enough to attract a specialist as rare and coveted as a blacksmith would have a Trade district and also a market district. Unless they were extremely secreted or in the Early medieval period and back blacksmiths would have their forge with an Attached storefront, although the forge would not be an open area as you see in modern media. Most work done by your standard Smith is repairs of preexisting metalworks with custom pieces few and far between as they carried a substantial price value. Anyone that tells you that a forged piece of metalwork is cheap or inexpensive is a machinist or fabricator not a blacksmith. Forging same as any other tradeskill is a long and arduous task the fast you are rises proportionally with your skill level. Masters do Not work Cheaply.

[@p75369]

@@DD_Dietriech Back then just about every farrier was a blacksmith and just about every blacksmith was a farrier. Blacksmiths were not rare nor coveted. Every town would have at least one. Someone needs to keep the place stocked with nails, tools and horseshoes. Hell, many villages would have had one, I know for a fact that the village I live in had one and the "village" was little more than a manor house, a church, a pub and the blacksmith to keep the local farmers taxed, devout, hydrated and working right up until mid last century when the manor house was sold off to be levelled and redeveloped into the modern village.

[@DD_Dietriech]

@@p75369 when was your "village" founded and what was the population? Cuties, towns, villages, and even smaller tribal clusters were a fraction of the size they are today arguably for the last 300 years they are still exponentially large than they were in medieval times and back. Most were or still are just the landowner's residence, a small gathering location or marketplace, and a storage location. Anything village sized or above were sparse and and far between when considering common mode of transportation for the time. The world today is much much smaller than it was back then and the population much much greater.

[@Trifler500]

Realistically, the blacksmith would make the iron "tire" that goes around the wagon wheel. The wooden wheel itself was made by a carpenter or wagon wright.

[@lechking941]

yep they woulf forge the "tire" of the wheel and than bend it around than work with the wheel wright on the final fitting. atlest in how i can see it

[@davidmiller9485]

Not only that but later they also made the "hubs" out of Iron as well (plus the nails). I posted else where you can watch the process from beginning to end.

[@lechking941]

@@davidmiller9485 now thats cool to know

[@neufeldr1]

"you need guys like me to be average at the game" honestly I love this opinion. A while ago I heard a quote that completely changed my outlook on playing games. "for someone to win, someone else must lose." ...it just turns out that I'm the one losing a lot XD but still

[@michaelsorensen7567]

@@Tyneras also, sometimes there's no "other" to win or lose, as in single player games like solitaire

[@DD_Dietriech]

I love it. Splatty -"Maybe they were limit by sunlight not enough candles around." Me a blacksmith- "We work next to a fiery forge on hot bright metal. Both produce light XD" Cool fact, blacksmiths including weapon and armour Smith used to work in a dark shop without lights or windows inorder to protect their trade skills, secrets, and metal recipes from being stolen. It also aids in telling the temperature of your metal with the glow/color produced by the heat being more accurate when not exposed to or tinted by sunlight and light sources.

[@jesseadler5377]

No matter the game, splatty always gets the insta click once youtube is open.🙏

[@teekay8475]

Amen to that.

[@CatMandiano]

Same.

[@TheMunchkin9]

It is my daily morning routine to get my dose of Splat at this point XD

[@rickytempleton4181]

Totally! We are about the same age and similar background so I have a special fondness for my dude Splatty.

[@thehungryfather3136]

Ha, just said that, saw video was up, Splatty only invested in the charisma stat, also the nipple advice out of left field.

[@Jumptownwore]

Fun fact: Due to the firehazard involved in a smithy, the blacksmith was always located more or less outside of towns/cities, so the Smith can make as much noise as he pleases without Annoying anyone:)

[@Anastas1786]

"Dearest Child, ... I can't fulfill my duties as thy Blacksmith anymore. ... [W]e leave you thou workshop as the only thing left. If this your dream shall not be, take care and try to survive." I... really don't think the developer actually knows anything about how Early Modern English works.

[@ashardalondragnipurake]

blacksmith, just like the tannery was kept in a separate part of town so noise wouldnt have been a massive problem

[@natpat6394]

Man you are my favorite indie KZbinr. You have helped me find so many hidden gems. Thanks bro!

[@lost4evergirl1]

Tried it for a few hours as I couldn't sleep. Yes it's designed to go to mobile app store. It really is a demo, only one town, shop expansion and hiring bugs out. Made infinite automatic money, TheSpiffingBrit would be proud: Auto mine ore, Auto craft Pickaxes, Auto sell on market. Now go make a coffee.. I mean Yorkshire Tea Gold ! and let the gold fly in...

[@AdvocatusMortis]

I dunno man, with UI like that it looks like those chinese browser/phone games.

[@GameFuMaster]

It's really everything. From the graphics, to the UI, to the actual gameplay. The actual gameplay is just you waiting for stuff to be crafted, and having very little involvement.

[@JBrander]

*Town Building Medieval Blacksmith RPG* that title alone makes me wanna watch this. lol

[@Jasta85]

Yep, been craving a guild 2 sequel for a long time but with guild 3 stuck in perpetual early access and not much else out there like it I'm starving for anything that sounds remotely close.

[@matthewrowell5973]

Seriously

[@MrKidKiedis]

Hammer sound reminds something peaceful and safe after Valheim.

[@rustyspurs771]

Halfway through my very first day as a blacksmith, I also mastered the trade of the wheelwright. Because... Whatever stuff.

[@xarcer]

I love that you are the "average gamer", it's your USP, i've bought countless games because i wanted to play the game but actually read the tooltips! Keep being you dude!

[@Zolrain]

This looked like one of those crappy mobile games you usually avoid ngl.

[@SieraBobs]

yes, that.

[@steffan147]

Thought the exact same thing. The type where the trailer for it actually shows you Age of Empires gameplay instead.

[@olivierpelletier9643]

My thought exactly. Was about to type as comment but saw yours ...

[@lionmane42]

Yup. Def looks like it's about to become a new monkeysink mobile game ^^

[@vmmachal1626]

Hi, I'm the solo developer of the game. Your comment is sad to read, as I've put a lot of effort into this game to look as good as possible. It's all hand painted by myself to create unique looking game. Graphics will get updated with future stuff being added into game but will never have my priority over gameplay. Cheers

[@markdowse3572]

@ 0:49 Indeed, Mr SplatterCat, we do NEED guys like you "to be average at stuff" - because even then, you are still better than most of us I reckon !!! 👍😊

[@sulevturnpuu5491]

yeah, no. Rakes were made of wood, no commoner will waste valuable iron on that.

[@dennissvitak5475]

A metal rake would last ten times longer than a wooden rake. Depends on where you are from.

[@dennissvitak5475]

They probably don't have much metal in Mustjala....Estonia is still in the 18th century.

[@sulevturnpuu5491]

@@dennissvitak5475 Not really, you can repair wooden rakes. What farmer would pay a pig for 1 rake when he can make his own? Metal is a luxury until industrial era.

[@The6stringpro]

Hot damn, I love me some SplattyCat. Still slaps, months later. Commentary 10/10. Thanks for all the entertainment!

[@slashes22]

"They were limited by sunlight, not a lot of candles to go around..." - Says Splat, as he's standing in front of a lit forge that would probably shed quite some light.

[@RoamGaming]

the light from the forge is probably about perfect as blacksmiths want fairly dim light. The color of the heated metal is what tells you the temperature and you can't see the initial change under bright lights. we have a few other ways now to detect the working state of the metal that is indicated by the color, but none of those existed until fairly recently.

[@fettsvensk127]

We are not following you for how good you are at the game but for the showcases and voice

[@Qulize]

Speak for yourself.

[@edacitas1159]

More for the showcase. But how terrible he is at every game is making me think about just not watching anymore. I mean he ignored the glowing and flashing question mark that would have helped him.

[@fettsvensk127]

@@edacitas1159 no one has time for question marks and tutorials!!

[@mmanfrin]

That horse racing track near you - my grandpa used to own it (or he was the largest shareholder, rather). He once took me and my sister there when I was 12, he told me not to bet on his horse (didn’t click that he was being sarcastic, his horse won) so I bet on the one with the biggest odds to show (had no idea what that meant). It showed, and 12 year old me won $50 on a $2 bet.

[@PastorwithoutaPulpit]

I love your content Splat and never miss an episode but sometimes I want to smash my keyboard while watching. Also the wife/kids think I'm a crazy person as I'm often screaming at the screen during one of your vids... Things Splat straight up ignored or that went right over his head that shouldn't have: The game told you the charges for resources are deducted/paid hourly. The game told you that taxes are deducted on Monday Morning. The game told you to remember to check the weekly rewards chest at the tavern and go to the bartender if you need a job. Ah man, we love you Splatty but sometimes holy crap... 🤣

[@Reoh0z]

Back in the day living next to a Blacksmith was like having a free modern alarm clock.

[@botondize]

Hey! Back in the guild days, blacksmiths (and other professions) worked in fixed workhours. That way u cant generate unwanted competition.

[@Infinite2Insanity]

Sea biscuit is the most badass horse

[@Reoh0z]

> "Whose the most bad-ass horse to ever exist" Phar Lap.

[@EnablingBarley]

more like Glitter-hove :P CK2 best Horse and Leader ^_^

[@DylanAthaa]

More like Secretariat

[@TheYashakami]

Sign me up. Love blacksmithing. I'll check the video later! Thanks splat!

[@DikkieDikism]

I've lived for decades next to a blacksmith, as in a small industrial building run by a small family that made some metal construct, like fences or beams for small constructions. (so i guess thats the modern version of a blacksmith) Yes its noisy as F.. you have to keep in mind trucks come very very early, clanking and banging big metal pieces on the ground as they unload, and thats just bringing the stuff in so they can work with it. This was all smack in the middle of a normal quiet urban neighbourhood. How the F they never got run out of town (incl. the town/major if you know what i mean itself) is beyond me.

[@johnarryn1777]

"'ate blacksmiths" - Turning point Greggs

[@auriaska99]

The first client: can you make me these tools, I'll pay you in this legendary currency EXPOSURE. The second client: ... I'll pay in exposure too.

[@DamsdelDrennon]

I think the demo conveys a good idea but it needs more involvement like you said. The reputation system is interesting though, I'm curious to see how it develops and what influence you can acquire or what choices you will have to make between people and or factions.

[@garveringitup1043]

The population of my hometown was 325 people. Last time I visited, it had dropped to 315, according to the city limit sign. :)

[@sondiganteng]

it really got my attention, thanks for introducing this game splat.

[@HeavyHouse24]

someday, this will be just a single part of blacksmith class gameplay of a rpg game. Like how once full game turned into just a mini game on latter years

[@velarswood]

I grew up on a farm with like 5 neighbors in a 2 mile radius

[@MrJablis]

There is room for that. I PLAY CIV ON KING DIFFICULTY!! This has been my affirmation.

[@SoulWhite]

Beautiful intro splaty, mad respect for accepting and loving what you are xD Stay awesome! Also if you wouldn't be so average, people wouldn't want to pick up the games and do better. Love you man!

[@kzagon]

I'm so happy that dynamic menu screens are back and the got rid of the "press any key to start loading the menu screen" shit

[@James-ep2bx]

Also keep in mind that industrialization make supporting larger populations more viable Also animals are quite noisy themselves, and dawn to dusk wasn't an uncommon historical work schedule, one has to remember work wasn't just something you did to earn money, it was the role you filled in the social order, you didn't work at the shop, you where the shopkeep

[@Boris-iz6wd]

I agree. Days look a little fast. THey should ask a smith what the average time to make something is and adjust the scale accordingly.

[@pm6828]

If you're a fan of power fantasy, Overgeared is an awesome blacksmith rpg webnovel.

[@amosb1452]

The average gamer has his mojo back! Whoop Whoop 🤙🏻👍🏻💪🏻😁 Redrum! Was the best 🐴 grand national winner on 3 occasions😉

[@HoosierLarry]

The horse you're looking for to represent your brand of shoe is, Man o' War .

[@adaelion3772]

Man of War was awesome, was beaten by Sea Biscuit, but he was a miracle horse.

[@InsomniaQ]

And now you can set Splattercat's channel logo as a crest in this game :D

[@Crystalphoenix9]

Done spit my drink all over when you did the pinky and the brain snort. Can't even be mad about it

[@germanapplemullentree6152]

I guess the horse out of Disneys Rapunzel would be the Michael Jordan of Horses 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@goblinphreak2132]

steam wood and it bends. you bend it to a circle around a metal guide. then tie it down so as it dry's it keeps the shape. then the spoke holds are drilled. centering pin. so on. its not hard. its just time consuming. most things in life aren't hard, just time consuming. If you were really slick, you would have some leather to wrap the outside of the week and put metal "nails" in it to give you more traction in shitty weather (like in winter)

[@BillyTheBigKid82]

I live in a city that has something like 40 000 people and it is considered a good sized city in my country. You have cities that has a larger population than my whole home country. That is just insane...

[@vladarinsaado4452]

"Uber Elite Sweaties" thats genius @spalttercat.

[@jesset3382]

Had me laughing the moment the intro played! All the X/millennial references 🥰😂😂

[@javelinmk3276]

Nice. You and the Swedish Wargoat are the best tuuuuubers:)

[@jimfrostpreaches]

We used to use vasoline for chaffing when i was a runner.

[@albatoast1]

Splat you need to check out Holy Potatoes! A Weapon shop?! For all your blacksmith rpg needs!!

[@KhaosElement]

Oh god...it's just a mobile game. Can't wait for the aggressive gambly MTX to show up in the full release.

[@chuckwilliams6261]

Best racehorse name ever; "Hoof Hearted"

[@adaelion3772]

I disagree, I think it would be "neigh sayer".

[@Oba936]

Never can get enough of Medieval Splat. :D

[@CatMandiano]

My coffee break isn’t complete without a Splattercat joint.

[@francisco43699]

your rambles man, are hilarious

[@HimANiceGuy]

Looks like a game I'm going to give a try. Thanks for the presentation!

[@willismiller7035]

My hometown had 600 people. 200 kids in my whole school k-12.

[@jeffjensen8]

The horse version of Air Jordans would be Hay Biscuits. Or Glueboks.

[@dirk2695]

Anyone agrees that our lad deserves more likes? Last couple of games I got just because of these fun "review" like vids!

[@scarletgravy2718]

As a blacksmith myself I can say it’s only noisy when you have a shitty Annville

[@cryptotrippin]

*anvil. but you should know that, blacksmith...

[@scarletgravy2718]

@@cryptotrippin I’m still a blacksmith I just don’t know how to spell shit

[@miguelrosas6117]

5:10 I think you can bend wood but you need to apply steam to heat it up without burning the wood,

[@DocHogan]

“Hoofwear by Hidalgo”

[@indyevolution]

Seabiscuit!!! The question is why does he need only 3 shoes.

[@cesar9058]

Looks really nice! Looks like a fancy version of shop heroes 2.

[@Oroberus]

Apparently we can hire heroes at some point too, I assume they go and grab stuff for us That's not called heroes then Splat, I'm pretty sure the correct term would be rustler xD

[@Caerulean]

Missed opportunity to name your guy 'Splattsmith'. 😏

[@dflatt1783]

I had callouses on my nips after 4 years in the Army.

[@cthulhu8977]

Specially when it's either cold as hell or raining... or both.

[@Slanghappy]

nipallouses?

[@sethjoy3786]

Subbed entirely due to the tree of Gondor reference

[@lukusblack6442]

There are a few GUI overlap issues, some button hit box issues, and I find the day-night cycle more of a pointless nuisance than a challenge. However, the actual feel, and play of the game is quite nice. There's even a few touches here and there, like communication with the neighbors... and their pigs... as well as props (I only noticed one) that appear once you've done something (a cart once you finish the wagon wheel quest). The way I'd personally go is nix the night, make some of the GUI smaller, and a permanent part of the main background, and maybe explain the mining system a little better, while totally removing the quest for 10 iron, which I personally think only confuses things. One thing I was thinking of was from an older game called Chocolatier. Basically, you play a minigame to learn all the recipes. The better you do, the less it costs to make, and the better the quality. From then on, unless you play the minigame again, those stats will be used for every unit made. I found that to be quite an interesting idea, but I've never seen it again.

[@wiefdiwbofdbw]

Looks like a decent game for half afking if you got work to do or are on zoom calls lol

[@joshuamink8723]

The closest games to blacksmithing that I've played were terrafirmacraft(old Minecraft mod), and Vintage Story... I really like the smithing in VS though.

[@MrSigmatico]

I grew up in a town with 400 inhabitants and the big city we went to for trade had a wooping 35k 14th largest city in Denmark at the time :p

[@lodovix9352]

If there ever will be a designer horse shoe it should be named after the italian stallion Varenne (the last e is silent, ok back to the video)

[@alternativedimension5454]

Blacksmithing can get as loud as gunshots,most likely people woud get angry specially at night.

[@coreymunroe8073]

Yo! I grew up in the Bay Area too. I'll give you a sub for the Bay love!

[@razorback0z]

Interesting, thanks.

[@tannerdulaney7998]

4:25 the earlier time of "I'll pay you in exposure"

[@kanico1582]

The intro is better then the usual +1

[@BloodBrudda1]

This made me want to see more shoppppppe keep!

[@donjean6590]

Who wants a glove

[@_Nyx_]

A city with 80k people is a small town?? That's like... literally 80 times the amount of people where I live lmao

[@cyronx]

We have a little over a thousand people in our town

[@VortymLichbane]

Sir, I applaud what you do. I don't applaud every game you play but I applaud you for playing them.

[@j.thomasroulain8122]

Hell, I'll check the demo and see what's up. No reason not to.

[@someonenamedbob]

On the topic of horse shoes and athletes to endorse them I'm going to have to go with Big Ben, one of the greatest athletes this world has ever seen of any species.

[@Xanrn]

pretty sure people up with the dawn, and went to bed when the sun went down

[@eddiejansen3918]

I think we're gonna need a dog video in the future, Splatty.😊

[@dreadroberts7283]

i liked in 40 secs i love your attitude

[@Aigen111]

Blacks- Sing me up boi

[@zengrath]

It's funny to see another blacksmith pancake mode game. I been frustrated with the offering on VR. I feel like there is massive potential for so many amazing games in VR and one of them is blacksmithing, i must not be the only one since there is like 3-4 blacksmithing games in vr on steam. the only problem is they all suck. Like i want to love them but after the initial excitement you quickly realize how buggy, terrible, etc. they are implemented. And they all have different things that are cool. I really hope that companies eventually put more effort in VR, i feel like we are stuck with "demos" and small indie teams of a couple people right now trying to make VR which is just leading to frustration with VR games still. Maybe one day it'll happen... one day....

[@14880evilmonkey]

Lol, my town in the last census had under 100 people living in it

[@jaramywarren6192]

This is a decent game ive already played

[@KageRyuu6]

"Where's the Blacksmith!"

[@soulcrow]

Wagon wheels taste better with jam in the middle...

[@Arepeitor2]

as a Blacksmith and a night owl, yes everyone hates me

[@addisondeluna1787]

"Sweaties" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@nichegames9590]

I was hoping it would be more like JackSmith.